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Search results for "Indian Reservation" ...
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Rape on the Reservation
One in three Native American women in the United States will be raped in their lifetimes. The perpetrators who commit crimes of sexual assault do so without fear of punishment because those responsible are rarely brought to justice.
Tags: sexual assault; rape; Indian; Native American; reservation
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Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed
This book reveals how the U.S. government consciously looked away as miners, and then the neighbors, were exposed to uranium's dangers as it was mined on a Navajo reservation, in a slow-motion environmental catastrophe that last for decades and continues today.
Tags: uranium; radiation; mining; Navajo; Indian reservation; yellow cake; yellow dirt; EPA; Environmental Protection Agency; Indian Health Service; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Atomic Energy Commission; National Cancer Institute; environmental pollution; environmental disaster; nuclear power; atomic bomb
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Aid to Indian County
Amidst an impoverished American Indian reservation lies nearly of decade of corrupt practices from a welfare program meant to help those who need it. The Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians' Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program has misused more than $6 million in taxpayer money over two years.
Tags: Native Americans; Indians; welfare; Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians' Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Failure of Justice
The failed investigation of a police imposter who sexually assaulted at least 15 Apache teenagers serves as a window into the breakdown of law enforcement in Indian country. Native Americans suffer from disproportionate crime rates - especially sexual assaults - largely because of a dysfunctional criminal justice system. In this case, two men were falsely arrested and jailed; the real criminal got away and victims saw no justice. The government's own records, obtained through a federal lawsuit, demonstrate that the problem is systemic - a result of overlapping jurisdictions, mismanagement, lack of funding inadequate training and multiple other flaws.
Tags: Law Enforcement; Native American; Justice; Jurisdiction; Sexual Assault; Rape; Police; Imposter; Apache; Whiteriver; Indian Reservation
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Sexual Abuse of Native American Women
A look at the serious flaw in law enforcement and prosecution regarding the sexual abuse of Native American women in South Dakota and Oklahoma.
Tags: Leslie Ironroad; reservation; Indian; Bureau of Indian Affairs; sexual abuse; Native American
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Lawless Lands: The Crisis in Indian Country
"This four-part series uncovers the systemic failure of the federal judicial system to investigate and prosecute serious crime on America's Indian reservations and charts the cost of that failure to indigenous communities. The series presents the first detailed picture of the gap between reported crime, criminal investigation, and felony prosecution on American Indian lands under federal jurisdiction."
Tags: crime; Native Americans; federal government; Indian Affairs
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A Place Where Children Die
The investigation found that children on the Warm Springs Reservation in central Oregon die at a rate more than three times that for Oregon and nearly twice for Native Americans nationwide. Many of the deaths of 58 children since 1990 occurred because tribal leaders have not pursued basic steps proven to reduce mortality rates on reservations. Some causes for the deaths are due to a lack of seatbelt laws, scaling back of sobriety checkpoints, and failures in the child welfare system.
Tags: Warm Springs Reservation; Oregon reservation; Native American; child mortality; traffic accidents; child welfare system; alcohol; tribal leaders; child safety; sobriety checkpoints; seat-belt law; Warm Springs Early Childhood Education programs; Indian communities; Indian Health Service; tribal Children's Protective Services; Warm Springs Fire and Safety; Boys and Girls Club; Warm Springs Elementary; The Rainbow Market; Oregon Liquor Control Commission; substance abuse programs; tribal budget; Portland's Rose Garden sports arena
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Dividing the Sky
The Arizona Republic did a four-part series on the relocation of Native Americans. Months were spent visiting Navajo and Hopi reservations in northeastern Arizona and interviewing "some of the last remaining traditional Indians in the continental United States."
Tags: Navajo; hopi; reservations; federal relocation; federal aid; Native Americans; American Indians; land dispute
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Look Who's Cashing in at Indian Casinos
A Time investigation reveals that casino gambling on Indian reservations benefits only a handful of Indians and many non-Indians. For 90 percent of the nation's Native Americans, gaming has "done nothing to lift them out of poverty," according to the contest questionnaire. The series shows who's profiting from casinos and how some successful tribes are using their new-found riches to influence the political system.
Tags: Indian casinos; Native Americans; poverty; gaming; profit; government regulation; loopholes
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American Indian Rule: Sovereignty Abused
An investigation by the Detroit News reveals "widespread civil rights abuses" on American Indian reservations in Michigan and across the country. "American Indians, our investigation revealed, often live in societies with no independent justice system, limited access to public records, restrictive election laws and scant protections against legislative misconduct. In addition, most Indians have little control over their tribe's finances and their tribal membership is subject to the whim of their leaders."
Tags: American Indians; reservations; Michigan; civil rights; abuses