Tag: tribal leaders
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Haaland touts Indigenous conservation work in first year as Home Secretary | Local News
On Wednesday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland gave a glowing review of her first year in office, touting her agency’s unprecedented actions to help Indigenous peoples and ... -
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 ... -
Madras-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Applauds Reopening of Kah-Nee-Ta Village
Kah-Nee-Ta village is expected to reopen next year Update: (Added video, comments by Joe Krenowicz, Executive Director of the Madras-JC Chamber of Commerce) WARM SPRINGS, Ore. ... -
US revises law governing repatriation of Indigenous remains and grave goods
The US Department of the Interior is revising the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in an effort to strengthen enforcement. The 1990 law ... -
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 ... -
University Senate Issues Land Acknowledgment Statement
The Montclair State University Senate released a document detailing recommendations for land recognition on January 26. The three-page draft, publicly available on the Montclair State website ... -
EXCLUSIVE: Paiute tribesman Austin Corbett to play in Super Bowl LVI
Details Through Darren Thompson February 04, 2022 Austin Corbett is heading to the biggest game in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams as they take ... -
Alaska Native and Tribal Society Consultation Policy Update for the SBA | Schwabe, Williamson and WyattPC
On January 28, 2022, the Small Business Administration announced that it had released its 2022 Tribal Consultation Policy. In that policy, the SBA stated that “it ... -
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 ... -
Tribal eviction plan pits Native American authority against civil rights
Tribal eviction plan pits Native American authority against civil rights News Sports Entertainment Life Money Tech Travel Opinion The Nooksack evictions target people who have been ... -
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 ... -
French diplomat visits Amerindian tribes south of Terrebonne
The representative of France in Louisiana forges links with the French-speaking communities of Terrebonne and Lafourche. Consul General Nathalie Beras and his team visited Pointe-aux-Chênes and ... -
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 ... -
DOJ Announces Funding Opportunities to Support Public Safety in Tribal Communities | Criminal justice
The United States Department of Justice today announced the opening of the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Period for fiscal 2022. Also known as CTAS, funding under ... -
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 ... -
Deb Haaland’s appointment marks a second of therapeutic for Indigenous peoples and the land
This Feb.21, 2021 picture reveals a billboard in Billings, MT, displaying her help for U.S. Consultant to New Mexico Deb Haaland, who has been appointed to ...
