This is one of those cases where you wish you were in a nightmare and could wake up from it. It is about a known pedophile that abused and exploited children at a health clinic for over 20 years. The pedophile was eventually charged and convicted for some of the abuses years later and now…
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Update in Suit against Nome Police for Failure to Investigate Sexual Assault against Native Woman — Turtle Talk
Excerpts from the complaint: Plaintiff Clarice Hardy is an Alaska Native woman from Nome, Alaska, who worked at the Nome Police Department (NPD) as a dispatcher. In March 2017, Ms. Hardy reported to her superiors at the NPD that she had been sexually assaulted.2. The NPD left her case uninvestigated and untouched for over a…
Ninth Circuit Briefs in Challenge to Arizona School District Ban on Beaded Graduation Cap — Turtle Talk
Excerpt from the legal challenge: The District’s refusal to allow Larissa to wear her NativeAmerican religious regalia at the graduation, while permitting otherstudents to wear comparable expressive secular messages, was aviolation of Larissa’s rights to free exercise of religion and free speechunder the U.S. Constitution and under Arizona law. First word that comes to mind:…
Job Announcements — Turtle Talk
Looking for an Indian law or leadership job? To post an open Indian law or leadership job to Turtle Talk, send the following information to indigenous@law.msu.edu: In the email body: A typed brief description of the position which includes: Position title Location (city, state) Main duties Closing date Any other pertinent details such as links…
Fletcher, Fort, and Singel: “Defending the Indian Child Welfare Act” — Turtle Talk
For anyone interested in learning more about the mission and activities of the Michigan State University’s Indigenous Law & Policy Center, this one-hour video gives you a very good look at who they are and what they do. It’s important. The issues span generations and across the United States. Indian Child Welfare Matters! If you…
Michigan Tribes in the News (10/20/21) — Turtle Talk
Toward Freedom: Photo Essay: Indigenous Struggle Against Enbridge Lines 3 and 5 UP Matters: Providing “Hope Not Handcuffs” at the Bay Mills Police Department UP Matters: Bay Mills President Whitney Gravelle shares the impact of intergenerational trauma on addiction UP Matters: Preventing addiction using a cultural approach in Native communities Peninsula Press: Indigenous groups demand […]…
ABC News Indigenous Peoples’ Day interview with Matthew Fletcher — Turtle Talk
Click on the picture below to see the 5.5 minute news segment. ABC News Indigenous Peoples’ Day interview with Matthew Fletcher — Turtle Talk Professor Matthew Fletcher discusses what Indigenous Peoples’ Day means to him and the importance of President Joe Biden formally recognizing the day. rock sinks beneath wavesas the eagles soar new skieshearts…
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