Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Little Free Library Announces Indigenous Library Program

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

SAINT PAUL, Minn., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Little Free Library® (LFL) nonprofit organization is thrilled to announce the launch of its Indigenous Library Program, which grants Little Free Library boxes and books where needed most in Indigenous communities and on tribal lands in the U.S and Canada. Working with Indigenous community leaders, LFL provides book-sharing boxes to locations where book access is key to improving literacy.

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  • SAINT PAUL, Minn., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Little Free Library® (LFL) nonprofit organization is thrilled to announce the launch of its Indigenous Library Program , which grants Little Free Library boxes and books where needed most in Indigenous communities and on tribal lands in the U.S and Canada.
  • "Little Free Library book-sharing boxes on Indigenous land in the U.S. and Canada can be significant to enhancing the education of Indigenous students and residents," said Wood.
  • The Indigenous Library Program grant packages come with two starter sets of books, one with 25 titles specifically focused on the Indigenous experience.
  • Apply for an Indigenous Library Program grant if you live in or serve an Indigenous community in the U.S. or Canada.

FSIS Highlights 2022 Accomplishments in Protecting Public Health

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Monday, February 6, 2023

FSIS has multiple programs in place to provide resources for these smaller plants, such as overtime fee reductions, plant outreach, and guidance materials.

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  • FSIS has multiple programs in place to provide resources for these smaller plants, such as overtime fee reductions, plant outreach, and guidance materials.
  • In 2022, Arkansas and Oregon joined the state MPI program, and FSIS finalized a CIS agreement with Montana.
  • Each year, FSIS builds on successes from existing partnerships and initiates new relationships with food safety regulators and organizations to help meet its public health goals.
  • This year, FSIS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance data sharing and coordinating critically important public health activities.

FILM SCREENING OF "WHO CARES: A NURSE'S FIGHT FOR EQUITY" FEATURES FARGO NURSE WHITNEY FEAR

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Monday, September 19, 2022

FARGO, N.D., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The groundbreaking documentary, Who Cares: A Nurse's Fight for Equity, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and filmed in Fargo one year ago, is being screened at the Fargo Theatre on Monday, September 19, 2022, with area nurses, health leaders, and nursing students in attendance.

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  • The documentary centers on psychiatric nurse practitioner Whitney Fear, who practices at Family Healthcare, a federally qualified health center in Fargo.
  • Fear says people's experiences, where they live, and trauma all shape their health and the care they receive.
  • "In my role as a nurse, I believe everyone deserves the same level of care no matter where they're from, what they've been through in life, or who they are," Fear says.
  • Directed by Jordan Fein and produced by Alkemy X, the film captures the difference Fear makes with personalized, empathetic, and holistic care.

Human Rights Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calls for the immediate release of Leonard Peltier

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

GENEVA, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention distributed its opinion calling for the immediate release of Leonard Peltier , an indigenous rights activist who has been wrongfully incarcerated by the U.S. government for the last 47 years.

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  • GENEVA, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention distributed its opinion calling for the immediate release of Leonard Peltier , an indigenous rights activist who has been wrongfully incarcerated by the U.S. government for the last 47 years.
  • In its opinion, the Working Group found that Mr. Peltiers detention was arbitrary and in contravention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
  • Mr. Peltiers case was first presented to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in 2005.
  • The Working Group determined in its first opinion that his detention was not arbitrary at that time.

Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) Announces $10.9 Million in New Grants to Prevent Opioid and Substance Use Disorder in Vulnerable Children and Families

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Since 2018, FORE has awarded 64 grants totaling $28.8 million to projects focused on solutions to the opioid crisis at the national, state, and community levels.

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  • Since 2018, FORE has awarded 64 grants totaling $28.8 million to projects focused on solutions to the opioid crisis at the national, state, and community levels.
  • These three-year grants represent our commitment to learn what must be done with this evolving opioid poisoning crisis.
  • The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) was founded in 2018 as a private 501(c)(3) national, grant-making foundation focused on addressing the nations opioid crisis.
  • FOREs mission is to support partners advancing patient-centered, innovative, evidence-based solutions impacting people experiencing opioid use disorder, their families, and their communities.

Alcohol Justice Executive Director / CEO Bruce Lee Livingston Retires

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcohol Justice, the 34-year-old, San Rafael, California-based alcohol industry watchdog is losing its longtime Executive Director Bruce Lee Livingston.

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  • SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcohol Justice, the 34-year-old, San Rafael, California-based alcohol industry watchdog is losing its longtime Executive Director Bruce Lee Livingston.
  • Bruce Livingston can be extremely proud of his remarkable accomplishments as Executive Director at Alcohol Justice.
  • Under Livingston, Alcohol Justice developed campaigns, built coalitions, and utilized strategic media advocacy nationwide to call out Big Alcohol.
  • "Throughout my 25 years in the non-profit sector, and my 14+ years at Alcohol Justice, Bruce has been the most talented E.D I've ever worked with,"stated Michael Scippa, Public Affairs Director at Alcohol Justice.

Tanka and Niman Ranch Partner to Assist in the Economic Revitalization on Pine Ridge

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Friday, January 24, 2020

The new alliance aims to support the economic revitalization on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, which is one of the poorest communities in the country.

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  • The new alliance aims to support the economic revitalization on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, which is one of the poorest communities in the country.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200124005438/en/
    Bison graze on the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, just north of the Pine Ridge Reservation.
  • We are investing in our children and grandchildren with the help of Niman Ranch and their commitment to our Native people.
  • and prior General Manager of Niman Ranch, recalled the initial conversation, Niman Ranch received help along its journey and is in a position to return the support.

Invitation: Attend Oglala Lakota Homeland Victory Celebration & Sobriety Social Gathering

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Saturday, April 28, 2018

WHITECLAY, Neb., April 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Mitakuyapi, Alcohol Justice is reporting that members of the Oglala Lakota Nation proudly yet humbly invite people to come and celebrate the one-year anniversary of the ending of exploitative alcohol sales in Whiteclay, Nebraska.

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  • WHITECLAY, Neb., April 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Mitakuyapi, Alcohol Justice is reporting that members of the Oglala Lakota Nation proudly yet humbly invite people to come and celebrate the one-year anniversary of the ending of exploitative alcohol sales in Whiteclay, Nebraska.
  • In addition to the celebration there will be a meal shared in honor of loved ones in recovery and loved ones lost to 'Whiteclay's poison'.
  • The four liquor stores in the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska (population 9), bootlegged 3.5 million cans of beer a year into the Oglala Lakota homeland of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, where it is illegal to possess or consume alcohol.
  • It has been estimated that alcoholabuse impacts 80 percent of Pine Ridge families and one out of four children suffer from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).