Nicolai Chase, 16, gets ready to set up a net at a culture and science camp in Alaska. (Photo-Christine Trudeau)
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One of Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation’s projects on the Pine Ridge reservation is the construction of a Regenerative Community. It will include 21 single-family homes and Pow Wow grounds.
Native Americans protest docking of replica Columbus ships in Michigan
Native Americans and environmentalists see value in national monuments
North Dakota’s governor travels to reservations to meet with tribal leaders
Thunder Valley Community Development celebrates 10-year anniversary
Confederate Memorial in Helena, Montana. Native American lawmakers are calling for its removal. (Photo-Wikimedia Commons)
Native American lawmakers in Montana call for the removal of Confederate memorial
Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women demand for reset of commission
Heavy equipment is moving earth in the small Nebraska town of Whiteclay as preparations are made for the grand opening of a Family Dollar store. (Photo-Jim Kent)
Alaska court case claims jury selection discriminates against rural Native communities
Clean up continues in Whiteclay, Nebraska months after closure of town’s liquor stores
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Appeals ruling on Muscogee man’s murder case is significant jurisdiction victory
A federal court has overturned a Muscogee Creek man’s death sentence in a major jurisdiction ruling. The ruling reaffirms the tribe’s historical reservation boundaries in Oklahoma. The case goes back to 1999, when Patrick Murphy was accused of murdering another Muscogee man. He was convicted in Oklahoma court and put on death row in 2000. Since then, he’s unsuccessfully appealed multiple times.
Bipartisan outraged aimed at acting director over proposed IHS cuts
President Trump proposes to cut the Indian Health Service budget by $300 million, and the head of the IHS had trouble justifying that 6 percent cut at a Senate hearing Wednesday. Senators on both sides of the aisle say they’re outraged at the state of affairs at IHS, and it goes beyond the budget cut.
NEA recognizes Chilkat weaver Anna Brown Ehlers
An Alaska Native weaver of Chilkat blankets has received one of the nation’s top awards recognizing traditional folk art. The National Endowment for the Arts’ director of folk and traditional arts, Clifford Murphy, says his organization is honoring 62-year-old Anna Brown Ehlers for her outstanding weaving.
“National Heritage Fellowships are the highest national honor in folk and traditional arts. So this is really a lifetime recognition for mastery of traditional arts,” Murphy said.
