Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Women of Standing Rock

Two big things today:

1. A pair of French journalists went out to Standing Rock in January to do a story on the women Standing Rock and what is being done to combat domestic violence on the reservation. I happened to be out there at the same time, and saw their integrity and sensitivity. It is now available with incredible photographs on Getty Images. The title of the article, by journalist Anne Senges, is: The Women of Standing Rock. It's really excellent work.

2.. You can watch a live stream of the White House Tribal Nations Conference, which is taking place NOW, at CSPAN. It is the first such conference since 1944 (can you believe that?) and reflects the priority the Obama Administration is placing on Tribal issues. It's live, so if you are going there before from noon to 1:45pm EST, they're on a lunch break.

You can see the introduction and Obama's opening remarks HERE.

Don't miss it

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