Tag: native americans
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Virtual conference to examine the impact of railways on Indigenous communities | Lifestyles
The Union Pacific Railroad Museum will host a virtual presentation of historian David Beck’s lecture, “Unfair Labour? American Indians and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair,” 6 ... -
Viewpoint: Awareness of MMIW continues to grow, but still needs your support
By Ivan MacDonald, Anna Whiting Sorrell, Marilyn Zimmerman and Whitney WilliamsMarch 7, 2022 March 7, 2022 By Missoula Current Activists march for missing and ... -
Why Indigenous voters who helped elect Kyrsten Sinema now feel betrayed | american politics
Indigenous leaders who mobilized Arizona voters to help elect Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said the centrist Democratic lawmaker could no longer count on their support because communities ... -
Plains People: Indians and Horses
There is no doubt that the Plains Indians were masters of horsemanship. Consider the Cheyenne, who were forced onto the plains in the late 18th century ... -
ANOTHER OPINION: Funds to pave the way for healing from opioid damage | Opinion
The opioid settlements that Native American tribes struck with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and the nation’s three largest drug distribution companies are worth more than half ... -
Tribes reach $590 million opioid settlement with Johnson & Johnson
Hundreds of Native American tribes who have suffered disproportionate addiction and death rates during the opioid epidemic agreed to a $590 million interim settlement on Tuesday ... -
‘Catch the Fair One’: Date, plot, cast and all the buzz around Kali Reis’ action-thriller
Cinema is a powerful medium. Over time, it has also become an effective social and political tool. It has the power to turn something relatively unknown ... -
Where is gambling legal in the United States?
Gambling has been restricted to the United States for a long time, but recent laws have sparked a wave of enthusiasm for online gambling. Several states ... -
Newly asserted tribe takes a fresh look at casino plans – WPRI.com
BOSTON (AP) – As he enters his first full year in office, the new chief of a Massachusetts tribe says he intends to take a cautious ... -
Late education plan frustrates Indigenous leaders in New Mexico | News
SANTA FE, NM (AP) – New Mexico’s plan to meet the needs of underserved Indigenous students has not been shared with tribal leaders or the public ... -
Late education plan frustrates Indigenous leaders in New Mexico | New Mexico News
By CEDAR ATTANASIO, Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, NM (AP) – New Mexico’s plan to meet the needs of underserved Indigenous students has ... -
Bitter tribal purge leads to unusual demand: federal intervention
EVERSON, Wash .– In the snow-covered driveway of Saturnino Javier’s home, a dozen extended family members gathered last week with drums formed from cedar and animal ... -
How a handful of prehistoric geniuses started mankind’s technological revolution
CC BY-SA“width =” 800 “height =” 394″/> Clovis spearheads. Credit: wikimedia, CC BY-SA During the first millions of years of human evolution, technologies evolved slowly. About ... -
American Tribes See Hope For Clean Water In Infrastructure Bill |
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. – Erland Suppah Jr. doesn’t trust what comes out of his cock. Each week, Suppah and his girlfriend transport half a dozen large ... -
American Tribes See Hope For Clean Water In Infrastructure Bill | Nation / World
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) – Erland Suppah Jr. doesn’t trust what comes out of his faucet. Each week, Suppah and his girlfriend transport half a dozen ... -
Authorities ask US sheriff to resign after firing gun at group of children
World Dec 21 2021 20:293 minutes to read Sheriff Craig Rowland. Photo / Supplied A U.S. state attorney in Idaho as well as a city mayor ... -
Explain the Redesigned Borders of the New Mexico Congressional
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – For the first time in a decade, thousands of voters across the state could face an entirely different set of congressional candidates ... -
Secret Santa distributed $ 30,000 to strangers in need, but it was his words that moved them
San Carlos Apache Tribal Lands –A Secret Santa is about to do some of its best work yet in Southeast Arizona. After a blessing from the ... -
Tribes step in as New Mexico redistribution bills advance | Government-and-politics
Separately on Thursday, two Native American communities expressed opposition to a Congressional redistribution plan that would expand the state’s traditionally Democratic 3rd Northern District into a ... -
November is Native American Heritage Month
Member of the Assembly Marie Waldron AD-75 On November 15, I was proud to participate in the Pechanga Pu’éska Mountain Day, celebrated by the Pechanga tribe ... -
Yellen of the US Treasury will visit tribal communities; promises greater commitment
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attends the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, UK on November 3, 2021. REUTERS / Phil Noble WASHINGTON, ... -
Sean Duffy’s ‘toxic’ comments on Native Americans spark a strong reaction from Native group
Last month, Sean Duffy made an appearance on Fox News that deeply offended defenders of Native Americans. Duffy is the former congressman from northern Wisconsin and ... -
UC Hastings leaders decide to change their name due to massacres of Native Americans
The board of trustees of the University of California’s Hastings College of Law voted unanimously on Tuesday to support a process to remove “Hastings” from its ... -
Tribes see food sovereignty win with new $ 3.5 million project
Eight tribal nations from Alaska to Mississippi will get more power, along with millions of dollars, to choose federal food consumed by Native American households thanks ... -
Last seen at Walmart in Kennewick, family remains hopeful of finding Freda Knowshisgun | The missing
Freda Jane Knowshisgun was planning to take her kids for Halloween 2016. But first, she had to come home. A tribal citizen of the Crow Nation ... -
Line 3 pipeline opponents say project threatens Biden’s climate legacy
ABC News (WASHINGTON) – Building an oil pipeline in the heart of America has become one of the country’s most controversial environmental battles. The 1,000-mile Line ... -
Offshoring has left Native Americans more exposed to climate threats, data shows
WASHINGTON – Centuries of land loss and forced relocation have left Native Americans much more exposed to the effects of climate change, new data shows, adding ... -
Tribes push back MLB claims Native Americans approve of tomahawk chop
Native American groups on Wednesday rebuffed Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred’s claim that Indigenous communities support the Atlanta Braves tomahawk chop. Manfred told World Series ... -
The Modoc Nation of Oklahoma and Texas Medical Technology have confirmed cooperation.
To share Tweeter To share To share E-mail The Modoc Nation, a Native American tribe in Ottawa County, Miami, Oklahoma, has formed a joint venture with ... -
Census urges promotion of more courses in Indigenous schools | national
Many American Indians and Alaskan Indians say that the dramatic increase in their numbers recorded in last year’s census supports their long-held argument that Indigenous history ... -
A rare Native American restaurant opens in the Bay Area next week. Here is a glimpse of the interior
The Native American community is already showing up for Wahpepah’s Kitchen, which will be the first Native American sit-down restaurant in Oakland when it opens next ... -
Washington tribe waits to resume whaling
Details Through Jenna kunze October 19, 2021 On January 21, 1855, the villages of Makah in what is now Washington’s northwest coast reached an agreement with ... -
Members of the Narragansett tribe protest at statue of RI’s first English settler
Noka said the Blackstone statue, which owned 200 acres, is a constant reminder of the land taken from the Narragansett tribe. And Native Green said the ... -
Chaco National Culture Park is under siege
By Bruce Babbitt Sunday 3 October 2021 | 2 a.m It’s no exaggeration to say that New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historic Park is under siege. ... -
Millions available in native recovery grants
October 1, 2021 at 4:38 p.m. The disparities that Native Americans face become much more visible in times of crisis. The disparity of opportunities, discrimination and ... -
Drug distributors strike first opioid deal with Native American tribe for $ 75 million
Sept. 28 (Reuters) – America’s three largest drug distributors will pay more than $ 75 million to resolve allegations they fueled an opioid epidemic in the ... -
Indigenous Peoples, Environmentalism and Atonement
Erik Molvar and Marsha Small. (Author biography below) By Erik Molvar and Marsha Small As America grapples with its history of systemic racism, the environmental movement ... -
9 destinations to visit in Wild South Florida
Over 1.5 million acres of the Everglades ecosystem in South Florida is home to a myriad of birds, reptiles, and mammals in the United States’ largest ... -
Historically cheated, tribes would get conservation aid under bipartisan bill
WASHINGTON – The Walker River Paiute tribe, located in Schurz, Nevada, is not bear country. But because of the forest fires ravaging California, these animals are ... -
COUNTDOWN COP 26: Meta-Story for Incorporating Indigenous Climate Perspectives in the San Francisco Bay Ecotarium
A waterfall projection exhibit in the bay’s future ecotarium will immerse visitors in the practices and lifestyles of Native American stewardship The 2nd pod of the ... -
A 73-year-old dream lives on at the Crazy Horse Memorial
John R. Beyer At the end of 1939, the promising sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski received an intriguing letter with an invitation to visit the Black Hills in ... -
One more person running for Lumbee tribe election
August 24, 2021 LUMBERTON – The seven days between August 17 and Monday were the second deadliest period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Robeson County, as ... -
Local tribes are leading a shift towards more inclusive mascots and programs
SAUGATUCK, Mich. – Recent changes to professional team mascots have recently made headlines. From the now Cleveland Guardians to the larger change in the Washington football ... -
Colorado senators tout key infrastructure bill provisions – The Journal
Access to drinking water, broadband improvements and forest fire mitigation among the amendments Meaning. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet As the final details of the long-awaited ... -
THURS: Officials May Revamp County Virus Framework, State Sues Over Abandoned Wells, + More
KUNM Evening Newscast with Megan Kamerick, April 22, 2021 Â Â New Mexico To Consider Changes To County Virus Framework â Associated Press Health officials in New ... -
Tribal nations adapt to being at ‘ground zero’ of the climate crisis — High Country News – Know the West
âTribes are on the front line of fixing things, using our resources, setting good public policy [and using] good science.â Â Students from Quileute Tribal School ...