Stillwater Pow Wow will come to Redding Rodeo grounds this weekend
From October 3–5, the Redding Rancheria will host a pow wow to celebrate Tribal ceremonial dances, food, art, and music.
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Redding Rancheria’s harm reduction initiative shows early signs of promise
After eight weeks the number of people utilizing the Rancheria’s harm reduction services, which include access to clean syringes, has more than doubled. Research shows harm reduction helps protect community health.
In Northern California, Lynette Craig is still fighting to find justice for her Native son in a broken system
After his disappearance in 2020, Nick Patterson’s mother said she received only limited help from law enforcement. The lengths she went — to discover the truth and recover the rest of her son’s body — illustrate the profound systemic failures Native families face in the search for their missing and murdered relatives.
Local Activism Highlights Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in what is now known as Shasta County
This week, local Tribal members led a prayer walk to demand justice for missing and murdered Native people, particularly those local to the North State.
Pit River Tribe Celebrates Designation of Sátíttla Highlands as One of Two New National Monuments
Monument status will provide increased protection for hundreds of thousands of acres of unspoiled wilderness that have been threatened by geothermal extraction. Pit River Tribal members say the federal designation will also promote Native healing.
Feather Alerts Denied: California’s Efforts to Locate Missing Indigenous Relatives Needs Reform, Native Families Say
Similar to the Amber Alert, the newly established Feather Alert system was meant to be a vital tool for Native families searching for missing relatives. Native policymakers and families say law enforcement agents are unnecessarily rejecting the majority of Feather Alert requests. Amendments to the law are already in process.
Native Student Alleges Freedom of Speech Violation by Burney High School Principal
Honeygirl McCloud says her freedom of speech was violated earlier this month when her principal told her she couldn’t use a quote referencing violence against Indigenous women. The district did not confirm or deny those allegations but says that she will be allowed to use her original quote.
A Legal Shield to Protect the Sacred: Pit River Tribe Asks Biden to Make the Medicine Lake Highlands (Sátíttla) a National Monument
The designation would ban the kind of new leases for geothermal energy drilling that Pit River people have fought for decades and bestow far stronger protections for the culturally and ecologically important sacred landscape.
Back from the Dead: Shasta County Fountain Wind Project Could Be Approved Under New California Bill Designed To Fast Track Renewable Energy
In 2021, Shasta County officials definitively rejected the Fountain Wind mega-energy project, twice. But now a new California law may allow Texas-based ConnectGen to build the mammoth wind turbine project anyway, despite local decisions based on years of complex environmental studies, hours of testimonies, and in-depth Tribal consultations. Fountain Wind is poised to become a first test of how much the state is willing to bypass local and Tribal governments to meet its clean energy goals.
Shasta County Poised To Provide Inspiration To California Educators Seeking To Implement New Statewide Indian Education Act
A state law passed last fall encourages districts to develop culturally appropriate history lessons. The groundbreaking work of Shasta County's American Indian Advisory (AIA) is providing a model for districts seeking to implement the new law statewide. Now an additional $1.1 million in grant funds will take the AIA's work even further.
Redding Rancheria’s harm reduction initiative shows early signs of promise
After eight weeks the number of people utilizing the Rancheria’s harm reduction services, which include access to clean syringes, has more than doubled. Research shows harm reduction helps protect community health.
In Northern California, Lynette Craig is still fighting to find justice for her Native son in a broken system
After his disappearance in 2020, Nick Patterson’s mother said she received only limited help from law enforcement. The lengths she went — to discover the truth and recover the rest of her son’s body — illustrate the profound systemic failures Native families face in the search for their missing and murdered relatives.
Local Activism Highlights Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in what is now known as Shasta County
This week, local Tribal members led a prayer walk to demand justice for missing and murdered Native people, particularly those local to the North State.
Pit River Tribe Celebrates Designation of Sátíttla Highlands as One of Two New National Monuments
Monument status will provide increased protection for hundreds of thousands of acres of unspoiled wilderness that have been threatened by geothermal extraction. Pit River Tribal members say the federal designation will also promote Native healing.
Feather Alerts Denied: California’s Efforts to Locate Missing Indigenous Relatives Needs Reform, Native Families Say
Similar to the Amber Alert, the newly established Feather Alert system was meant to be a vital tool for Native families searching for missing relatives. Native policymakers and families say law enforcement agents are unnecessarily rejecting the majority of Feather Alert requests. Amendments to the law are already in process.
Native Student Alleges Freedom of Speech Violation by Burney High School Principal
Honeygirl McCloud says her freedom of speech was violated earlier this month when her principal told her she couldn’t use a quote referencing violence against Indigenous women. The district did not confirm or deny those allegations but says that she will be allowed to use her original quote.
A Legal Shield to Protect the Sacred: Pit River Tribe Asks Biden to Make the Medicine Lake Highlands (Sátíttla) a National Monument
The designation would ban the kind of new leases for geothermal energy drilling that Pit River people have fought for decades and bestow far stronger protections for the culturally and ecologically important sacred landscape.
Back from the Dead: Shasta County Fountain Wind Project Could Be Approved Under New California Bill Designed To Fast Track Renewable Energy
In 2021, Shasta County officials definitively rejected the Fountain Wind mega-energy project, twice. But now a new California law may allow Texas-based ConnectGen to build the mammoth wind turbine project anyway, despite local decisions based on years of complex environmental studies, hours of testimonies, and in-depth Tribal consultations. Fountain Wind is poised to become a first test of how much the state is willing to bypass local and Tribal governments to meet its clean energy goals.
Shasta County Poised To Provide Inspiration To California Educators Seeking To Implement New Statewide Indian Education Act
A state law passed last fall encourages districts to develop culturally appropriate history lessons. The groundbreaking work of Shasta County's American Indian Advisory (AIA) is providing a model for districts seeking to implement the new law statewide. Now an additional $1.1 million in grant funds will take the AIA's work even further.