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Bringing Indigenous Children Home

Last month, U.S. Secretary Deb Haaland published an op-ed about the terrifying history of residential boarding schools for Native American children. She wrote, "We have a generation of lost or injured children who are now the lost or injured aunts, uncles, parents and grandparents of those who live today." Some of those lost children's remains were finally laid to rest this summer, after being discovered in the U.S. and Canada. What do we need to know about this history and how can we help?

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Where the Wild Things Are

In April 2020, Girl Friday started tracking the Trump administration's renewed focus on auctioning off oil and gas drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). On December 3, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that the controversial sale of oil and gas leases will take place on January 6, 2021. Indigenous activists, politicians, and conservation groups have been working hard to block this outcome for decades. Can we save ANWR?

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