Hoopa Valley Tribe elder Verdena Leona Chase Parker was raised speaking Na:tinixwe Mixine:whe’ (Na-teh-nah-hwah Meh-hah-neh-hweh), the language of the Hupa people since time immemorial. Her fluency was a tribute to brave women in her family, including a grandmother who threw an Indian boarding school agent over a gate when they tried to forcibly take Parker’s […]
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‘Ski Mask Rapist’ Richard Stobaugh Dies
Editor’s note: Be advised, this story covers violent sexual assaults and may be disturbing to readers. A sexually violent predator in the process of appealing a Humboldt County Superior Court judge’s decision last year to reverse course on his previously granted conditional release has died. Dubbed the “Ski Mask Rapist,” Richard Stobaugh was convicted of a […]
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Newsom Signs New Gun Control Laws, Including One Requiring Owners to Take a 4-Hour Class
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Have a gun? You’re going to need to take another safety class after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills Saturday that are a boon to gun control advocates and anathema to Second Amendment groups. The law, Senate Bill 948, would apply to current residents with newly […]
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California Sues Over Trump’s Changes to Endangered Species Act, Arguing They Threaten Habitat
This story was originally published by CalMatters. California’s beloved condors and sea otters have rebounded from the brink of extinction thanks to the Endangered Species Act. Now the state is going to court to keep the 50-year-old law intact, filing two lawsuits this month to block what Democratic leaders describe as the Trump administration’s rollback of its protections. […]
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Local Lit
We hear a lot about the artists and musicians of Humboldt County, but it turns out the redwoods are teeming with writers, too. This week we’ve compiled reviews and recommendations for local reads across ages and genres that explore imagined realms and familiar North Coast landscapes. Grab a cozy spot and read along with us. […]
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Community Voices Amid ICE Fears
The Church of the Joyful Healer was packed on a recent Thursday evening, with those gathered watching in silence as a video started playing with soft piano music. On screen, a series of women, sheltered in darkness with only a faint glow of light behind them to protect their identities, shared testimonies of how they […]
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Mail-in Voting Limits as November Election Nears
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected — for now — the Trump administration’s efforts to limit mail-in voting ahead of the Nov. 3 election through new rules issued by the U.S. Postal Service. In his concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh left open […]
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In the News: Condors of the North Coast (all 31 of them!) and remembering Richard Guadagno on 9/11
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Remembering Richard Guadagno, Passenger 19A on Flight 93
Editor’s note: Twenty-five years ago today, at 10:03 a.m., Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field after passengers and crew members fought back against 9/11 hijackers, sacrificing their lives to prevent the plane from reaching its intended target, thought to have been the U.S. Capitol. One of those passengers was Richard Guadagno, the former manager […]
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Condors of the North Coast
Two decades ago, the Yurok Tribe began working to honor the request made by a council of elders for the bird they know as prey-go-neesh to once again soar over their ancestral lands. By then, the California condor had been absent from the skies for more than a century, meaning generations had gone without seeing […]
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‘These records are priceless’: 3 National Archives locations set to close without tribal consultation
This story was originally published by ICT. MILWAUKEE, Wisc. – The Chicago National Archives holds hundreds of thousands of Bureau of Indian Affairs records spanning nearly two centuries, but the site is set to close by the end of September. There is no clear answer about where the documents are going or when they’ll next […]
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In the News: William Pierson’s photography and ‘Wildfur’ animator Violet Crabtree
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