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The Future of Vancouver is Indigenous-led City Building

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023admin

Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh are showing the way on how to create livability in Vancouver Source: https://khelsilem.substack.com/p/the-future-of-vancouver-is-indigenous The Iy̓álmexw development will become Vancouver’s newest neighbourhood building on the legacy of…Continue readingThe Future of Vancouver is Indigenous-led City Building

Indigenous Urban Planning

Indigenous Districts for Culturally Based Land Use Policies Series: Linking Ethical Construction Methods to Environmental Justice

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023admin

Part 1: Building Green and Respecting Native American Identity: Housing, Culture, and Sustainability in Native American Communities By Mike Blanford, HUD Office of Policy Development and Research; Brian Gillen, HUD…Continue readingIndigenous Districts for Culturally Based Land Use Policies Series: Linking Ethical Construction Methods to Environmental Justice

Housing Justice

Mechanisms Perpetuating Racial Inequality in Subsidized Housing Programs

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023admin

Source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231231192389 Authors: Junia Howell, Ellen Whitehead, Elizabeth Korver-Glenn; Notes: Junia Howell, University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Sociology, 1007 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7101, USA Email: jhowel4@uic.edu Abstract Initially, U.S. federally funded…Continue readingMechanisms Perpetuating Racial Inequality in Subsidized Housing Programs

Urban Indian Crisis

What Is at Stake when a Community is Uprooted?

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023admin

The 1950s plan to erase Indian Country Source: https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/11/01/uprooted-the-1950s-plan-to-erase-indian-country In the 1950s, the United States came up with a plan to solve what it called the “Indian Problem.” It would…Continue readingWhat Is at Stake when a Community is Uprooted?

Indigenous Stewardship

How Indigenous People Are Restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023admin

The Guarani Mbya people are working to restore the once-vast Atlantic Forest, which has been largely lost to development. Gaining official tenure of their lands, they hope, will boost their…Continue readingHow Indigenous People Are Restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

Urban Indian Crisis

6 Impacts of Homelessness Unique to Indigenous Communities

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023admin

Source: https://palletshelter.com/blog/6-impacts-of-homelessness-unique-to-indigenous-communities/ January 9, 2023 By Adrienne Schofhauser “Native people were never homeless before 1492.” It’s a poignant reminder from the Chief Seattle Club, a Native-led housing and human services…Continue reading6 Impacts of Homelessness Unique to Indigenous Communities

Urban Indian Crisis

Identifying, Supporting, and Serving American Indians and Alaska Natives WhoAre at Risk of or Experiencing Homelessness

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023admin

Source: https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/141088.pdf MOTION BY SUPERVISORS JANICE HAHN AND HILDA L. SOLIS, October 15, 2019 To this point, community members described multiple scenarios in which AIAN could ultimately have their own…Continue readingIdentifying, Supporting, and Serving American Indians and Alaska Natives WhoAre at Risk of or Experiencing Homelessness

Indigenous Stewardship

We belong to the land: review of two northern rewilding sites as a vehicle for equity in conservation

November 8, 2023November 8, 2023admin

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-022-01424-w Humanities and Social Sciences Communications volume 9, Article number: 402 (2022) Cite this article Abstract The current planetary shifts and the redistribution of species require us to rethink nature conservation, both from the viewpoint…Continue readingWe belong to the land: review of two northern rewilding sites as a vehicle for equity in conservation

Communal Healing

Historic Unveiling of Native American Monument at California State Capitol Set for Tuesday

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023admin

Source: https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/historic-unveiling-of-native-american-monument-at-california-state-capitol-set-for-tuesday BY LEVI RICKERT NOVEMBER 04, 2023 Native American Heritage Month. Tribal leaders, lawmakers, students, and other dignitaries will be on hand on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 for the unveiling of a…Continue readingHistoric Unveiling of Native American Monument at California State Capitol Set for Tuesday

Communal Healing

City of Los Angeles Pledges to Facilitate Land Back

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023admin

November 4, 2022 Source: https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2022/22-1327_misc_11-4-22.pdf Los Angeles City Motion on Land Back MOTIONENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE & RIVERThe history of land in this nation is marred by state violence,…Continue readingCity of Los Angeles Pledges to Facilitate Land Back

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