Aztecs matched against Central Michigan in New Mexico Bowl
San Diego State’s school-record 10th straight bowl appearance will be in Dec. 21 game
By KIRK KENNEY
DEC. 8, 2019-12:53 PM

San Diego State head coach Rocky Long was waiting to find out SDSU’s bowl destination on Sunday like most everyone else, by watching television.
But Long got a heads up when he received a text message from Jeff Siembieda, the executive director of the New Mexico Bowl. That’s about as high-placed a source as there is on these sorts of things.
An hour or two later it was official: SDSU’s school-record 10th straight bowl appearance will be in the New Mexico Bowl against Central Michigan.
It seems Siembieda, an SDSU graduate, has been wanting to bring the Aztecs to town for some time now. Long’s initial reaction was that he was “happy that we finally figured out where we were going.”
After the four teams in the College Football Playoff were revealed, the updated CFP top 25 presented and the matchups for the other New Year’s Six games posted, the participants for the other 33 bowl games were revealed.
That’s when the Aztecs (9-3) learned they will play Central Michigan (8-5), which finished first in the Mid-American Conference’s West Division. The Chippewas lost to Miami (OH) 26-21 in Saturday’s MAC Championship game.
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Group's effort to halt Yellowstone bison hunt denied by federal judge
BRETT FRENCH french@billingsgazette.com
Dec 5, 2019 Updated Dec 6, 2019

A preliminary injunction to halt this winter’s hunting of Yellowstone National Park bison in Montana has been denied by a Billings federal judge.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Watters issued an order on Monday denying the request by Neighbors Against Bison Slaughter and Gardiner-area resident Bonnie Lynn.
Jared Pettinato, an attorney representing the group and Lynn, said he was disappointed with the ruling and his clients were considering whether to appeal or proceed with the lawsuit.
The suit alleges that agencies of the federal government — including the National Park Service, Department of Agriculture and Forest Service — should not let the hunt continue in a quarter-mile-square slice of land at the mouth of Beattie Gulch. The Forest Service property is just north of the park boundary near Gardiner and provides one of the first places that hunters are allowed to kill bison when they leave the park. No hunting is allowed inside the park.
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Disproportionate discipline of Native students in Montana shown in report echoes national trend
By MATT HOFFMAN mhoffman@billingsgazette.com

Dec 5, 2019 Updated Dec 5, 2019
The disproportionate school punishments for American Indian students highlighted in an ACLU report released Monday aren't new. They're reflected in previous federal data sets from throughout the 2010s. 
The Montana data mirrors similar disparities across the nation; black, Hispanic and American Indian students are all more likely than white students to be suspended, arrested or expelled. 
The Obama-administration Education Department issued federal guidance in 2014 aiming to reduce the use of exclusionary discipline in schools, but it was pulled back under the Trump administration in 2018. Supporters of reforming discipline argued that it improved outcomes for students who typically struggle the most, but opponents argued that it compromised school safety. 
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A long-running water-rights lawsuit over the Klamath River ends
Court upholds upstream river rights of the Klamath, Yurok and Hoopa Valley tribes.
Kalen Goodluck Dec. 9, 2019

BACKSTORY
The Yurok Tribe of Washington state declared rights of personhood for the Klamath River last summer. The tribal council’s resolution means that if the river is harmed, a case can be made in Yurok tribal court to remedy the problem. It comes at the end of another difficult season for the Klamath, with low water flows, high disease rates in salmon and canceled fishing seasons (“The Klamath River now has the legal rights of a person,” HCN, 9/24/19).

Alum Proud to Give Back to Native American Community
10/9/2019 9:10:15 AM

As a member of the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, Devon L. Lomayesva ’99, Chief Judge of the Intertribal Court of Southern California, and a practicing Indian law attorney is passionate about giving back to her community.
“The Native American community still suffers from the effects of historical mistreatment,” says Lomayesva. “That is proven out in the high rates of substance abuse, suicide, drop-out rates, single parents, and high rates of juvenile delinquency and foster care placements.”
Lomayesva’s passion for giving back to her tribal community started when she became involved with Native American student groups as an undergraduate at Grossmont Jr. College and San Diego State University (SDSU), where she graduated with a BA in History. This passion was further enhanced at California Western, as Lomayesva explains, “I’ve always appreciated the fact that California Western encouraged clerkships and volunteering. Dean Linda Dews and former Director of Minority Affairs Carol Rogers were great advocates and always there to offer resources for the development of our student life and careers.”
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If the Earth’s average temperature increases 2 degrees Celsius by the year 2100, humankind will see catastrophic changes.
For millions of people, this extreme warming is already reality, in places like Qatar, Colorado and Angola.  And Aaliyah, at the age of 9, has become a climate refugee in Newtok, Alaska

2°C: BEYOND THE LIMIT
Lives adrift in a warming world
Aaliyah Kasaiuli slept in on the last morning in her home, almost everything packed for the move. It was time to finally abandon this house, and later, this Yup’ik village clinging to the edge of North America, near the Bering Sea. It was one of 14 places that a team of Washington Post journalists traveled to in the past year to see the accelerating reality of climate change. What moved them were the people they met, their homes and lives transformed. Their work has led to a continuing series — 2C: Beyond the Limit. Four Post photographers share their stories in this visual atlas of a growing crisis.
By The Washington Post Dec. 2, 2019
Newtok, Alaska
Photos and reporting by Bonnie Jo Mount
Thawing permafrost, sinking tundra, erosion and constant river flooding have combined to shift the very ground under buildings and paths. Years ago, as the Ninglick River crept closer, the village voted to relocate to higher ground. In October, Aaliyah Kasaiuli and the rest of her family were among the first to go, the continent’s newest pioneers.
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