The Wrap: 2024 Emmy Awards
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Native actors, TV show compete for Emmys
The 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards are set to kick off Sunday evening with several Indigenous actors making history.
Native American actresses Lily Gladstone and Kali Reis have already made history as the first Native women to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
The only other Native American actor to be nominated for an Emmy was August Schellenberg, a Haudenosaunee-Mohawk Canadian Actor nominated in 2007 for his performance as Sitting Bull in the HBO television movie “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.”
Gladstone, Siksikaitsitapii and Nimíipuu, received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her role as investigator Cam Bentland in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge.” READ MORE — Amelia Schafer, ICT + Rapid City Journal
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High Native suicide rates linked to insurance, income and internet service
Now, here’s a surprise. The more broadband Internet access a community has, the lower the suicide rates are. The same goes for health insurance and income. The better health insurance coverage and the higher the incomes, the lower the rate of suicide.
Those factors weigh more heavily among American Indians and Alaska Natives than the general population. That information is in a report the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention released Tuesay, on National Suicide Prevention Day and for Suicide Prevention Month.
Experts say Native Americans serve in the military at the highest per-capita rate of any ethnic group, and when returning from combat, veterans may experience social isolation that leads to anxiety, PTSD, and unfortunately, suicide.
In a prepared statement, the CDC said the latest data, from 2022, shows suicide rates were:
? 26 percent lower in counties with the highest health insurance coverage
? 44 percent lower in counties where most homes have broadband internet access
? 13 percent lower in counties with the most household income
READ MORE — Joaqlin Estus, ICT
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: A tragic discovery in Canada
Around the World: Opaskwayak Cree Nation discovers evidence of unmarked burials at school in Canada, aboriginal legal groups welcome focus on gender-based violence in Australia, and a Māori activist-turned-academic earns the title of “Dr.” in New Zealand.
CANADA: First Nation finds evidence of graves
The Opaskwayak Cree Nation has announced the discovery of evidence indicating unmarked burials on the grounds of a former residential school located in northern Manitoba, CBC News reported on Aug. 30.
A three-day search using human remains detection dogs has identified six areas of interest at the former site of the McKay residential school on Fisher Island, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Opaskwayak and 11 kilometers (7 miles) from The Pas. Opaskwayak Cree Nation stated that these areas may hold multiple undocumented burials.
The search began after more than three years of preparation, delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. For Opaskwayak Councilman Edwin Jebb, who has been involved since the start, the discovery was emotional. READ MORE — Deusdedit Ruhangariyo, Special to ICT
Tribes seek youth police academy to fill open jobs
Leaders of North Dakota tribal nations advocated this week for a Bureau of Indian Affairs youth police academy at Camp Grafton to help fill open law enforcement positions on tribal lands.
Lonna Jackson-Street, chair of the Spirit Lake Nation, said tribal nations desperately need more police training resources in North Dakota to address workforce shortages.
“We have three officers, and that includes our chief,” Jackson-Street said in an interview during the 27th annual Tribal Leaders Summit in Bismarck. “And we’re pretty close to 450,000 acres.”
The Bureau of Indian Affairs in 2020 opened a U.S. Indian Police Academy Advanced Training Center at the North Dakota National Guard’s Camp Grafton near Devils Lake. It is a complement to the central BIA law enforcement training facility in Artesia, New Mexico. READ MORE — North Dakota Monitor
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Study: Indigenous lands more prone to flooding in Oklahoma
A study from the University of Oklahoma showed that tribal lands in the state face higher rates of heavy rainfall and floods and Indigenous populations are the most vulnerable to the conditions.
The study looked at the 39 tribal nations in Oklahoma and examined heavy rainfall, two-year floods and flash floods. Based on the report, these events were expected to increase in risks for tribal nations.
“We urge proper attention … to address climate injustice issues as a whole with the acknowledgment of their distinct relationships to their homelands as sovereign peoples,” the report stated.
Theresa Tsoodle, an enrolled member of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, worked on the study. Tsoodle said the study looks at sacred sites for Tribal Nations along with population data. READ MORE — The Daily Yonder
Climate change is drastically changing life for Indigenous peoples in the Pacific
A new report from the United Nations found that the southwest Pacific region faced more extreme drought and rainfall than average last year and dozens of disasters, including two cyclones in Vanuatu. The report underscores long-held concerns about how climate change is drastically changing life for Indigenous peoples of the Pacific.
“The world has much to learn from the Pacific and the world must also step up to support your initiatives,” U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, last week at the Pacific Island Forum. His address coincided with the release of the report.
The Pacific Islands Forum is the premier diplomatic body for the region, representing both Pacific peoples who achieved independent statehood since World War II and territories that remain under Western rule.
“When governments sign new oil and gas licenses, they are signing away our future,” Guterres added. READ MORE — Grist
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