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Some scenes from Turtle Mountain during my interview with Leonard Peltier
June 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Some scenes from Turtle Mountain during my interview with Leonard Peltier
My first story about Leonard Peltier’s journey home to the Turtle Mountain. Chippewa Reservation in N. D. @mprnews.org
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Leonard Peltier talks freedom, future after nearly 50 years in prison
After spending most of his life behind bars, Leonard Peltier now lives in a home on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa reservation in North Dakota. He says he has no regrets but still harbors resent...
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June 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My first story about Leonard Peltier’s journey home to the Turtle Mountain. Chippewa Reservation in N. D. @mprnews.org
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A recent budget request for Indigenous health care by tribal leaders from around the country looks ahead to fiscal year 2027, asking for $73 billion. The budget is ten times higher than the current funding level.
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More funds requested for tribal health care, as Oklahoma City Area ranks worst for IHS funding
A recent budget request for Indigenous health care by tribal leaders from around the country looks ahead to fiscal year 2027, proposing a budget of $73 billion to enhance Indigenous health care. The b...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A recent budget request for Indigenous health care by tribal leaders from around the country looks ahead to fiscal year 2027, asking for $73 billion. The budget is ten times higher than the current funding level.
www.kosu.org/health/2025-...
www.kosu.org/health/2025-...
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Oklahoma’s controversial new social studies standards for public schools are at the center of a recently filed lawsuit.
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter argues that the State Board of Education did not follow its own rules when it approved the standards.
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter argues that the State Board of Education did not follow its own rules when it approved the standards.
May 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Oklahoma’s controversial new social studies standards for public schools are at the center of a recently filed lawsuit.
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter argues that the State Board of Education did not follow its own rules when it approved the standards.
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter argues that the State Board of Education did not follow its own rules when it approved the standards.
I’m excited and honored to announce that I’ll be a part of the @jskstanford.bsky.social next year. Thanks to all those who have lifted me up, supported me like my mom, my elders @indigenousja.bsky.social @kosuradio.bsky.social
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JSK names 16 journalism fellows for 2025-26
Journalism leaders and innovators will pursue individual projects as well as opportunities for collective action that responds to accelerating threats to independent media.
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May 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I’m excited and honored to announce that I’ll be a part of the @jskstanford.bsky.social next year. Thanks to all those who have lifted me up, supported me like my mom, my elders @indigenousja.bsky.social @kosuradio.bsky.social
jsk.stanford.edu/news/jsk-nam...
jsk.stanford.edu/news/jsk-nam...
Spoke with a single mother of two who worked for the Department of Interior today. She was summarily fired with no severance on Friday. She doesn’t know if she has health care for her two children. She told me she had to apply for public assistance. How is this saving money?
February 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Spoke with a single mother of two who worked for the Department of Interior today. She was summarily fired with no severance on Friday. She doesn’t know if she has health care for her two children. She told me she had to apply for public assistance. How is this saving money?
How the criminal legal system considers who is and isn't Native, and what that means for the Black people who are members of tribal nations. This reporting is part of this week’s @npr.org Code Switch podcast I spoke with @geedee215.bsky.social
Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land
Podcast Episode · Code Switch · 02/12/2025 · 33m
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February 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
How the criminal legal system considers who is and isn't Native, and what that means for the Black people who are members of tribal nations. This reporting is part of this week’s @npr.org Code Switch podcast I spoke with @geedee215.bsky.social
Got to be on @nprcodeswitch.bsky.social with @geedee215.bsky.social talking about the history of enslavement within the Cherokee Nation and how it affects Freedmen in Oklahoma #McGirt
Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land
Podcast Episode · Code Switch · 02/12/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Got to be on @nprcodeswitch.bsky.social with @geedee215.bsky.social talking about the history of enslavement within the Cherokee Nation and how it affects Freedmen in Oklahoma #McGirt
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BREAKING: A federal freeze of grant funding is creating confusion in Oklahoma’s non-profit sector, tribal nations and state government agencies.
KOSU reports on how organizations are responding to the memo.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
KOSU reports on how organizations are responding to the memo.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
What we know about how the federal funding pause affects Oklahomans
A federal freeze of grant funding is creating confusion in Oklahoma’s non-profit sector, tribal nations and state government agencies.
www.kosu.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
BREAKING: A federal freeze of grant funding is creating confusion in Oklahoma’s non-profit sector, tribal nations and state government agencies.
KOSU reports on how organizations are responding to the memo.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
KOSU reports on how organizations are responding to the memo.
www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
Today’s @nprfreshair.bsky.social with @tonyamosley.bsky.social was what I needed to hear: realism and hope. Thanks so much for the excellent show in honor of Dr. King and his legacy.
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. as an 'organizer of the people'
Scholars Tressie McMillan Cottom and Eddie Glaude reflect on the struggle for civil rights and what it means to celebrate King on the same day that President Donald Trump is sworn into office.
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January 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Today’s @nprfreshair.bsky.social with @tonyamosley.bsky.social was what I needed to hear: realism and hope. Thanks so much for the excellent show in honor of Dr. King and his legacy.
“Leonard Peltier gets to go home.Every Indian person ever ever wanted to do was go home and back to their people. And now he’s going to have an opportunity to do that,” said Nick Tilson of @ndncollective.bsky.social
In one of his last official acts before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden released Leonard Peltier from prison. The action is an extraordinary move that ends a decades-long push by Indigenous activists, international religious leaders and human rights organizations.
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden
The outgoing administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI...
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January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Leonard Peltier gets to go home.Every Indian person ever ever wanted to do was go home and back to their people. And now he’s going to have an opportunity to do that,” said Nick Tilson of @ndncollective.bsky.social
Here’s @mprnews.org from Melissa Olson and I
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden
The outgoing administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI...
www.mprnews.org
January 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Here’s @mprnews.org from Melissa Olson and I
Here’s statement from White House:
January 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Here’s statement from White House:
BREAKING: Leonard Peltier given commutation folllow @mprnews.org for more
January 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
BREAKING: Leonard Peltier given commutation folllow @mprnews.org for more
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of Covid vaccines in 2021, when estimates had begun to show that the rollout of the shots had already saved about 140,000 lives. nyti.ms/4hkaSnl
January 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of Covid vaccines in 2021, when estimates had begun to show that the rollout of the shots had already saved about 140,000 lives. nyti.ms/4hkaSnl
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The Jan. 30 event will stream live and raise money for those impacted by the wildfires.
Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby and more will play FireAid benefit concert in L.A.
The Jan. 30 event will stream live and raise money for those impacted by the wildfires.
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January 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Jan. 30 event will stream live and raise money for those impacted by the wildfires.
David Lynch wanted us to clean up after ourselves! youtu.be/ZSWv90msTUc?...
David Lynch's Public Service Announcement
YouTube video by bachelormachines
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January 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
David Lynch wanted us to clean up after ourselves! youtu.be/ZSWv90msTUc?...
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IMPACT: Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
@zivabranstetter.bsky.social @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
@zivabranstetter.bsky.social @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
www.propublica.org
January 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
IMPACT: Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
@zivabranstetter.bsky.social @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
@zivabranstetter.bsky.social @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
I grew up on what I to refer to as 80’s avant-garde and David Lynch and his films were on my playlist-going to art house theaters in my small hometown to see Blue Velvet and Eraserhead and watching Twin Peaks on network TV before the internet! David Lynch, your brilliance will be missed
January 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I grew up on what I to refer to as 80’s avant-garde and David Lynch and his films were on my playlist-going to art house theaters in my small hometown to see Blue Velvet and Eraserhead and watching Twin Peaks on network TV before the internet! David Lynch, your brilliance will be missed
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Navajo Nation and the Klamath tribes of Oregon sent fire crews to help fight the LA fires. ictnews.org/news/as-fire...
More Native fire crews help in Los Angeles
UPDATED: Multiple wildfires are ravaging the Los Angeles area, displacing thousands of people who are fleeing devastating flames that have taken five lives
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January 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Navajo Nation and the Klamath tribes of Oregon sent fire crews to help fight the LA fires. ictnews.org/news/as-fire...
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Anthony Mitchell Sr. and his son Justin were waiting for help to evacuate on the day they died in the Eaton fire, family members said. Anthony Sr. was remembered for his devotion to his children.
A pitmaster and dedicated father died alongside his son waiting for help in LA fire
Anthony Mitchell Sr. and his son Justin were waiting for help to evacuate on the day they died in the Eaton fire, family members said. Anthony Sr. was remembered for his devotion to his children.
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January 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Anthony Mitchell Sr. and his son Justin were waiting for help to evacuate on the day they died in the Eaton fire, family members said. Anthony Sr. was remembered for his devotion to his children.
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Palisades fire victims can get everything from clothes to toiletries to dog food, donated by their neighbors at a Santa Monica shop known for posh dress rentals. via @laist.com
How a high-end Santa Monica boutique pivoted to help fire victims
Palisades fire victims can get everything from clothes to toiletries to dog food, donated by their neighbors at a Santa Monica shop known for posh dress rentals.
laist.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Palisades fire victims can get everything from clothes to toiletries to dog food, donated by their neighbors at a Santa Monica shop known for posh dress rentals. via @laist.com
Here’s one of the ways you can help people whose homes were lost in #TONGVALAND right now
January 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Here’s one of the ways you can help people whose homes were lost in #TONGVALAND right now
Minor breakdown after trying to complete the FAFSA form for my daughter. How’s your morning?
January 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Minor breakdown after trying to complete the FAFSA form for my daughter. How’s your morning?
