Mar. 13—RED LAKE, Minn. — Red Lake Nation will receive $600,000 in federal funding to connect tribal homes to clean electricity, including homes previously not connected to electricity at all. The announcement came on Wednesday from U.S. Sens. Tina Smith, a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and Amy Klobuchar, both D-Minn. Additionally, Minnesota’s […]
Dr. Charles Roessel, President of Diné College, has been named the 2023-2024 Tribal College President Honoree of the Year by the American Indian College Fund, which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the tribal college movement. According to a statement of the Fund, growing up on the Navajo Reservation, Roessel was deeply influenced […]
Mar. 8—Oklahoma’s attorney general is asking a federal judge to rule an eastern Oklahoma tribal nation does not have the jurisdiction to charge a non-native police officer with assaulting a tribal police officer. Matthew Douglas, a detention officer for the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Department, was charged in December 2023 in Muscogee (Creek) Nation District Court […]
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Mar. 6—A physical education teacher for nearly a decade, Treva Riley is used to sweats, T-shirts and tennis shoes. The comfortable attire is essential for teaching her students at Laguna Elementary School about physical activity and health. After all, it’s much more difficult to toss a dodgeball or tend a goal in formal business attire. […]
The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest. The plan, announced in December, stopped short of calling for the removal of four controversial dams on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest. The plan, announced in December, stopped short of calling for the removal […]
This article was originally published in Oregon Capital Chronicle. Three years ago, Valeria Atanacio urged state lawmakers to pass a bill aiming to increase Indigenous families’ access to early learning and child care programs. When the Oregon Legislature embraced the proposal — called the Tribal Early Learning Hub — she considered it a victory. “That […]
For Yurok tribal member Billee Willson, the loss of her mother shaped her life. Her mother, Willson said, adored children. She had six of her own and taught at a Hoopa Valley elementary school. She loved jewelry making and doing beadwork and was exploring basket weaving. She was loved and cared for in her community. […]
Feb. 19—GRAND FORKS — UND has been awarded $599,997 from the National Science Foundation for a program that seeks to expose students at rural and tribal schools to molecular biology. Under the terms of the grant, researchers at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences will run an eight-week “intensive research experience” and curriculum development […]
Assemblymember James C. Ramos, thefirst and only California Native American serving in the state’s legislature, on Friday announced his 2024 bill package that deals with issues ranging from public safety to youth homelessness to education to mental health services. Ramos’ bill package contains a strong emphasis on inclusion of Native American issues, including the Missing […]
The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council recently passed a resolution to support the proposed mineral withdrawal, which will ban mining around the Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills, preserving the land and drinking water. The ban would cover about 32 square miles encompassing the Pactola Reservoir and areas of public land upstream that drain into the […]