The two tribes and three tribal citizens filed suit against the North Dakota Legislature in 2022, arguing that its new legislative map shifted district lines in a way that diluted tribal representation, under Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act, which outlaws racially discriminatory voting practices.
The Supreme Court on Monday decided 8-1 to void the appeals court’s ruling.…
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities face distinct housing challenges, such as overcrowding, substandard housing on tribal lands, and more limited access to mortgage credit. According to a 2017 study by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an estimated 68,000 new homes are needed to eliminate overcrowding and replace physically deficient housing. These issues are compounded by complex federal-tribal governance, insufficient funding, and varying needs across different tribal areas. Despite these hurdles, the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act’s (NAHASDA) programs have made significant progress in addressing housing gaps, though challenges such as outdated funding levels and bureaucratic obstacles remain.…
State Senator Maria Elena Durazo stands alongside immigrant rights and tenants’ rights advocates to introduce Senate Bill 1243, the Tenant Protections for Immigrant Families Act. SB 1243 creates an affirmative defense and a temporary stay on unlawful detainer actions for impacted tenants and families, whose household members have been abducted by federal immigration enforcement during this period of immense fear, loss, and turmoil.…
Los Angeles County is home to many diverse Indigenous Migrant communities from what is now known as Mexico and Central America however data and reports on Latinx immigrant communities as a whole often obscures and effectively erases these communities in their analysis. A newly released report, “Indigenous Migrants in Los Angeles County” provides an opportunity to learn more about these diverse communities through the work of Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo (CIELO), an Indigenous women-led community-based organization, and preliminary research conducted by CIELO and the USC Equity Research Center. Community data gathering efforts such as survey data from CIELO’s outreach events offer a unique opportunity to better understand the diversity of Indigenous Migrant communities throughout Los Angeles County.…
The OECD is an international, inter-government organization, comprised of member industrialized nations. It seeks to improve lives by serving as a cross-border policy forum to establish evidence-based international standards and to find solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges. Currently, there are 38 member countries.
The OECD provides a non-judicial complaint system that allows communities to raise concerns when multi-national companies engage in business conduct that causes harm. Because the global economy has shifted towards increasingly large-scale agriculture and the extraction of raw materials, multinational companies drive sectors such as mining, logging, and energy. As these large-scale activities inherently alters the condition of land and its ecosystems, these international business activities significantly impact the rights, health, and survival of Indigenous Communities and wildlife across the globe.…
