The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council welcomed U.s. Department of Transposrtation Assistant Secretary for the Office of Tribal Government Affairs Arlando Teller to cultivate a partnership focused on improving transportation infrastructure in Akwesasne. The Tribal Council and Colleen Thomas, on behalf of Planning and Infrastructure, reviewed roadway conditions on the southern portion of Akwesasne. Assistant […]
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Southeastern Grasslands Institute (SGI), based out of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, recently hired two tribal liaisons to advance its partnership with Native American tribes on regional grassland conservation and incorporate Native American ecological and botanical knowledge into its work. Corlee Thomas-Hill, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee […]
Tala Brown smiles while accepting the drum adorned with two hand-painted eagle feathers. It’s Tuesday, May 21, and the 18-year-old is one of dozens of students being celebrated at the Indian Education Program’s graduation ceremony in Tacoma. Brown is an enrolled member of the Athabaskan Tribe who’s part of the program’s class of 2024 at […]
A new South Dakota policy to stop the use of gender pronouns by public university faculty and staff in official correspondence is also keeping Native American employees from listing their tribal affiliations in a state with a long and violent history of conflict with tribes. Two University of South Dakota faculty members, Megan Red Shirt-Shaw […]
Gov. Kevin Stitt and some Oklahoma legislative leaders want more tribes to let the state issue their license plates to gain direct access to tribal citizens’ car tag and registration information. But a Seminole Nation tax official cautioned the Legislature’s Joint State Tribal Relations Committee that such arrangements aren’t realistic for every tribe. “Compacts aren’t […]
(Bloomberg) — Each day, Bloomberg journalists take you across a selection of towns and cities as they gear up for the big vote. Most Read from Bloomberg Hello, this is Pratik Parija, Bloomberg’s agriculture reporter in New Delhi. I hail from Odisha, the eastern Indian state Prime Minister Narendra Modi is wooing hard to boost […]
A school official at Farmington High School speaks with graduate Genesis White Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, before taking away her personalized graduation cap and replacing it with a generic one. White Bull had adorned her cap with beads and an eagle feather, culturally significant tribal regalia. (Screenshot via Facebook) […]
BRIMLEY — The Bay Mills and Sault Ste. Marie tribes hosted First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff at Bay Mills Community College on Thursday to talk about the importance of investing in local communities. Biden and Emhoff were joined on stage by Bay Mills Indian Community President Whitney Gravelle, Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians […]
The acting chief of police for the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) Department of Public Safety, John Pettigrew, told lawmakers on Tuesday, May 9, about the harsh realities of maintaining law and order on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwest South Dakota with a gross lack of funding. During a hearing on the needs of […]
Despite the overwhelming challenges faced by its members and descendants over nearly 200 years, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians continues to cultivate their heritage, freedom and self-determination.(Photo/USDA) Guest Opinion. Tribal nations across America are filled with innovative, creative, hardworking people who lift up our state’s culture and economies. Unfortunately, we have not always provided […]
Pine Ridge is located in southwestern South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The town has a population just under 3,000 and is the headquarters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) The Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety is funded at 15% of its needs, its acting chief told appropriators […]
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