Self-described “mask warriors” cut donated fabric and channel it to sewers to make protective gear for first responders of the Pueblo and Navajo Nation “and all over Turtle Island.” COURTESY / Pueblo Action Alliance WASHINGTON – Federal lawsuits filed by more than a dozen tribes succeeded in preventing Alaska Native
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LAME DEER, Mont. – Gerry Robinson, an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana was recently informed that he will be awarded the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding American Western Novel in recognition of his recently published book The Cheyenne Story: An Interpretation of Courage. The novel
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Just before the court decision, grassroots pipeline resisters held a water prayer ceremony in Sweetgrass, Mont., where the pipeline is being built across the Canada-U.S. border under a separate permit. COURTESY / Kokipasni – No Fear GREAT FALLS, Montana – Even after a federal judge here revoked permission for the
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The BIA “has shut down Route 9 at mile marker 12.2 for two years now because you failed to live up to your trust responsibility…. Why are you accusing us of closing roads when you have done that to us?” Cheyenne River Sioux tribal chair tells federal bureau director. EAGLE
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Julian Bear Runner President Julian Bear Runner of the Oglala Sioux Tribe admitted to being arrested this weekend, though he declined to say what charges he is facing. “First and foremost, thank you to everyone for the overwhelming show of support through the tough time,” Bear Runner said in a
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Jodi TallBear WASHINGTON – When Jody TallBear (Cheyenne/Arapaho, OK & Dakota, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) came to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 2010 her main task was to stand-up a Tribal/Native American focus for the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, which is charged with ensuring that underserved communities
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Brave Heart Society, aboard mobile “tiny house” outfitted to demonstrate solar energy alternative to extractive fuel sources, such as oil, wear masks to avoid promoting virus spread, while advocating for better safety and security protection, especially for indigenous women. (At the right: Faith spotted Eagle)COURTESY / Jen Cohen LAKE ANDES
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Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham ALBUQUERQUE – The coronavirus could be especially devastating to New Mexico’s Native American tribes, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said this week. “In rural areas there are few grocery stores and long distances to travel to get to stores and health clinics,” Lujan Grisham
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Polluters, such as this North Dakota power plant, can break environmental rules indefinitely under new emergency policy.CreditPhoto by Talli Nauman BILLINGS, Mont. – EPA’s March 26 policy memo to corporate America, tribal and other governments — announcing relaxed enforcement of pollution rules during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic — raised a
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MISSOULA —The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, and Native American Rights Fund has challenged a Montana law that severely restricts Native Americans’ access to the ballot. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of Western Native Voice and Montana Native Vote, Native American led organizations focused on
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