Years of racist school bullying culminated in an assault, prompting a family to move for their safety.
Tag: Native American
Posted inEnvironment
The Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds in Iowa and Wisconsin
The Sny Magill Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument near Clayton, Iowa, is a hidden wonder, with more than 100 sacred mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago. But the Mississippi River has significantly eroded the bank they built on, eating away at some of the mounds at the water’s edge.
Posted inEnvironment
Judge signals hesitance to shut down pipeline, pleads with Wisconsin tribe to work with oil company
A federal judge signaled Thursday he will not force an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline in northern Wisconsin, despite arguments from a Native American tribe that the line is at immediate risk of being exposed by erosion and rupturing on reservation land.
Posted inEducation, Justice & Safety
‘It’s something we owe.’ Madison church pays ‘voluntary tax’ to Indigenous nations
The $4,000 payment is part of an effort by St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church to acknowledge its debt to Ho-Chunk who once lived there.
Posted inEconomy, News & Announcements
Have thoughts about jobs and opportunity in Native communities? Wisconsin Watch and Indian Country Today want to hear from you.
What do you consider the job of the future? What is your dream job? Are you satisfied with your quality of life? In a collaboration convened by Indian Country Today, Wisconsin Watch is reporting on economic issues in tribal communities, and we want to hear from you.
Posted inEconomy, Government
Gambling has given Ho-Chunk new hope
Gambling has provided the tribe’s roughly 7,400 members with jobs, opportunity and income. It has gone to build infrastructure, create programs, and preserve the Ho-Chunk way of life.
Posted inWisWatch Blog
Slideshow: Inside the Penokee harvest camp
Photos accompanying reporter Tegan Wendland’s audio feature on the harvest camp.
Posted inNews about Wisconsin Watch
The birth and life of “A Tribal Tragedy”
Our package on Native American suicides was published across the country, thanks to the help of Native media organizations.
Posted inHealth & Welfare
A Tribal Tragedy: High Native American suicide rates persist
Fifteen years after Schuyler Webster took his own life at age 14, his mother still sees him everywhere.