Native American News
January 15, 2019
EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. — On Wednesday, January 23, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will host its annual Winter Coat Distribution at its Eagle Butte campus. From 1 to 6 p.m., the nonprofit community organization will be distributing winter coats to ...
Native American News
January 15, 2019
WINDOW ROCK — Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye is urging the 116th U.S. Congress to pass the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act, a bill that affirms the Navajo Nation’s rights to 81,500 acre-feet of water every year from the Utah por...
Cherokee Nation News
January 14, 2019
$8,500 grant to support cultural outreach program TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Heritage Center’s Cultural Outreach Program is gearing up for a busy new year thanks to a grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council. The $8,500 grant...
Native American News
January 14, 2019
WINDOW ROCK — On Saturday, Jan. 5, President Russell Begaye signed into law a plan of operation to create the first Department of Medical Examiners on the Navajo Nation. The law amends Title 17, Sections 1851 through 1854, by deleting coroner p...
Native American News
January 14, 2019
PARK CITY, Utah — This year, eight Indigenous-made films from Australia, New Zealand, and the United States will be premiering at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, which takes place January 24–February 3 in Park City, Utah. The Native Ameri...
Native American News
January 14, 2019
WINDOW ROCK — A golden eagle that was found with a gunshot wound and all of its tail feathers plucked, has died from the wounds it received. An adult eagle, at least four years old, was found at the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry, and taken to...
Native American News
January 14, 2019
AKWESASNE — Like many tribal nations across the United States who receive federal funds, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe has been closely monitoring the partial shutdown of the federal government. In doing so, the Tribe is concerned about the shutdown&...
Cherokee Nation News
January 11, 2019
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation is applauding the recent signing of the Johnson-O’Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act by President Trump. The bill will establish a new baseline count of JOM-eligible Native stu...
Native American News
January 11, 2019
American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association Scholarship Applications Available Interested in a career in the hospitality and tourism industry? Apply for AIANTA's Hospitality and Tourism Scholarship Program. AIANTA, as part of ou...
Native American News
January 11, 2019
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In commemoration of the centennial of the World War I, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Sequoyah National Research Center has published the website “American Indians in World War I” in partnershi...
Native American News
January 11, 2019
The college dropout rate was always an issue, especially in America, but the last few years have shown that college dropout rate issue advanced into a significant problem. Many have discussed the notion of students not being able to afford college in the first...
Native American News
January 11, 2019
BOZEMAN, Mont. — American Prairie Reserve is proud to announce that Kiowa novelist, essayist, and poet N. Scott Momaday, Ph.D., has been named the recipient of the 2019 Ken Burns American Heritage Prize. The award will be presented May 1, ...
