Indigenous Nations Sue Social Media Giants, Citing Youth Mental Health Harms...

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Historic lawsuits filed: The Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations have launched legal action against major social media companies, alleging their platforms fueled a youth mental health crisis.

Harms to Indigenous youth spotlighted: The lawsuits argue that addictive design features and unchecked content disproportionately impact Native youth, exacerbating depression, anxiety, and suicide risks.

Broader accountability push: The cases join a growing wave of litigation seeking to hold tech giants responsible for social harms, potentially setting major legal precedents.

MORE: https://icmagazine.org/indigenous-nations-sue-social-media-giants-citing-youth-mental-health-harms/

Tornado took everything, but them | A pueblo family loses their home after a tornado ravaged their small Oklahoma town

 A GoFundMe set up for the family had raised more than $3,000 by Tuesday morning.

        SULPHUR, OKLAHOMA, Chickasaw Territory

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Tornadoes Touchdown on the Mvskoke Reservation in Oklahoma

MVSKOKE RESERVATION, Okla. – The weekend of April 27-28 saw intense severe weather storms that left at least four dead and dozens injured in the state of Oklahoma. Among those killed included a four-month-old infant. The City of Sulphur in Murray County was hit particularly hard by tornadic activity, its downtown area covered in fallen building debris. MORE

Chickasaw Nation Documentary Wins Heartland Emmy Award

“And Our Mothers Cried” vividly brings to life the Indian boarding school era of the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries. For several generations of Native American children, including some Chickasaws, attending boarding school meant separation from their families and indoctrination into a culture that wasn’t their own. The schools, which were guided by the infamous slogan, “Kill the Indian. Save the Man,” prohibited most students from speaking their own language and emphasized labor-intensive trades that would assimilate them into white culture through military-type institutions.
The documentary presents a stark contrast between these schools and schools established and operated by the Chickasaw Nation, which were designed to prepare Chickasaw children to compete in a rapidly changing world. “And Our Mothers Cried” presents compelling stories from some of the Chickasaw elders who lived through the boarding school era. Their experiences weave a complex story of sorrow and survival, but also one of hope and resilience from a time when tribal governments and culture were under attack.

Click here to watch the EMMY® Award-winning “Winter Fire—And Our Mothers Cried.”

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