Honoring Our Own Power - Strengthening Indigenous Initiatives

Increasing the Accurate Visibility of the Native Americas

HOOP – Honoring Our Own Power, the Native American nonprofit that works to strengthen Indigenous initiatives.

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Have you seen HOOP's short film on PBS? See "Indigenous Invisibility"

Honoring Our Own Power - Vision and Mission

Vision
Beginning in 1992, and incorporated as a 501 c 3 nonprofit in 1998, HOOP’s overall vision is to increase the well being of all people by increasing the accuracy in education, communications, projects, research and networking that influence the lives and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.

HOOP respects Indigenous tribes, people and communities regarding their rights, culture and sovereignty as Indigenous people in any area where HOOP provides services and offers support.

HOOP envisions viable arts, cultural, environmental and economic development initiatives by and for Indigenous people. HOOP works to provide education through the communications, technology, projects, research & networking necessary to strengthen Indigenous initiatives.

Mission
Strengthening Indigenous Initiatives: Education, Communications, Projects, Research & Networking toward sustaining Holistic Community Development.

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Blog Posts

Wanda Jean Lord

US Representatives Support Restoring Protections for All Federally Recognized Tribes

A growing movement to assure that all federally recognized Tribal Nations are protected fairly and equally under the law is under way.

A collaborative effort by members and friends of Honoring Our Own Power and Ask Your Lawmaker shows that US Representative Kennedy (D-RI) and US Representative Kildee (D-MI) say "Yes" to supporting Tribal sovereignty.… Continue

Posted by Wanda Jean Lord on July 8, 2009 at 11:00am — 12 Comments

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Decreasing the Invisibility of Indigenous Peoples in the United States

Across the United States 75.5 million people, children and adults, are enrolled in school from nursery school to college. The US Census Bureau states that this amounts to more than 1 in 4 of all people age 3 and older in the United States.



What happens when wholly accurate, fact-based and inclusive education is not provided to the people of the United States?

Is it possible that the invisibility of American Indian/Alaska Native peoples today in the educational materia… Continue

Posted by Wanda Jean Lord on January 27, 2009 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

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Honoring Our Own Power’s Increasing Indigenous Visibility project is funded by Native Arts @ NEFA, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the Ford Foundation, the Bay and Paul Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Anonymous.

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Petition Supporting Indiigenous Communities in the United States

Honoring Our Own Power's Petition We support and respect Indigenous tribes, people and communities regarding their rights, culture and soveriegnty.

Above are the most recent signers of Honoring Our Own Power's petition to Save Indigenous Rights. Please sign it. There is also another petition that some HOOP members have created for United For Justice

The below is a link to a Radio PSA created by a HOOP member Lucas Kolasa in support of United For Justice's March - check it out: bascially_just_the_March_for_Justice_commercial.wma
 
 

Use Your Voice!


Sharing Knowledge:
"What is the legal status of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes?
Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution vests Congress, and by extension the Executive and Judicial branches of our government, with the authority to engage in relations with the tribes, thereby firmly placing tribes within the constitutional fabric of our nation. When the governmental authority of tribes was first challenged in the 1830's, U. S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall articulated the fundamental principle that has guided the evolution of federal Indian law to the present: That tribes possess a nationhood status and retain inherent powers of self-government." - Source, United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs Website

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