Clarkston, WA—Members of the Nez Perce Tribe today called on President Biden to take immediate action to protect Snake River salmon. In an event held as part of the Red Road to DC, a cross-country tour highlighting Indigenous sacred sites at risk, tribal members urged the Biden administration to immediately
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The Oglala and Rosebud Nations are among plaintiffs in a suit claiming the state of South Dakota routinely violates the National Voter Registration Act. The National Voter Registration Act, sometimes called Motor-Voter, is a federal law requiring that states help their citizens register to vote through the Department of
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The transformed apartment complex on Eagle Butte’s Main Street. (Photo courtesy of Cheyenne River Youth Project.) EAGLE BUTTE — It’s always exciting when artists, performers, volunteers, and guests gather at the Cheyenne River Youth Project in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, for the four-day RedCan invitational graffiti jam. But this
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One of the first actions taken by President Biden back in January was issuing an executive memorandum on tribal consultation and strengthening Nation-to-Nation relationships. This memorandum was a reaffirmation of a similar memorandum from President Obama in 2009. Obama’s memorandum was an affirmation of President Clinton’s Executive Order (EO)
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July 24th Celebration Of Life for Bill Groethe 11:00am-12:00pm: Calvary Lutheran Church 4:30-10:00pm: Canyon Lake Park-Shelter #2 Bring yourself and your memories! Bill’s family will host the picnic, and will provide all food and beverages. William McAndrew “Bill” Groethe was born Nov. 2, 1923, and passed peacefully, surrounded
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Bill introduced to reauthorize Native housing funding Bill would expand housing resources for Native veterans, students WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) recently introduced legislation with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) and 6 other members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to reform and reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance
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NCUIH Vice President to Testify at Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on UIO Facilities Bill On July 14, Robyn Sunday-Allen, member of the Cherokee Nation, National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic, will testify before the Senate
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US Mint honors national influence of Chief Mankiller By Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Cherokee Nation The late Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected to serve as chief of the Cherokee Nation, is widely remembered for her courage and resolve. Those hallmarks are why the U.S.
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Native American Agriculture Fund invests $1 million in Native youth for 2021 The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) has awarded $1 million dollars to 20 grantees serving Native youth across 115 Tribal Nations. The diverse range of grants for youth programming provides direct capital to projects impacting more than
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2021 was a tree planting success 35,000 tree starts were planted and donated This May, Red Cloud Renewable received about 35,000 baby trees grown by the Colorado State Forest Service and paid for by Trees, Water, and People and Nomadic Tipi Makers. There were thousands of Ponderosa Pine seedlings, as well
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