TORONTO, ONTARIO – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is proud to announce the launch of “Change the Bill”, a call to action that aims to promote reconciliation through art. Despite being the original inhabitants of this land, an Indigenous person has never been represented on a permanent Canadian
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Dean Alan Smith, pastor of over twenty years at the Morning Star Baptist Church in Lame Deer, Montana. LAME DEER, MT—On January 3, 2023, Dean Alan Smith, pastor of over twenty years at the Morning Star Baptist Church in Lame Deer, Montana, pled not guilty to federal charges filed the
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Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. received the Key to the City from Muskogee Mayor Marlon Coleman during an after-celebration held at the Martin Luther King Community Center. MUSKOGEE, OK — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. was presented the Key to the City of Muskogee during the
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Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek eloquently delivers State of Tribal Nations Address. (Photo by Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) Part 2 of 3 PIERRE – Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek eloquently delivered the State of Tribal Nations Address to a joint session of the South Dakota State Legislature
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OST wants Biden Administration to release funds to buy nine new snow plows for the nine reservation districts. (Photo courtesy Urban Milwaukee) PINE RIDGE—Newly elected Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out has sent an 18-page disaster relief request letter to President Biden, dated January 19, 2023, to the
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The Social Security Administration has redesigned their website to make access to online services more user-friendly. The new layout provides direct access to do things like: Check eligibility for benefits, Plan for retirement, Apply for benefits, Sign up for Medicare, Appeal a decision, and/or Check application or appeal status. They
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WASHINGTON, DC – Reports from the Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control reveal that men and boys represent a majority of missing and murdered Indian persons. But the Missing and Murdered Indian Women (MMIW) movement continues to ignore these facts: In 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice
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CHICAGO — Today, the MacArthur Foundation released a national report commissioned as part of its Safety and Justice Challenge that highlights that Native people are disproportionately incarcerated in the United States. The report shows that in states with higher Native populations, incarceration rates are up to seven times that of white
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Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek. Part 1 of a series PIERRE –Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek delivered a very well prepared and well-articulated South Dakota State of Tribal Nations Address before a joint session of the South Dakota Legislature. On Thursday, January 12 the State of Tribal Nations
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PINE RIDGE—There are two proposed amendments to the Oglala Sioux Tribe constitution, and to vote on these amendments, tribal members must register by mailing in registration forms mailed to them. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), not the tribe, is supervising this vote. Many around the reservation are reporting that
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