--- title: "This Week in Native American News - February 10, 2017" slug: this-week-in-native-american-news-february-10-2017 date: 2017-02-10 author: "Guest User" original_url: https://www.lutheranindianministries.org/news-notes/this-week-in-native-american-news-february-10-2017 section: news-notes images: ["images/51d178bc-like.gif", "images/37f6badb-google-plusone.png", "images/f203ea33-social_connect_tweet.png", "images/c1f4ad8e-nan_logo.jpg", "images/3f29dd6e-color-facebook-48.png", "images/bef17570-color-link-48.png", "images/fa7346d2-color-twitter-48.png", "images/bcf2c627-382c173c-7405-473f-ae5b-219eb1cbfbbc.jpg", "images/eb503ad4-798e0cd3f0a3882df96bb924aeed85f1.jpg", "images/d8c3a771-94e0030e96a9a697c92a764504e80861.jpg", "images/48d4f226-ba4da3cffa366988d181886be531095e.jpg", "images/6d099ecc-e9259c9a0e3c907f50c6e7dffb7bacd2.jpg", "images/a1b34cfc-f17250e8e9ec93a32b1301ef4ebe99b5.jpg"] --- # This Week in Native American News - February 10, 2017 Feb 10 Written By [Guest User](/news-notes?author=6839f4dcc52c4707a9ee7c66) \*|MC:SUBJECT|\* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | This Week in Native American News: [See all the stories online](https://flipboard.com/@indianministry/native-american-news-dh5rtbury) | | | | --- | | [View this email in your browser](*|ARCHIVE|*) | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | This Week in Native American NewsThe top five news stories brought to you by [Lutheran Indian Ministries](http://lutheranindianministries.org) | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | [We Matter Program -](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/653233120921465772/) Feb 09, 2017 11:36 am We Matter Program - When Attawapiskat called a state of emergency last April, many Canadians learned for the first time about the risk of suicide for indigenous youth. As the founders of what would eventually become known as We Matter, Kelvin and Tunchai shared a vision of preventing suicide in indigenous communities by empowering youth through messages of hope. 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That’s why the preservation of 300 reels of tape, holding thousands of hours of Navajo oral history, is so important to people of the Navajo Nation. 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Mike Rounds is taking aim at outdated and "offensive" statutes imposed on Native Americans stretching back more than 100 years. "We took a look at these laws that are way outdated — we went and picked out some of the most absurd and asked that they be taken off the books." 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For example, childhood trauma shapes the physiology of the developing brain in ways that induce a susceptibility to addiction. Hence the addiction-prone person finds relief in substances that would not entice others, even after repeated exposure to the same drugs. 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But unlike the WWII or Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the National Native American Veterans Memorial will pay tribute not to a specific conflict, but to the service of an entire ethnic group. Native Americans have served in the U.S. Armed Forces in every major military conflict since the Revolutionary War. 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