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WEBSeptember 20, 2024 Native News Online Staff Education 1471. Nine Indigenous students from across Indian Country were selected to serve as the American Indian College Fund ’s ( College Fund ) 2024-25 student ambassadors. Student ambassadors gain valuable leadership and communications skills while working to create greater visibility of ...
Whose Land Are You On? This App Will Show You Which …
WEBMar 26, 2021 · Native Land’s world map allows users to input their address and see the Native territories, languages and treaties pre-dating colonization in the area they reside. “For Native Land Digital, what we are mapping is more than just a flat picture. The land itself is sacred, and it is not easy to draw lines that divide it up into chunks that ...
Tens of Thousands Attend Gathering of Nations, World's Largest …
WEBMay 01, 2023. ALBUQUERQUE— The Gathering of Nations (GON) Powwow hosted its 40th annual event this weekend to crowds in the tens of thousands. Organizers coin the event as North America’s largest powwow, and this year’s tally of registered dancers reached more than 3,000, representing hundreds …
2020 U.S. Census Data Shows American Indian and Alaska Native ...
WEBAug 12, 2021 · WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the US Census Bureau released demographic data from the Census 2020 that shows tremendous growth in the American Indian and Alaska Native population from 2010 to 2020.
Google Maps Recognizes Boundaries of Oklahoma Reservations …
WEBSeptember 23, 2020. TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Google Maps took notice of the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision on July 9, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Congress never “disestablished” the 1866 boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, whose territory encompasses three million acres and includes most of the city of Tulsa.
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WEBSep 24, 2024 · NEW BUFFALO, Mich. — Native Vote 2024. Native News Online sat down with former Chairwoman Melanie Benjamin of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, who was part of a fireside chat at the Great Lakes Tribal Economic Summit last week in New Buffalo, Michigan, to discuss her views on the candidates running for president of the United states, and their running mates.
History of Native American Voting Rights | Currents
WEBNovember 08, 2022. Nearly a century after Native Americans were granted U.S. citizenship, the fight for Native voting rights rages on. On June 21, 1788, the day the Constitution was ratified and became the foundation for the government of the United States, Native Americans — people who have stewarded land here since time immemorial — were ...
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WEBFollowing the release of the U.S. Department of the Interior's final report, we at Native News Online took a moment to reflect on our extensive three-year effort to highlight the traumatic legacy of Indian boarding schools.
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Votes to Remove Blood Quantum from …
WEBJul 21, 2022 · Nearly 4,800 citizens voted “yes” to remove the blood quantum requirement to be enrolled in the MCT, and 2,629 voted “no”, according to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. About 4,200 citizens voted “yes” for the six individual membership tribes (Bands) to determine their own membership requirements determined by each Band Ordinance ...
Class Action Settlement Brings $59 Million to Descendents of the ...
WEBJun 18, 2021 · WASHINGTON — A $59 million settlement in Peltier v.Haaland, a class action lawsuit alleging trust fund mismanagement and failure to account by the Department of the Interior, will go to four tribes located in the Midwest and Northwest United States and more than 39,000 beneficiaries.. On June 10, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia finalized the settlement, which ...