News For All Americans
Santa Fe Indian School students meet with U.S. New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich and discuss the importance of sacred items. Heinrich has reintroduced legislation to prohibit the export of sacred items and increase penalties. (Photo-U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Facebook)
Native American high school students on a recruitment trip to the University of Wyoming walked out of an event after it was deemed offensive to Native people. (Screenshot)
Change the Mascot logo. Opponents of the Washington Football Team name say the fight against Indian mascots is not over. (Screenshot)
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. has over 8,000 locations in the U.S. A new store has just been approved to open in Whiteclay, Nebraska. (Photo-Family Dollar, Inc.)
Randy Phelan, vice president of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, was among governors, mayors and stakeholders meeting with the Trump administration this week to discuss how to improve U.S. infrastructure, which included energy talks. The tribe has been working on oil and gas development for the last nine years. The reservation sits in the heart of Bakken oil and gas reserves. Phelan met with the president, vice president and senior administration officials at the White House.
Talks among Dakota elders, Walker Art Center officials and artist Sam Durant will result in the dismantling and burning of a controversial art installation. Officials with the renowned art center in Minneapolis delayed the grand re-opening of its outdoor sculpture garden scheduled for this weekend after Native community members voiced concerns the scaffolding piece emphasizes a painful history for the Dakota people.
A year after the abduction and death of a girl on the Navajo Nation, Congressional leaders are taking steps to ensure funding for the AMBER Alert system for tribal communities. Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs heard comments from tribal leaders, law enforcement officials and others.
