Cherokee Nation News
September 17, 2019
TAHLEQUAH – Where there are young Cherokees with singing talent, Barbara McAlister is likely nearby.The Cherokee Nation citizen and mezzo-soprano from Muskogee have been under contract for nearly 10 years with the CN teaching classical voice, and her...
Cherokee Nation News
September 17, 2019
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Area students are invited to experience Cherokee culture firsthand through interactive opportunities offered at the Cherokee Heritage Center. Ancient Cherokee Days are held Oct. 3-4, and Cherokee Heritage Days run Nov. 7-8. Both ev...
Chickasaw Nation News
September 17, 2019
ADA, Okla. — A time of reunion, fellowship and cultural pride; the Chickasaw Nation Annual Meeting and Festival gets underway Sept. 27 and continues through Oct. 5. This year marks the 59th Annual Meeting of the Chickasaw Nation and 31st Annual Chic...
Native American News
September 17, 2019
WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04) helped introduce the BADGES for Native Communities Act with Congresswoman Deb Haaland (N.M.-01) to fight violence against Native women and address the missing and murdered indigenous women crisis. The BAD...
Cherokee Nation News
September 16, 2019
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Program is now accepting applications. The two-year language program is centered on a group language immersion experience and only accepts a limited number of applications each year. “T...
Cherokee Nation News
September 16, 2019
LAWRENCE, Kansas – Buffalotown Clothing Company, created by Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians citizen Luke Swimmer, pays homage to Cherokee culture and heritage with modern pop culture designs on merchandise such as T-shirts, hoodies, shorts, and stic...
Muscogee Creek Nation News
September 16, 2019
TULSA, Okla. — George P. Tiger, the former principal chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of bribery of accepting $61,900 while serving as chairman of the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town Economic Development Authorit...
Native American News
September 16, 2019
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — With just days to spare until the deadline to roll over their drought compensation applications, Northern Agency ranchers appear to have won their battle with the tribe over federal drought relief funds. In a meeting Monday in Sh...
Native American News
September 16, 2019
EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. — On Labor Day weekend, the Cheyenne River Youth Project officially graduated 11 Lakota teens from its summer arts internship program. This is a record-breaking number for the nonprofit youth organization, which began offering teen ...
Native American News
September 16, 2019
Agency ignores the court order, issues scientifically invalid 90-day ESA finding WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. — Conservationists are blasting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notice in the Federal Register, published Sept. 6, 2019, that deni...
Native American News
September 13, 2019
Honoring Our Native Women Survivors WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, tribal leaders from across Indian Country and Members of Congress will host “VAWA at 25: Honoring Our Native Women Survivors,” an event to recognize the 25...
Native American News
September 13, 2019
U.S. District Court Judge James Robart Rules Ashby Did Not Act Within Scope of His Employment during Claimed Police Assault SEATTLE — Carmen Tageant has been recalled from public office, sexually harassed, cyberstalked, and physically ass...
