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Join Us For LovingKindness Meditation
NEW evening session on Wednesday nights
And morning sessions on the rest of the weekdays!
The Nakani Native Program presents weekday Loving Kindness Meditation sessions for health and stress relief, open to anyone but especially aimed at Native Americans and front-line health care
workers.
You are invited to attend any weekday morning EXCEPT on Wednesdays 8:30-9:15 AM Pacific Time via Zoom.
On Wednesdays attend the evening session from 8 PM to 8:45 PM Pacific Time.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81773366595
All ages and experience levels are invited.
Attend any or all sessions.
These sessions will reduce stress while bolstering your immunity and mental functioning. You will experience an immediate positive change in your body and mind during and after the sessions! This will be especially helpful for frontline workers. We will pay special attention to Indigenous/Native American world views.
Who?
Meditation teacher Vishaka Smith, Ph.D. will guide you through gentle stretching and non-sectarian meditations. Vishaka has been teaching meditation since 2012.
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Indigenous people can now reclaim traditional names on their passports and other ID | CBC News
The federal government says that Indigenous people can now apply to reclaim their traditional names on passports and other government identification.
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‘Our ancestors wouldn’t appear if we weren’t doing things in a good way’ — Cory Cliffe
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Dallas Goldtooth wrote on Twitter: “We took on a multi-billion dollar corporation and we won!!”
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Great ideas for Canadians; let's adapt them for use in the USA as well.
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215 Indian Children Remains Found in Kamloops Residential School
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Remains of 215 children found at former Kamloops residential school: First Nation
Students were sent to the school from as far away as Penticton, Hope, Mount Currie, Lillooet and even outside the province.
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News Release Nez Perce Tribe Growing Tribal unity around a proposal to remove the four Lower Snake River dams and strengthen and build Northwest communities by
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This story mentions some reconciliation work done by our predecessor organization, the American Friends Service Committee. The current trends suggest that we may need to
The Struggle for Native Lands in Indianola, Washington
Indianola’s beaches were once the home of the Suquamish Tribe, or in their language, Southern Lushootseed, suq̀wabš—People of Clear Salt Water.
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Tribal partnerships continue to support ecosystem health.
Nisqually Community Forest doubles in size after $9.6 million land purchase
The Nisqually Indian Tribe and Nisqually Land Trust have partnered to purchase land north of the current forest.
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Gov Inslee Signs Climate Change Legislative Package 5-17-2021 medium.com/wagovernor/inslee-signs-climate-change-legislative-package-9ebcef3015ef
Inslee signs climate change legislative package
Inslee signed five bills at three stops in King County Monday
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