MINNESOTA!  Birth records open to adult adoptees July 1 REGIONAL- Starting July 1, Minnesota-born adoptees, 18 years and older, will have new access to their original birth records, a move that promises to unlock deeply held questions about their biological heritage. This access is part of a law passed last year which no longer allows birth parents to conceal their identities from adult adoptees. After an adoption in Minnesota, birth records are changed to show the new name of the adopted person and the adoptive parents, and the original birth records and all related correspondence are ..read more

  Over the past four decades, Lisa Meeches has produced countless acclaimed films and television programs. She tells Face to Face (APTN) there are hopes to renew the series Taken, which told the stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Questions? EMAIL: tracelara@pm.me ..read more

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Lakota Elder Wowitan Uha Mani Speaks To Peter Santenello: "I'm a Lakota!" Lakota Elder Wowitan Uha Mani (Christian name: David Swallow, Jr.) spoke with filmmaker Peter Santenello   This man may live in the middle of the Reservation but he has a better understanding of what is going on in the world than most people living in the cities. Questions? EMAIL: laratrace@outlook.com ..read more

Excerpt: INTRODUCTION   L et’s start out with a QUIZ:  how many Indigenous people were on Turtle Island (now North America) before 1490? 100 million? 10 million? No one knows.  What we do know—millions did live here.  Then millions die here.  Many Millions. By the end of the 19th century, writes David E. Stannard, a historian at the University of Hawaii, Native Americans had undergone the “worst human holocaust the world had ever witnessed, roaring across two continents non-stop for four centuries and consuming the lives of countless tens of millions of peo ..read more

How a Métis genealogist helps people uncover their Indigenous ancestry Anne Anderson has spent a lifetime trying to piece together the past By Hannah Carty | May 3, 2024   Understanding your family history can offer a sense of identity and belonging, but for people with Indigenous ancestry, that history can be difficult to uncover. Survivors of the 60s Scoop, for example, have been told years after they were forcibly taken from their families as children that their birth records were lost or destroyed, meanwhile, churches held onto residential school records for decades. Anne Anderson ..read more

  Nominated for Best Documentary at The Native American Film Festival in San Francisco in 2017.  Who Will Bury the Dead?  explores the experiences of the last Lakota Christian Clergy with 150 years of historical perspective. A powerful contemporary story of spiritual decolonization. Available on Amazon Prime.  CloudHorse Media  I asked my relative Ellowyn many years ago why there were churches in Pine Ridge, and she said they provided food and money. But not many people went to church.  - TLH Questions? EMAIL: laratrace@outlook.com ..read more

  StrongHearts Native Helpline encourages wearing the color red in honor of the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) on May 5, 2024. “An annual awareness day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls calls attention to epidemic levels of violence against Native Americans and Alaska Natives,” said CEO Lori Jump, StrongHearts Native Helpline. “We support raising awareness to ensure that our missing and murdered relatives are not forgotten and the future of our young ones can be spared this crisis.” Red Calls To The Ancestors I ..read more

 READ APRIL 29, 2024 Hundreds of Sixties Scoop survivors who attended a Winnipeg conference on Sunday to share their stories, reconnect with their communities and access support. The event, hosted by the Southern Chiefs' Organization and the Anish Corporation — which promotes health, wellness and emotional support for Indigenous peoples — is welcoming survivors from across Canada and from the U.S.   ?FROM 2019:   Questions? EMAIL: laratrace@outlook.com ..read more

 Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions By Susan Burch View Inside Critical Indigeneities Awards & distinctions 2021 Alison Piepmeier Book Prize, National Women's Studies Association 2022 Outstanding Book Award, Disability History Association Finalist, 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prize (History Category), American Council of Learned Societies Between 1902 and 1934, the United States confined hundreds of adults and children from dozens of Native nations at the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians, a federal psychiatric hospital in South Dakota.  But detention at the Indi ..read more