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People Across the Globe Want Their Cultural Heritage Back. Canada May Offer a Blueprint for How to Get There

Kate Brown

June 25, 2018 |

Artnet |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada

A recently proposed Canadian law would create comprehensive support for the repatriation of cultural objects back from museums to First Nations people. The law addresses a common and critical hurdle for repatriation: funds for the transport and safe storage of objects upon their return.

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How a University and a Tribe Are Teaming Up to Revive a Lost Language

Mary Annette Pember

June 09, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oxford, Ohio

The Myaamia Center, a language initiative led by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University, has led to the preservation of the Myaamia language and culture. The center, which has become a model for other universities, is the result of a relationship between the university and the tribe that dates back to 1972. Together, they have helped move predominantly white institutions like Miami University towards racial equity.

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Drawing on historical strengths to prevent problems in the future

Anne Hillman

May 24, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Hooper Bay, Alaska

Qungasvik, a program developed by and for Yup’ik people living in Alaska, focuses on skills, craft making, and community connection. The program provides a strong support system and is helping to decrease incidence of alcoholism, suicide, and isolation among the Yup’ik.

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Are Handicrafts Intellectual Property? These Guatemalan Women Think So.

Anna-Catherine Brigida

May 18, 2018 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Guatemala

The expansion of intellectual property laws to cover ancestral knowledge can help protect indigenous people from economic exploitation. Indigenous women in Guatemala are working to pass a law similar to one used in Australia and South Africa to protect the use of textile designs.

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Native American Photographers Unite to Challenge Inaccurate Narratives

James Estrin

May 01, 2018 |

The New York Times |

Photojournalism |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The organization Natives Photograph was founded in order to create accurate, culturally sensitive images of Native Americans as well as support the careers of indigenous photographers.

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After a tragedy, a Yup'ik dance group in Hooper Bay keeps dancing

Anne Hillman

April 26, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Hooper Bay, Alaska

Yup’ik community members in Hooper Bay, Alaska founded a dance group for teens. In the six years since it started, the group has provided activity, responsibility, stress relief, and a connection to tradition for its young participants.

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Cooperative agroforestry empowers indigenous women in Honduras

Monica Pelliccia

April 16, 2018 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Honduras, Gualcince

Restoring biodiversity to agricultural land improves food security and helps to sequester carbon. In Honduras, the revival of indigenous agroforestry techniques includes the use shade-grown organic coffee, grown alongside fruit-producing trees and other useful crops. Cosagual Lenca, an all-female cooperative of coffee growers, works to introduce and popularize the techniques.

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Solving the Suicide Crisis in the Arctic Circle

Melody Schreiber

March 23, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Clyde River, Nunavut

In a town called Clyde River, located in the Arctic Circle, the Ilisaqsivik Society is attempting to reverse the trauma inflicted on the Inuit people by climate change and cultural trends away from tradition. The Ilisaqsivik Society connects youth with their elders, maintains a community center, and offers counseling to help reduce teen suicide rates.

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To feed elders, traditional foods take untraditional route

Anne Hillman

February 28, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Kotzebue, Alaska

Elders in Kotzebue, Alaska missed traditional foods like elk, caribou, and whale when they transitioned into assisted living, so a group formed to find a way through federal red tape. Locals, environmental health agents, and government officials sat down to make sure the community practices were up to federal standard.

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The Midwives' Resistance: How Native Women Are Reclaiming Birth on Their Terms

Mary Annette Pember

January 05, 2018 |

Rewire |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

It is exceptionally difficult for indigenous people in Canada and the United States to receive culturally competent care from non-Native providers. A series of efforts focused on maternal care and the role of midwives have provided pathways for women to receive care rooted in their culture as well as endeavored to create the legal and financial infrastructure to make these efforts sustainable.

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