Tag: native americans
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Tribes take a stand against MMIP crisis | News
Last week, the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation Tribal Council passed a resolution on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) crisis. The Tribal Council and Department of ... -
New Mexico to offer equal pay to Native American teachers | Education
SANTA FE, NM (AP) — New Mexico will begin offering equal pay to dozens of Native language teachers under a new law aimed at improving K-12 ... -
Yazzie/Martinez Lawyers Praise Legislature’s Education Measures But Still Awaiting State’s Plan | Education
New Mexico lawmakers this month approved measures that pump hundreds of millions of dollars into teacher pay raises to ease what the state’s Department of Public ... -
Snohomish Indian Tribe calls for removal of Langley totem poles
Langley’s two totem poles were actually carved by white people. LANGLEY, Wash. – Long before it was an idyllic Northwest tourist town, Langley was home to ... -
National Congress of American Indians Calls on Wildwood to Change Warrior’s Name | Local News
WILDWOOD — A national Native American organization is asking the school district to change the name and logo of its sports team. The call comes shortly ... -
The new composition of the board of health clashes with different interpretations of the tribal component of the law
Legislation passed in the last session requires local health boards in Washington to add new members or at least mix members by July. Some of the ... -
Governor’s racial error could have been overlooked but for his campaign rhetoric
Teeth grinding discomfort. That’s what comes to mind as I ruminate on Governor Glenn Youngkin’s gaffe last week after he confused the identities of two African-American ... -
The Indian logo will be voted on in a citywide referendum
As the Dartmouth High Indian logo controversy continues, voters will finally have a say in the municipal elections this spring. The select committee agreed at a ... -
By signing a new Tribal Consultation Policy, SBA
Washington, Jan. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman head of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice of America’s 32.5 ... -
California redwood forest returned to Native American tribes: NPR
Save the Redwoods League has donated over 500 acres of redwood forests to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, a coalition of indigenous tribes who have been ... -
Supreme Court to review limits of Oklahoma tribes ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide a question left open by its landmark 2020 ruling declaring that much of eastern Oklahoma is an ... -
Colorado Mountain College Reflects on the State’s Relationship with Indigenous Communities
Ernest House Jr., clockwise from top left, is pictured at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Zoom with Colorado Mountain College President Carrie Besnette ... -
Yellowstone National Park turns 150 this year and rangers are preparing to celebrate
The following is a press release and photo from the National Park Service. MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyoming – This year will mark the 150th anniversary of ... -
Dialogue and education can break down Indigenous barriers to care
Along with the annual celebrations, part of honoring Native American culture at Sanford Health is making sure the community has access to quality health care. Just ... -
Will: The brutal racial policies of India’s child protection law |
Lexi lived four of her first six years with a non-Native Californian foster family, but because she is 1 / 64th Choctaw, tribal officials had her ... -
Native American filmmaker sparks change with documentaries on MMIWG
With the alarming number of Indigenous people missing and murdered, groups across the United States are doing their part to highlight the problem and bring about ... -
Cherokee Nation Chief Elected Chairman of HRSA Tribal Advisory Council
TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma (KFOR) – The Chief of the Cherokee Nation has been elected chairman of the Tribal Advisory Council (HRSA) of the Health Resources and Services ... -
Tribal leaders tell tale of the push for sovereignty in new podcast created in Maine
Decades after a settlement law in Maine empowered Indigenous peoples to potentially buy land but took away many rights from them, a new podcast from Maine, ... -
YST leader promotes COVID vaccine | Community
WAGNER – Robert Flying Hawk knows firsthand how COVID-19 affects Native Americans, as he himself contracted and battled the disease. Now, the president of the Yankton ... -
Why most ‘Native American’ artwork is harmful to Indigenous people – NBC Connecticut
This story originally appeared on LX.com Walk around a large clothing or homeware store in the United States and you’ll likely see something that looks like ... -
Federal government and tribe also have a role to play in section 14 reparations
It is difficult to deny the complexity of the article 14 issue, and there is no doubt that some of the problems could have been avoided ...
