News For All Americans
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Charles Sams III is sworn in as director of the National Park Service. He’s the first Native American to hold the position The Yurok Tribe issued an emergency declaration over a spate of missing persons and attempted human trafficking incidents
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The Cherokee Nation takes a big step toward building a new 400-million dollar health facility Federal officials arrest two artists for false claims of Native identity Pine Ridge high school students benefit from a large donation of musical instruments
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Tribal officials called for more consultation at a conference on the Colorado River The Canadian government said it would set aside billions of dollars to compensate Indigenous people who faced abuse in the country’s residential schools
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt upends tribal hunting and fishing compacts Patients and staff at a New Mexico hospital with a predominantly Native patient base express concerns over what they say is a declining levels of service NDN Collective awarded a $50-million grant from the Bush Foundation
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A federal bill aims to assist residents of one of the most economically depressed areas of the Navajo Nation Tribal leaders turned out in force at the New Mexico legislature to protest an amended redistricting map
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A Washington university adopts a consultation and consent policy A renowned Ojibwe artist is honored by the U.S. Postal Service Dave Anderson shares his key to happiness
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A federal panel rules ancestors’ remains held by the University of Alabama are connected to tribes wanting them returned Tribes are urging caution over COVID-19 heading into the holidays Joy Harjo attributes her success to family
Noted Lakota elder Marcella Labeau has died. She was a decorated World War 2 veteran serving as a nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps where she helped soldiers injured during the Normandy landings. A citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe she served on that nation’s council for four years in the early 1990s. She was inducted into the Native American Hall of Fame on Nov. 6, 2021 at age 102.
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The Department of Interior tackles derogatory place names So far, Savanna’s Act, adopted to combat the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People crisis, has not met a mandated deadline Noted Lakota Elder Marcella LaBeau is remembered as a war hero and dedicated health policy advocate
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Tribes say years of bureaucratic red tape are hindering repatriation of remains from the University of Alabama One tribal leader is critical of the Biden Administration’s Tribal summit Minnesota appoints its first Native American Appellate judge
