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House Bill 4002 is headed for Tina Kotek's desk after hours of discussion on the floor of the #Oregon Senate, where critics worried it could lead to unequal impacts on #Indigenous and #Black people. ✍Nika Bartoo-Smith️ and Karina Brown #warondrugs ow.ly/COmi50QKZ4V

Camaraderie and #culture were featured at the First Annual Gathering of Native Weavers at Chinook Winds Casino in #LincolnCity. ✍️- Nika Bartoo-Smith (ICT) and Jarrette Werk (Report for America) #NativeAmerican ow.ly/i8TO50QML0R

From our friends IndigiNews The last woolly #dog disappeared more than 100 years ago. Coast Salish communities have been collectively mourning and remembering these #canines from the #SalishSea to Stó:lō for decades. #Musqueam #FirstNations ow.ly/QfiN50QWQHG

“I think that this is a place that artists and guests can come and just be inspired, because art does touch us in ways that we can't even articulate sometimes,” - Shyla Spicer, the president and CEO of the Native Arts and Culture Foundation ✍️-Nika Bartoo-Smith ow.ly/86nk50QY62t

The #NAGPRA final rule, as it is called, represents a tectonic shift in how museums, universities and other public institutions interact with Native peoples in #repatriation of ancestral remains as well as #sacred and cultural objects. #NativeAmerican ow.ly/mtZe50QZ3tL

Yurok Tribe, Save the Redwoods League, National Park Service, and CA State Parks signed a historic MOU to return land to the #Tribe. “As we are healing the land, it’s healing ourselves..." said Joseph James. ✍️ Nika Bartoo-Smith #NativeAmerican #California #LandBack ow.ly/e2ha50R1rI3

Tune in to OPB's ThinkOutLoud on OPB today at noon to hear Nika Bartoo-Smith discuss this important story!

Tune in to OPB's ThinkOutLoud on OPB today at noon to hear Nika Bartoo-Smith discuss this important story! opb.org/show/thinkoutl…

“You never know when you cross which rights of yours as an Indigenous person are going to be violated and to what extent,” said Heidi Gravelle, Nasukin of the Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqǂiʾit First Nation.

Beloved comic artist Jeffrey Veregge, from the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, passed on last Friday at the age of 50. Read about his legacy- ow.ly/fh2q50RjfeH ✍️- Nika Bartoo-Smith

News: Adam Becenti, Diné, will be the city of Portland's new Tribal Relations Program manager. After the city's tribal relations office sat empty for months, Becenti will lead a downsized office of two underscore.news/reporting/city… by Nika Bartoo-Smith & Jarrette Werk

#BREAKINGNEWS Adam Becenti, #Diné, former tribal affairs director for Oregon Department of Human Services, is the new #TribalRelations Program manager for the City of #Portland, ending a five-month vacancy. ✍Nika Bartoo-Smith + Jarrette Werk (Report for America) ow.ly/IXa450Rk7yt

College basketball star Kianna Hamilton, citizen of the Osage Nation, finishes out her last season of college ball on the University of Portland women’s basketball team & looks to her new role as director of basketball operations for the Portland Pilots. ow.ly/M9um50RlHkp

The latest by Jarrette Werk and I!

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs asked the #Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to revoke an agreement with CTGR, affirming the tribe's right to issue #hunting and #fishing licenses to its citizens. ✍️-Nika Bartoo-Smith (ICT) underscore.news/reporting/warm…

My latest in the Indigenous youth profile series with photos by Jarrette Werk. I am so inspired by all the young people I have met! underscore.news/reporting/port…

Former Gov. Kate Brown has a new gig: leading Willamette Falls Trust "This is a sacred site," she told Underscore Native News. "To come and see this and feel the mist and be connected to the river: I think it will create a spirit of hope for the future." underscore.news/reporting/form… By me and Nika Bartoo-Smith

TW: Rape, MMIR A BIA officer pleaded guilty in a criminal case arising from his rape of a Northern Cheyenne woman who had called for his help. In a Portland courtroom Monday, the government claimed it bears no responsibility for his actions. underscore.news/reporting/feds…

Super important and well written story by Karina Brown