Native American News
March 29, 2021
Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would create a college tuition waiver for Native American students in Nevada. The proposal — shepherded by Democratic Assemblywoman Natha Anderson, D-Washoe — had its first hearing Thur...
Native American News
March 29, 2021
Most people living in the United States are familiar with the terms “Native American,” “American Indian,” and, increasingly, “Indigenous American” or “Indigenous peoples.” But if you’re still uncertain abou...
Native American News
March 29, 2021
North Dakota’s Indian Affairs Commission is now taking nominations of Native Americans to recognize in its Hall of Honor. The annual display at the State Historical Center in Bismarck will honor the achievements of Native Americans in the categories of Ar...
Native American News
March 23, 2021
About 8500 years ago, hunter-gatherers living beside Eagle Lake in Wisconsin hammered out a conical, 10-centimeter-long projectile point made of pure copper. The finely crafted point, used to hunt big game, highlights a New World technological triumph—and...
Native American News
March 23, 2021
By the time the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma began distributing vaccines to tribal members, LeEtta Osborne-Sampson had already witnessed nearly two dozen members of her extended family die of COVID-19. She was relieved vaccine doses had finally arrived to p...
Native American News
March 23, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO – The National AIDS Memorial launched a Virtual Quilt Exhibition to raise greater awareness about rising HIV diagnosis rates in Native American and Hawaiian communities. The kick-off event was held at the National AIDS Memorial Grove which i...
Native American News
March 9, 2021
We are hiring two summer interns to join our team (Affiliate EDIB) at the ACLU! The positions are paid, remote, and open to undergrad or graduate students. Interns will be involved in strategic conversations relevant to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belongi...
Cherokee Nation News
March 1, 2021
TAHLEQUAH – The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Feb. 22 that the language “by blood” is void, and should be removed from the tribe’s laws, including provisions within the Constitution. The decision was in respons...
Native American News
March 1, 2021
KALISPELL — A Flathead Reservation artist is telling the stories of Native American women through her own artwork on exhibit at Kalispell’s KALICO Art Center. We talked with Monica Gilles-Brings Yellow about her collection of painting...
Native American News
March 1, 2021
WASHINGTON — Five Native American tribes in Utah were awarded over $4 million for affordable housing activities Friday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the awards totaling $652 million to nearly 600 tribes and villages in th...
Native American News
March 1, 2021
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - It’s been 48 years since the South Dakota Wounded Knee Occupation. To honor the past, Native American activists gathered near a battlefield site threatened by a proposed development in Micanopy. Members of Florida Indigenous rig...
Native American News
March 1, 2021
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — For Native Americans, Deb Haaland is more than an elected official on track to become the first Indigenous secretary of the Interior Department. She is a sister, an auntie and a fierce pueblo woman whose political stances have been...
