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Jeannette Armstrong, Marh 16, 2017, https://www.methowvalleyinterpretivecenter.com/2017/03/16/jeannette-armstrong-the-people-to-be-nsyilxcn-language-and-story/

"Sharing One Skin"

The Jeannette Armstrong article "Sharing One Skin" claims that the purpose of this section is to examine the various resources that her community and the outside world have to offer. It mentions the main characters, where they live, and what sides they are from the father and mother. And about the connection between the environment to the earth. Okanagan's have a lot of teachings with self. She begins by defining the word "Okanagan," saying that each syllable represents the people there, their attitude, and the things they do to maintain unity. She also discusses many issues that her community and culture need to address in order to survive, and she has a ton of anecdotes to share. Physical, emotional, thinking-intellectual, and spiritual capacities are means to bring about peace and good health for all creation, according to this section on "The Four Capacities of Self." The deep information of strength that we hold together through spirit and sacrifice. It says that traditions and education are lost, without them it is destructive. Within our true selves, we have great power. You cannot be separated from your family and community, everyone shares one skin. The language and the land is connected through tradition and responsibility to the community. We see spirit even though it may not be physical, it is within. The situation is entirely different when discussing society, which has its gray areas.

Armstrong, Jeanette. “Sharing One Skin: The Okanagan Community,” in Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith (eds), The Case Against the Global Economy. San Francisco, CA, Sierra Club Books, 1996. Pp 460-470.

"How has place names impact the way we see landscape?"

The Navajo Nation member Laura Tohe was interviewed by the High Country News for their piece, "How has place names impact the way we see terrain." She explains that the majority of the country has Dinè names, most of which have historical connotations and each has a certain meaning, tale, or purpose. Since the Navajo language adds "yee" to the end of a bad person's name to prevent them from having power or any other particular meaning, most American names have to be changed. American names had often brought to mind the colonists who had destroyed their country and everything it stood for.

Tony Abeyta May 1, 2022 From the print edition. “How Place Names Impact the Way We See Landscape.” High Country News - Know the West, 1 May 2022

Kuhaya Concho, personal photo, "Early bird" july 18, 2021

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An Act Relative to Employment for Certain Adult Indians on or Near Indian Reservations, Public Law 959. Statues at Large 70, (1956): 986. https://commons.und.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1164&context=indigenous-gov-docs

An Act Relative to Employment for Certain Adult Indians on or Near Indian Reservations

An act of law debating the quote "during any time the United States is at war or during any period of emergency declared to exist by the President of the United States." The enactment of the amount is entitled to sue the United States to recover such amount as would equal compensation. That in the event, of the amount determined by the Commission and to sue in the courts, the excess of any amounts advanced on account of just compensation over the amount of the court judgment required to be refunded. The section quotes "All war-risk insurance ... Merchant Marine Act, 1936,” as it considers the time of which the amendment is amended to be in accordance with. As well as the Act to help adult Indians who reside on or near Indian reservations to obtain reasonable and satisfactory employment, The program is to be available primarily to Indians who are not less than eighteen and not more than thirty-five years of age and who reside on or near an Indian reservation, and the program is conducted under such rules and regulations as the companies secretary may prescribe. For the purposes of the program the corporation is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with any Federal, State, or local governmental agency, or with any private school which has a recognized reputation in the field of vocational education and has successfully obtained employment for its graduates in their respective fields of training, or with any corporation.

Native Americans and workplace discrimination,

According to a recent survey, roughly one-third of Native Americans have seen job discrimination. Since Texas is an at-will employment state, businesses may terminate employees without regard to discrimination. Clients may benefit from assistance from an employment law professional in determining what actions qualify as discriminatory. Racist epithets, insults, and inappropriate humor can all be considered forms of illegal discrimination.

Native Americans and workplace discrimination, Warren & Siurek, L.L.P., Nov 29, 2017, https://www.warrensiurek.com/blog/2017/11/native-americans-and-workplace-discrimination/

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The Evolution of work

Working together as a community had better expectations of survival such as taming crops helping farm animals, and opening up new kinds of work. Early civilizations had powerful ruling classes that ruled to outsource work to slaves and servants because they felt as hard work was considered beneath their dignity. While in the Middle Ages working hard became synonymous with doing good, pleasing god, and repenting for one’s sins. Considering the time family members were also involved with farming, though work was never done. Many people migrated to the cities to special in artistic development that came along with the craft stage of work. Moving through the ages of time while in the time period of the Industrial revolution brought with it mass production. Humans adapted. Still struggling with new kinds of workers eager to earn a living however they could in a rapidly changing world. Recognizing the inhumane work conditions, workers demanded all kinds of fundamental rights. But the surprising moments were how the Workforce changed employment where in the past no one would have thought about.

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American Indian and Alaska Native unemployment graph

With a 7.5% unemployment rate in February 2020, Native Americans had a greater unemployment rate than other racial groupings prior to the pandemic. As the epidemic spread, the unemployment rate among Native Americans shot up to an astounding 28.6%, which is equivalent to the percentage for the entire country during the Great Depression. Frontline (and sometimes low-paying) service sector employment, which was among the most affected early in the epidemic, is typically overrepresented by Native American employees. In addition, COVID-19 itself had a disproportionately negative impact on the health of Native Americans, which was especially damaging for Native American communities. During the epidemic, these circumstances made the economic situation for Indigenous populations very difficult.

American Indian and Alaska Native unemployment graph, 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2022/02/09/despite-an-optimistic-jobs-report-new-data-shows-native-american-unemployment-remains-staggeringly-high/

Minorities.” UC Berkeley Public Health, 10 Dec. 2022, https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/research-highlights/untreated-mental-illness-leads-to-worse-outcomes-for-minorities/.

Neglected Minorities

People from racial or ethnic minorities who have mental problems are more likely to have been impoverished, unemployed, or incarcerated. Untreated mental illness increased the risk of poverty, incarceration, and/or self-reported "fair" or "poor" health in Latinos, Native Americans, and African Americans. As a result, people of these communities run the risk of being subjected to double jeopardy or stigmatized for both their racial identity and mental illness.

MacNeil, Matt. “Untreated Mental Illness Leads to Worse Outcomes for Minorities.” UC Berkeley Public Health, 10 Dec. 2022, https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/research-highlights/untreated-mental-illness-leads-to-worse-outcomes-for-minorities/.

Native Americans are getting left behind in the remote work economy

Native Americans performed remote work due to the pandemic at a rate of 8 percentage points lower than white employees in early summer 2020, around the time of the COVID-19 economic crisis. By early summer 2022, Native Americans were still working remotely owing to the epidemic at a rate 2 percentage points lower than white employees. As workers returned to the workplace in 2021 and 2022, that disparity narrowed but never vanished. However, as the epidemic spread, the occupation has become a less significant factor in explaining this gap, and other factors may have started to take on a more prominent role.

Native Americans are getting left behind in the remote work economy, September 26, 2022, https://www.brookings.edu/research/native-americans-are-getting-left-behind-in-the-remote-work-economy/

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Heather Fleming.Helping Native Business Owners Thrive: How to Build a Supportive Ecosystem - Non Profit News, Nonprofit Quarterly, January 11, 2022, https://nonprofitquarterly.org/helping-native-business-owners-thrive-how-to-build-a-supportive-ecosystem/

Helping Native Business Owners Thrive

Native entrepreneurship is often based on a philosophy and beliefs that stress living in beauty, balance, and harmony. This notion is known as Hózhó in Navajo. Some other tribal nations have similar viewpoints. But, being a Native entrepreneur presents its own set of hurdles, which all too frequently limit the promise and potential of commercial solutions developed by and for indigenous communities. Many of these issues result from generations of legislation designed to exclude, repress, and deprive Native people of wealth and resources. Others are the result of Native-owned firms' unrealistic or misaligned expectations. They identified the lack of access to land, infrastructure, and finance, as well as time-consuming governmental processes, have been recognized as key barriers to the success of Navajo entrepreneurs. Obtaining a parcel of land in the Navajo Nation to run a business needs "four times as many procedures and takes six times as long as obtaining a lease or property in non-tribal territory." Many promising Native entrepreneurs unwillingly begin their enterprises in border towns, but this deprives their native communities of the benefits property tax dollars accrue to the municipalities rather than tribal governments. The Navajo Nation's community development finance institution (CDFI) offers a limited number of small business loans. expediting the land acquisition process for small enterprises, allowing local Navajo governments to define entrepreneurship zones in their communities, and utilizing technology to make business compliance and tax payments easier.

Small Business Economics of the Lakota Fund on the Native American Indian Reservation

Shannon County is a poor, rural county in the United States of South Dakota. According to Indian Services Medical Records and the US Census Bureau, the Pine Ridge reservation has a population of almost 50,000 people, with half of them being under the age of 18. Infant mortality is about three times the national norm, 70% of youngsters are destitute, and the suicide rate is more than 72 percent greater than the U.S. average. Although tremendous strides have been made to alleviate Shannon County's abysmal poverty its yearly median income is around $2,600. More specifically, Its unemployment rate is seventeen percent, while its poverty rate is more than fifty-two percent. Shannon County's economy is built around two industries: education, health, and social services, and public administration, which employs almost 60% of the total population. The data for this study, which spanned the years 1980 to 2006, also covered the seven years (1980 to 1986) preceding the Lakota Fund's inception. Shannon County has been designated as the 'treatment' area by the fund since 1987. “The Lakota Fund is unique, being the only non-profit U.S. Section 501(C) (3) of the IRS Code operating as an economic development entity in this reservation.” Todd County serves as a reference for comparing the effects of the Lakota Fund in Shannon County. Todd County is an Indian reservation county in South Dakota that is nearly identical to Shannon in almost every way except the absence of the Fund. Todd, located in south-central South Dakota and entirely within the Rosebud Indian reservation, had unemployment and poverty rates of ten and forty-eight percent, before, prior to the infusion of the LF in Shannon County. In general, Shannon and Todd Counties retain these attributes, with Health, Education, and Social Service as their key economic pillars.

Benson, David, Aaron Lies, Albert Okunade, Phanindra Wunnava. Small Business Economics of the Lakota Fund on the Native American Indian Reservation, January 2009, https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/35723/1/589810057.pdf

Rodriguez, Brenda. Federal grant will give boost to Native American businesses. November 23, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smYrE0-TRo8

Federal grant will give boost to Native American businesses

The federal grant distributed to seven Idaho nonprofits, three of which are tribes in Idaho, and the money is being put to use by helping native-owned businesses. It is critical to promote small businesses since we are the economic backbone of our community. Native Americans have long confronted additional barriers to starting enterprises. The Community Navigator pilot program awarded $150,000 to seven Idaho nonprofits. Nonprofits, universities, tribal groups, and local and state governments can all benefit from the initiative. The core d'alene tribe, the Nez Perce tribe, and the Social Bannock tribe are three of five Idaho tribes to receive the Community Navigator grant. The monies will be distributed to local businesses by these tribes.

Rodriguez, Brenda. Federal grant will give boost to Native American businesses. November 23, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smYrE0-TRo8

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Action Plan 1

The action planned was to be conducted with the employment plans and rates of my community Acoma Pueblo. I was to discuss the importance to having more entrepreneurs in the community to prosper the poverty ad rebuild building over old ones not used.

Action Plan 2

During my second action plan about 23 students showed up at MST Lab. Through my discussion, I explained the importance of AutoCAD's advantages to infrastructures that can be developed in Native American communities. Along with the commands that design shapes to color code the layout of the building. After explaining the steps to draw a building, I had students practice on the computer to show the components of commands to structure a shape and play around with the tools.

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