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After More Than 170 Years, #SiletzTribe To Reclaim Ceded Land

Undisclosed parcel outside #Yachats deemed #biodiversity hotspot.

by Brian Bull, Underscore Native News October 1, 2026

Excerpts: "Kittel said with support from the McKenzie River Trust and the #NatureConservancy , the land was appraised and purchased for $120,000. #ViewTheFuture managed to kick in $55,000 of that.

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"Joe Moll, the #McKenzieRiverTrust ’s executive director, said there’s been more collaboration between the land trust community and tribal nations that have helped facilitate the #LandBack movement. 'And that’s really, really satisfying. It’s just good work. It’s joyful work and we’ll continue with it.' "

Read more:
https://www.underscore.news/land/land-back/after-more-than-170-years-siletz-tribe-to-reclaim-ceded-land/

#SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #RestoringNature #NativeAmericanNews #RogueRiverTribe #ConferatedTribesOfSiletz

#MaineCare will cover traditional #Wabanaki healing practices

#Maine will be the 1st eastern state and 6th in the nation to cover #Indigenous healing methods through Medicaid.

Excerpt: "Over the next year, leaders from healthcare providers will work with state Medicaid officials to determine exactly what practices will be covered by Medicaid, and how much clinics will be reimbursed for them.

"Tribal #knowledgekeepers have continued to use ceremonies to heal members of their communities even without a mechanism of government financial support, leaders emphasize. And they always will. Although there’s never a charge for those ceremonies, they do consume resources.

" 'Rather than having them adapt their cultural practices to our systems, we need to adapt our systems to their cultural practices,' Pladsen said.

"It is an odd moment, #LisaSockabasin acknowledged, in which traditional practices that are typically shared relationally within communities are to be assigned a dollar value.

"But it’s also an opportunity for collaboration and for mutual growth, she said.

" 'We’re becoming more aware, both #Indigenous and #NonIndigenous people, on what it takes to heal. We are both learning.' "

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/10/05/mainecare-will-cover-traditional-wabanaki-healing-practices/

Archived version:
https://archive.li/rwYDN

#IndigenousNews #IndigenousHealing #TraditionalHealing #SweatLodges #NativeAmericanNews #WabanakiPeople #Wabanakik #NatureHeals #TraditionalMedicine

#DroneWars over #SovereignNation!

Flights of the Weaponized Drones: Flight Paths over Tohono O'odham Nation

Secretive Drone Operation in #Ajo, Near #TohonoOodhamNation 's Western Border (September 2026)

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Oct. 7, 2026

"The U.S. military flies back and forth over the #TohonoOodham Nation after armed and masked federal agents seized control of the sovereign #Tohono O'odham Nation for #BorderWall construction. The military now says it is using #WeaponizedDrones, loaded with directed energy lasers, along the border to take out enemy cartel #drones. However, those weaponized drones took out a US #BorderPatrol drone, and a party balloon, by mistake, causing the FAA to shut down the airspace over #ElPaso twice.

"Censored News is tracking the trackers, the aircrafts over the Tohono O'odham Nation, as shown below."

Learn more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/10/flights-of-weaponized-drones-flight.html

#USPol #EnergyWeapons #Drones #IndigenousNews #NativeAmericanNews #IndependentMedia #Resistance #NoBorderWall #Arizona #Mexico #Border