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New tribal liaison in southern Colorado: ‘You are responsible for learning this history’
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When Jason Herbert is meeting with tribal members on their lands, he prefers not to wear his U.S. Forest Service uniform, despite whatever agency guidelines suggest in the case of official business. “It’s not disrespect to the Forest Service. I’m really proud to work for the Forest Service,” Herbert says. It’s just that he knows…
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New tribal liaison in southern Colorado: ‘You are responsible for learning this history’
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When Jason Herbert is meeting with tribal members on their lands, he prefers not to wear his U.S. Forest Service uniform, despite whatever agency guidelines suggest in the case of official business. “It’s not disrespect to the Forest Service. I’m really proud to work for the Forest Service,” Herbert says. It’s just that he knows…
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Judge tells defendant, feds that he cannot legally accept American Indian man’s guilty plea
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Breaking with his colleagues in other states, a federal judge has told the government and an American Indian defendant in Colorado that he cannot accept the parties’ plea deal because Congress has not authorized him to consider the offense. The March 2 decision of U.S. District Court Senior Judge Robert E. Blackburn to reject the…
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Justices abandon ‘Indian child’ case, but with more potentially on horizon
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Less than two weeks before the justices were scheduled to hear oral arguments, the Colorado Supreme Court dismissed as moot a case that questioned what, specifically, government agencies have to do when there is information suggesting a child in a custody matter is American Indian. Under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), tribal…
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Tribal leaders urge changes in sports betting, water rights in first Colorado legislature address
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For the first time in state history, leaders of Colorado’s Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Southern Ute Indian Tribe gathered at the state Capitol on Wednesday to present their needs to the legislature. The occasion marks the inaugural address from Colorado’s two federally recognized tribes to the state House and Senate, as mandated by Senate…
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10th Circuit clarifies that crime victim reimbursement only covers victims’ costs
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Because federal law allows for crime victims to receive restitution for the expense of participating in legal proceedings, the representatives of deceased victims cannot be reimbursed for their own expenses, the federal appeals court based in Denver has decided. The United States government attempted to argue that Anthony Rivas, the son of Charlene Bailey, was…
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Latino community advocates: Colorado redistricting plan needs big changes
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The Colorado House and Senate district map being toured around the state for public input doesn’t provide adequate voting power to the state’s Hispanic and Latino communities, according to the Colorado Latino Leadership Advocacy & Research Organization. The prominent statewide advocacy organization proposed a total overhaul of the proposed legislative district maps, with a special…
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Colo. tribal advocates appeal to Congress to preserve Native American languages
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WASHINGTON – A Colorado senator and tribal advocates added their support to a plea to Congress on Wednesday to help preserve Native American languages. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing to consider methods for preserving quickly disappearing Native American languages that are vanishing as their speakers become increasingly assimilated into mainstream America.…
