Cherokee Nation News
November 21, 2019
CATOOSA – Findings of new economic research, announced Nov. 19, suggest that the Cherokee Nation infused nearly $2.2 billion into the Oklahoma economy in the fiscal year 2018.During a forum lunch, tribal officials said the economic impact is achieved...
Native American News
November 21, 2019
HOOPA, Calif. — The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today upheld the senior water rights of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and other Tribes in an appeal by Baley v. the United States. Baley and other Klamath Irrigation District farmers argued tha...
Native American News
November 21, 2019
WASHINGTON Today Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) introduced a resolution recognizing the achievements of James “Jim” Thorpe and requesting that the International Olympic Committee his 1912 Olympic records. The ...
Native American News
November 21, 2019
The Occupation of Alcatraz is one of the most significant benchmarks in the history of the struggle for Native American political sovereignty. Native People took a stand against the colonial powers and reconnected with their lost identities culture and spiritua...
Native American News
November 21, 2019
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise (Navajo Gaming) is giving back to the community with the purchasing of 4-H livestock and donating the meat to Chapter Houses and Senior Centers on the Navajo Nation. The livestock purchased was r...
Native American News
November 21, 2019
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Constitution mandates that a census of the population be conducted every 10 years. Census Bureau population statistics inform how billions of dollars in federal funds are allocated for critical public services like healthcare cl...
Cherokee Nation News
November 18, 2019
Historic joint venture with Indian Health Service ushers in a new era of health care TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Leaders from the Cherokee Nation and Indian Health Service joined hundreds of guests to celebrate the grand opening of the tribe’s new 469,0...
Chickasaw Nation News
November 18, 2019
TISHOMINGO, Okla. — Tyra Shackleford is at it again. The Chickasaw master fabric weaver sold a breathtaking, multicolored, lightning-bolt shawl to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washin...
Kiowa Tribe News
November 18, 2019
N. Scott Momaday remembers 1969 Pulitzer, promises memoir SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his groundbreaking novel “House Made of Dawn,” said he’s not done writing and vows ...
Native American News
November 18, 2019
MARICOPA, Ariz. – Architects, Engineers, Planners, Lawyers, Contractors, and Tribal Government Officials delivered the latest in industry trends, policies and best practices in their respective and specialized fields of knowledge, last week at the Co...
Native American News
November 18, 2019
Tyler Nicole Miller is a junior double majoring in art history and American Indian studies from Tucson. She is the chapter president of Alpha Pi Omega at ASU and is a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation in Southern Arizona, which straddles the A...
Native American News
November 18, 2019
Oneida Indian Nation Honors More Than 400 Local Veterans for Their Service to Country As America’s First Allies, the Oneida Indian Nation’s legacy of supporting the United States military dates back to the Revolutionary War, when One...
