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By Mary Annette Pember

Members of Oglala Lakota Tribe Question ‘Voluntourism’ and Church-Based Charities

Chris Poore · Mar 13, 2019

The Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota is the "poster child" for charities raising money for projects in Indian Country. The tribal government would like more assurances that the funds are being used for their stated purposes, while others worry that church-based social programs are really about proselytizing and suppressing Native religion.

Speak Your Piece: Another Reality

Mary Annette Pember · Apr 27, 2015

A Daily Yonder post about “driving while Indian” sparks hundreds of replies from others who say non-Native law enforcement has singled them out. The trend is part of a pattern of discrimination that goes far beyond traffic stops…

Speak Your Piece: Driving While Indian

Mary Annette Pember · Mar 9, 2015

On a dark, country road in Indian country, the lessons of childhood come back quickly when the police pull you over. As the nation debates police violence, we shouldn't forget the painful experiences of Native Americans.

Energy

Speak Your Piece: Coal and the Navajo

Mary Annette Pember · Feb 24, 2014

Desperate for jobs and tax revenue, the Navajo Nation buys a coal mine. Community groups question whether the old owner, BHP Billiton, walked off with $85 million and left the Nation holding the bag.

Oklahoman Promotes ‘Brown Revolution’

Mary Annette Pember · Aug 1, 2013

An “Okie twist” on carbon credits provides incentives for farmers to use their soil to sequester carbon. Like the New Deal’s Soil Conservation Act, the ECOpass could be a game-changer, says Clay Pope.

Arts and Culture

The Tonto Challenge: Keeping a Straight Face

Mary Annette Pember · Jul 2, 2013

Johnny Depp can defend his performance as Tonto in the remake of “The Lone Ranger” by saying he’s acting. He doesn’t have that excuse in his cringe-inducing video message to his Native American “brothers and sisters.”

Health

Sebelius Asks for Help Reaching Rural

Mary Annette Pember · Jun 25, 2013

Rural Americans have a lot to gain from the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services secretary says. But they may not know it. Kathleen Sebelius asks for help spreading the word.

‘No-Holds-Barred Dreams’

Mary Annette Pember · Jun 25, 2013

Three young people who have returned to their rural roots share their dreams of reinventing their communities' future.

People to Know

Trickster, Artist and Native American

Mary Annete Pember · May 7, 2013

Raymond Thundersky roamed the streets of Cincinnati – a Native American in a clown costume who drew urban construction scenes, both real and imagined. Mary Annette Pember relates her own search to find the story behind this enigmatic…

Environment

Ojibwe Women Vow to ‘Sit on the Mountain’

Mary Annette Pember · Mar 13, 2013

In Wisconsin, new iron-ore mining legislation threatens the Penokee Mountains, upstream from the Bad River reservation. Some say that Gov. Scott Walker and other mining proponents are about to encounter a force of nature: Objibwe women bent…

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