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Valerie Taliman, West Coast Editor

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Built on Requa Hill in the 1880s and rebuilt in 1914 after a fire, the Requa Inn sits near the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Klamath River
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The Requa Inn

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
The Horn at night. The Horn, a traditional camp layout where seven tipis are placed in a circle formation, represents the historic and symbolic political organization of the Oceti Sakowin.
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OCETI SAKOWIN: Lighting the Sacred Fire at Standing Rock

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
A broken water pipeline has damaged the Big Pine Paiute Tribe economy. Los Angeles agreed to repair it after one commissioner was so moved she offered to pay for the repair herself.
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Big Pine Paiute Tribe Pressures LADWP Into Fixing Broken Pipeline

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Leon's Legacy: The Grant Sisters, the Only Trick Riders in the World

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Thousands of Veterans Descend on Standing Rock to Protect and Serve

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Three federal agencies immediately intervened Friday to stop construction on the Dakota Access pipeline after a federal judge denied the Standing Rock Sioux's request for an injunction to halt the pipeline.
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Moments After Judge Denies DAPL Injunction, Federal Agencies Intervene

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Following the destruction of Lakota burial grounds and sacred sites by Dakota Access pipeline workers, more than 500 water protectors gathered to pray. More than 8,000 people representing 180 tribes have converged at the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock to protect their water and sacred sites.
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Judge Temporarily Halts DAPL Construction on Select Land but Not on Desecrated Area

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
The Yakama delegation included Chairman JoDe Goudy, women, children and Council members who greeted Chairman Archambault and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council with songs, prayers and gifts.
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Indian Nations From Washington State Join Opposition to DAPL Pipeline

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Police line up before protesters near the construction site of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
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Dakota Access Pipeline Standoff: Mni Wiconi, Water is Life

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Delbert Davis, a member of Tule River Veterans Color Guard and Native Americans Veterans Post 1987 smudges himself with sage before the opening prayer at Native American Day ceremonies.
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California Native American Day Celebrates Cultural Pride and Tribal Partnerships

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Near the close of Native American Day, youth dance groups were given special recognition and thanks for their performances and songs throughout the festivities. The Karuk Youth Dancers traveled from their homelands in Northern California's redwood forest to share their culture. Two youth dance groups from Kashia Pomo and Shingle Springs requested that no photos or video be taken out of respect for the sacredness of the songs and dances. Photo by Paula Schultz.
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10 Great Photos from California Native American Day

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Grandma Rosalie Tallbull and grandson Mauricio greet Jeremy Thompson at Denver International Airport before the World Lacrosse Championships begin on July 10, 2014
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Iroquois Nationals Receive Warm Welcome to the FIL Championships, Ranked in Top Division

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Tatanka Means Rises to Next Level With 'Tiger Eyes'

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Dawson Attacker Gets One Year in Jail, Three Years Probation

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Navajo/San Carlos Apache nurse Patty Dawson, Warrior Woman, and Fresno activist Gloria Hernandez spoke at a press conference demanding justice on the anniversary of the 2010 attack on Dawson by Jennifer Fraser, who has known ties to white supremacists according to prior arrest records.
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Dawson Case Ends in Felony Conviction; Attacker's Father Allegedly Threatens to Shoot Victim

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
A view of Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Rape, Kidnapping Being Investigated as Hate Crime in Thunder Bay

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Mesha with her two daughters (Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep)
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Baby Lucy Journeys Home

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Sage Frank (left) with his little brother Bluestar Frank, his dad Cameron Frank and his mom April Carmelo outside their family home in the City of Shasta Lake. Sage was allegedly attacked by an apparent self-proclaimed white supremist.
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Native Family Allegedly Attacked by White Supremacists in Shasta Lake

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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City of Syracuse Calling July 28 "Iroquois Nationals U19 Team Day"

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Beyond the Bronze: The Iroquois Nationals Come Home as Champions in Many Respects

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Iroquois Nationals players battled to the end despite losing 12-7 to Team USA in the U19 World Lacrosse Championships semi-finals on July 19 in Turku, Finland. The Nationals now play England for the Bronze medal on Saturday, July 21.
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Iroquois Nationals Lose to Team USA, 12-7

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Iroquois Nationals Rout England in Game One of Lacrosse World Championships

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Osage Mother Missing in Tulsa

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Donovan Hanley, director of sales for Navajo Nation Hospitality Enterprises, said tourism trade shows are essential to attracting visitors to Indian Country. Hanley said it sometimes takes two or three years to see a return on the investment, but the exposure always pays off.
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Indian Country Markets Tourism at World’s Largest Show

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Justice Department Monitoring Dawson Case

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
It is not uncommon to see men at the courthouse and other public places with shaved heads and swastika tattoos covering their faces, arms and necks, similar to the scene here from Michigan.
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Neighbors in Hoods

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Patty Dawson shows Indian Country Today Media Network the site where she was attacked last June.
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Hate Crimes Charges Unlikely in Patty Dawson Case

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Minnesota Report Examines Sex Trafficking of Native Women

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Patty Dawson, still suffering from serious injuries, painfully recounts the alleged hate crime attack on June 14, 2011.
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Will There Be Justice in a 'Sundown Town'?

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Hundreds of people turned out for the Walk4Justice rally on the steps of Parliament September 19. Artist Gloria LaRoch designed the mock coffins representing those lost and decorated with butterflies representing each of the missing and murdered women.
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How many have to die? Walk4Justice Wants Answers for Missing Native Women

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Walk4Justice: 720 Native Women Murdered and Missing

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Patty Dawson, was attacked in her car on June 14, by what she calls “skinheads.” Here she is pictured with her baby.
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Native Mother Attacked and Beaten, Skinheads Suspected

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Alyssa Bonta, near left, Shane Murry, Johnny Bonta, background and Lisa Bonta recreate the scene that has changed their lives seven weeks ago.
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Bonta Family: Waiting for Justice, Living in Fear

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Johnny Bonta, center, with his daughter Alyssa and mother Barbara Happy. Johnny was a victim of an apparent hate crime on May 24 as he was allegedly attacked outside a gas station in Fernley, Nevada.
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Native Family Allegedly Attacked by Skinheads

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Chairman Arlan Melendez of the Reno Sparks Indian Colony
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Natives Targeted Most for Hate Crimes

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
From one nation-state to another: Chief Edward John in Vatican City.
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United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: 10 Years of a Powerful Message

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Why Stalking Is a Critical Issue in Indian Country

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 12, 2018
Ambassador of the United States to Germany Philip Dunton Murphy poses with several members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee's delegation including Miss Cherokee 2009 Rachel Hicks.
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Indian Country Taps International Tourism Market

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Bernie Williams and Reta Bird were among elders that led the memorial march to Oppenheimer Park where they held a candlelight vigil at a totem pole carved in honor of 600 murdered and missing Native women.
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Rounding Up the Predators

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
Hundreds of people turned out in heavy rain for the 20th annual Women’s Memorial March to honor the memories of Canada’s murdered and missing women, shutting down traffic and drawing crowds as they wound through the streets and alleys on the Downtown Eastside
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Women’s Memorial March Honors Victims, Families

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
People participate in a Women's March remembering those who have died violent deaths in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.
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Unsolved Aboriginal Murders Protested for 20th Year in B.C.

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Christian Crees Tear Down Sweat Lodge

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
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Racist Rhetoric Fuels Hate Crimes

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 12, 2018
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United States Cannot be the Only Country Opposing Indigenous Rights

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 12, 2018
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National Call for Inquiry into Deaths of Hundreds of Native Women

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 12, 2018
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National call for inquiry into deaths of hundreds of Native women

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 12, 2018
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Canada’s Racist Policies to Blame for National Tragedy

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 12, 2018
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Canada’s racist policies to blame for national tragedy

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
PHOTO BY VALERIE TALIMAN. In collaboration with Native women’s advocacy groups, Angela MacDougall (foreground) is among women leaders demanding investigations and justice for thousands of missing and murdered women. MacDougall spoke about the issue at the Turtle Lodge on the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba in July.
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Turning Anger into Action

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018
The Downtown Eastside, called “Canada’s poorest postal code,” is situated near an industrial area near Vancouver’s port. The area is filled with cheap hotels, bars, pawnshops and alleys littered with needles and condoms—evidence of widespread drug dealing and prostitution. The Women’s Memorial March has been held here annually on Valentine’s Day since 1992 to call attention to hundreds of missing and murdered women whose cases have been largely ignored by local police officials.
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Children Dying While Predators Roam Free

By Valerie Taliman, West Coast EditorSep 13, 2018