Native American News
January 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The quartet of U.S. Senators from Alaska and Hawaii has introduced new legislation aimed at helping tribes attract new investment for community revitalization projects. U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Dan Sul...
Cherokee Nation News
January 14, 2020
PARK HILL – During the month of January, Hunter’s Home in Park Hill will present programming centered on the lady of the house, Minerva Ross Murrell.Through Jan. 11, programs will focus on medicine. Because Minerva suffered the effects of malar...
Cherokee Nation News
January 14, 2020
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee language is coming to public television. Cherokee Nation and Rogers State University Public TV (RSU) have joined forces to launch the first televised Cherokee language learning course, beginning January 13. The t...
Choctaw Nation News
January 14, 2020
CHOCTAW, Miss. — The Mississippi Band of Choctaw announced the death of former Tribal Chief Calvin J. Issac, who served as the first tribal chief since the great Pushmathana. Chief Issac passed away Saturday after battling a long illness. He was 86. ...
Native American News
January 14, 2020
PINE RIDGE, S.D. — On the western edge of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, tribal officials hope a major solar energy project will help tap into the vast potential of renewable energy projects on tribal land across the U.S. The p...
Native American News
January 14, 2020
CASINO BUSINESS The Pamunkey Indian Tribe and the city of Norfolk, Va. signed two agreements that could bring the tribe’s proposed $700 million casinos closer to reality, according to a report in Virginia Business. The agreements inclu...
Shawnee Tribe News
January 14, 2020
MIAMI, Okla. — Three individuals with vast experience in American Indian law have been named to the Shawnee Tribe’s inaugural Supreme Court. The appointments of Pamela Hart, Kristen Carpenter and Robert J. Miller were announced on Friday by Sh...
Cherokee Nation News
January 13, 2020
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The Washington Supreme Court on Dec. 6 swore in a new chief justice as well as its first Native American justice ever.The Spokesman-Review reports Justice Debra Stephens became the court’s 57th chief justice. A f...
Cherokee Nation News
January 13, 2020
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Beginning February 3. 2020, the Cherokee Nation will offer its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program to help eligible families prepare and file their 2019 state and federal income tax forms for free. The VITA program has prepared...
Native American News
January 13, 2020
WASHINGTON — The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) welcomes its eighth cohort of CNAY Champions for Change (Champions) to Washington, DC, next month. This marks the first convening of the year-long leadership program. Th...
Native American News
January 13, 2020
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer commend the 24th Navajo Nation Council’s Health, Education, and Human Services Committee for their approval of legislation that will allow the Na...
Native American News
January 13, 2020
BEMIDJI, Minn. — Blair Treuer is a non-Native woman whose husband and children are Ojibwe, and her new exhibit, “Portraits,” depicts her reflections as a white outsider to the Ojibwe cultural practices and beliefs that shape her Native fa...
