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Haskell’s Welcome Back Powwow builds community, honors tradition
Haskell Indian Nations University on Saturday hosted its Welcome Back Powwow, giving students an opportunity to come together for healing and tradition.
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Indigenous Community Center event brings communal healing through art and abortion justice education
A sense of rage and eagerness to mobilize resonated among those in attendance at the Indigenous Community Center’s awareness event Saturday. It provided space to release emotions and celebrate cultural identity.
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Upcoming event to continue amplifying Indigenous voices in efforts toward abortion justice
The Indigenous Community Center (ICC) this Saturday will host an awareness event focused on abortion justice and how Indigenous people have been impacted ever since white settler colonization first occurred.
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Abortion bans continue to reinforce colonization of Indigenous people, community leaders say
Indigenous community members at a panel event Thursday discussed the history that lies below the surface of recent abortion bans — including mass sterilization in the 1960s and 70s — and how Indigenous people will be overwhelmingly affected by the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Engage Douglas County celebrates 3 winners of awards for promoting mental health
Engage Douglas County, a coalition that aims to promote mental health and reduce substance abuse, is celebrating three winners of awards that recognize contributions to that mission.
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New Lawrence MMIW chapter to kick off week of action to raise awareness about violence against Indigenous women
Lawrence’s Indigenous Community Center has established a chapter of the MMIWG2ST movement, which calls attention to the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, 2Spirit and Trans people.
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Indigenous Community Center launches Native youth skate team in Lawrence
The Indigenous Community Center is aiming to help local Native youth build confidence and healthy habits through its new skate team. The first skate meet was today at Edgewood Park.
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Lawrence’s Indigenous Community Center launches new food sovereignty farm
Lawrence’s Indigenous Community Center has reserved an acre of farmland, where board members and a crew of volunteers will plant perennial crops including berries, vegetables, roots, edible flowers and herbal medicines.
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Signs of support for Lawrence schools pop up around town
A tight timeline for the Lawrence school board to make decisions about whether to close schools seems to have lit a fire under many community members who are coming together to “#SaveOurSchools497.”
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Indigenous Community Center to host music, poetry, art show Saturday in Lawrence
Celebrate this Native American Heritage Month with the Indigenous Community Center (ICC)’s Music, Poetry and Art Bazaar, coming up this Saturday.
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