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How a Native Californian Tribe Is Fighting to Reclaim Its History and Presence in Los Angeles

November 18, 2023November 18, 2023admin

Source: https://www.travelandleisure.com/lost-cultures-living-legacies-podcast-season-1-episode-4-gabrielino-tongva-los-angeles-7494545 “As Gabrieleno-Tongva people, we see ourselves as caretakers of our relatives and that includes the plants, the animals, the water, the land, the rocks.” Desiree Martinez, a member…Continue readingHow a Native Californian Tribe Is Fighting to Reclaim Its History and Presence in Los Angeles

Communal Healing

Los Angeles City Council backs rewrite of city codes to remove male gender

November 18, 2023November 18, 2023admin

Mayor Karen Bass and City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto are assumed to be men in city code Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/02/10/la-city-council-backs-rewrite-of-city-codes-to-remove-male-gender/ By CITY NEWS SERVICE | news@socalnews.com PUBLISHED: February 10, 2023 at 1:53 p.m. | UPDATED: February 10,…Continue readingLos Angeles City Council backs rewrite of city codes to remove male gender

Indigenous Urban Planning

Corredor del pueblo maya en la ciudad de Los Ángeles

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023admin

Fuente: https://www.yucatan.com.mx/imagen/2022/12/06/corredor-del-pueblo-maya-en-la-ciudad-de-los-angeles-366920.html 6 de diciembre de 2022, 1:30 amÚltima actualización 9 de septiembre de 2023, 9:56 am La cultura maya tendrá mayor visibilidad en Los Ángeles con el proyecto del Corredor…Continue readingCorredor del pueblo maya en la ciudad de Los Ángeles

Indigenous Urban Planning

En Los Ángeles habrá un corredor Maya y Tikal será parte de las “maravillas”

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023admin

Source: https://chapinenusa.com/noticias/en-los-angeles-habra-un-corredor-maya-y-tikal-sera-parte-de-las-maravillas–20221122920 El proyecto es un homenaje a los descendientes mayas que viven en el área. Ya fueron inaugurados los trabajos que convertirán el sector como un “pedacito del mundo maya…Continue readingEn Los Ángeles habrá un corredor Maya y Tikal será parte de las “maravillas”

Communal Healing

LA city council designates street section as Oaxacan Corridor

November 15, 2023November 15, 2023admin

Source:https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-city-council-designates-street-section-as-oaxacan-corridor/3241279/ By City News Service • Published October 11, 2023 • Updated on October 11, 2023 at 12:28 pm The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday designated a section of Pico Boulevard between Arlington Avenue and Westmoreland Avenue as…Continue readingLA city council designates street section as Oaxacan Corridor

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Orange County’s first modular wood constructed supportive housing development under construction

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023admin

Source: https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/housing/2021/09/01/casa-paloma-supportive-housing-midway-city-orange-county We see this as a template for tomorrow. Milo Peinemann, the CEO of American Family Housing, an affordable housing developer based in Midway City BY JOSEPH PIMENTEL ORANGE COUNTY PUBLISHED…Continue readingOrange County’s first modular wood constructed supportive housing development under construction

Indigenous Stewardship

Perspectivas: La propiedad indígena de capital de infraestructura se expandirá en Canadá

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023admin

Fuente: https://biv.com/article/2021/01/outlook-indigenous-infrastructure-equity-ownership-set-expand-canada Por Mark Podlasly | 6 de enero de 2021 Los gobiernos canadienses están centrando su atención en reparar el daño que la pandemia de COVID-19 ha causado en nuestra economía. Ya se…Continue readingPerspectivas: La propiedad indígena de capital de infraestructura se expandirá en Canadá

Indigenous Urban Planning

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

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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

Housing Justice

Under the proposed Rule, cities and counties that receive HUD grant funds, including the City of Los Angeles, would be required to prepare fair housing studies called Equity Plans

October 31, 2023October 31, 2023admin

City of Los Angeles 2023 – 2028 Assessment of Fair Housing Source: https://housing2.lacity.org/residents/assessment-of-fair-housing The Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA)…Continue readingUnder the proposed Rule, cities and counties that receive HUD grant funds, including the City of Los Angeles, would be required to prepare fair housing studies called Equity Plans

Communal Healing

Transit Project Marks Extinction of Cultural Enclave

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023admin

Portland Chinatown vanishes—a foreshadow of the CID? Source: https://nwasianweekly.com/2023/03/portland-chinatown-vanishes-a-foreshadow-of-the-cid/ MARCH 17, 2023 BY ADMIN “It’s very difficult to tell the mom-and-pop businesses—sorry, it’s too late, the project team has moved on” Suenn…Continue readingTransit Project Marks Extinction of Cultural Enclave

One Health, One Heart

Each City Tree Mitigates Potential Heat Exposure for One Citizen by One Day

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023admin

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719361893 Linking green infrastructure to urban heat and human health risk mitigation in Oslo, Norway Author links open overlay panelZander S. Venter a , Norun Hjertager Krog b , David N. Barton aaTerrestrial Ecology Section, Norwegian Institute…Continue readingEach City Tree Mitigates Potential Heat Exposure for One Citizen by One Day

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