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American Girl Doll “Kaya” Captures Authentically Native Culture
Native American News
March 20, 2020
Children’s toy teaches about a thriving community before European settlement. The award-winning American Girl Doll line was created by Pleasant Company and features different characters from the history of the USA, including Felicity (a colonial...
“Containment” is the Operative Word on Navajo Nation
Native American News
March 20, 2020
With three confirmed cases, Navajo Nation seeks to contain the spread of coronavirus WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — With three confirmed cases of COVID-19 — and more expected — the leaders of the country’s most populated Indian reservation ar...
Cherokee soldier proud of serving country for 30-plus years
Cherokee Nation News
March 19, 2020
TONGANOXIE, Kan. – Cherokee Nation citizen Col. James H. Adams recently retired from the U.S. Army after 30 and-a-half years of service, which included 30 months in combat environments.Adams, 52, grew up in Watts, Oklahoma, and graduated from Watts H...
Tribal gaming lawsuit: Judge pushes back hearing date, citing pandemic
Cherokee Nation News
March 19, 2020
Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal judge has extended a filing deadline by two months and indefinitely postponed a hearing in a lawsuit over the status of tribal gaming compacts. Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti issued the order Tuesday in the la...
Exiled to Indian Country: Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Nation News
March 18, 2020
In the early spring of 2018, Tribal Council Speaker Joe Byrd found a seat on the airport shuttle headed to Tulsa International Airport, and over the radio heard a familiar, yet surprising sound: the Cherokee Youth Choir singing in his endangered native tongue.&...
Creek reservation case could change Oklahoma forever, Hunter argues
Muscogee Creek Nation News
March 18, 2020
Ruling that a Creek reservation exists in eastern Oklahoma “would plunge the State into uncertainty for decades to come,” throwing in doubt everything from murder convictions to local tax revenue, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter told U.S. Sup...
Navajo Gaming Announces Temporary Closure of Casinos and Resort
Native American News
March 18, 2020
In the Spirit of Health and Safety of the Díne (Navajo) People Flagstaff, Ariz. - The Board of Directors of the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise (Navajo Gaming) approved the temporary closure of all Navajo Gaming operations in par...
UPDATE: Indian Country Cancellations and Postponements Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Native American News
March 18, 2020
As part of its mission to keep Indian Country informed, Native News Online has compiled a list of cancellations or postponements taken by tribes and organizations as precautionary measures due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. All events are can...
Fire, Forests, and Our Lands: An Indigenous Ecological Perspective
Native American News
March 18, 2020
This article is the second in a series of articles published by NPQ, in partnership with the First Nations Development Institute (First Nations), that lift up Native American voices to highlight issues concerning environmental justice in Indian Country and iden...
Cherokee among servicemen killed in Iraq rocket attack
Cherokee Nation News
March 16, 2020
IRAQ – Cherokee Nation citizen Marshal D. Roberts was one of two American soldiers killed March 11 in a rocket attack in Iraq, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, which released his name on March 12.Roberts, 28, of Owasso, was a staff sergea...
Savanna’s Act and Not Invisible Act pass Senate
Native American News
March 16, 2020
Legislation addressing the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women gets unanimous approval U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, applauded the unanimous passage of two bills — direct...
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