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March 18, 2024
Guest Opinion - Native Vote 2024. The US. Civil Rights Commission Broken Promises Repor t documents the stark disparities American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) suffer with the worst of the worst outcomes. As a people, we suffer the highest rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, suicide, substance abuse including opiates and fentanyl, accidental overdose and more. In 2022, the CDC reported that our life expectancy dropped by 7 years over a two-year period. We were the last to be granted citizenship with the right to vote in 1924.
Currents
Three tribes in Minnesota are getting a $1.4 million federal injection to provide clean electricity to tribal homes. The funding was announced last week by U.S. Democratic Senators Tina Smith, a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and Amy Klobuchar.
From Our Partners
The list of fiscally-sound, shovel-ready economic development projects in Indian Country is long. What’s always in short supply is available capital to finance development. Minnesota-based Indian Land Capital Company ( ilcc.net ) was formed to help address that need. Founded in 2005 by the nonprofit Indian Land Tenure Foundation ( iltf.org ), ILCC is a Certified Native Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides flexible financing to tribes and tribal enterprises.
Opinion
Guest Opinion - Native Vote 2024. The US. Civil Rights Commission Broken Promises Repor t documents the stark disparities American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) suffer with the worst of the worst outcomes. As a people, we suffer the highest rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, suicide, substance abuse including opiates and fentanyl, accidental overdose and more. In 2022, the CDC reported that our life expectancy dropped by 7 years over a two-year period. We were the last to be granted citizenship with the right to vote in 1924.
Guest Opinion. Recently, Cherokee Nation First Lady January Hoskin and I attended the annual chili cook-off and advocacy day by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) . We were happy to be at this event at the Oklahoma State Capitol, not only to enjoy the chili, but to support the important mission of OICA.
Sovereignty
The Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs and History Nebraska on Thursday released a list of known, named students who attended the Genoa Indian Industrial School, The school was located in Genoa, Nebraska, some 100 miles from Lincoln, Nebraska.
Native American children make up more than a third of the foster care caseload in Montana, despite representing less than 10% of the state’s child population. While there’s a broad consensus among child welfare experts that this outsized representation is a problem, there exists no collective strategy to address it.
Education
The University of Montana will present honorary doctorates this spring to Lily Gladstone and Carol Tatsey-Murray, two outstanding Native leaders with strong ties to the Blackfeet Nation.
Dr. Natalie Welch (Cherokee) is the new executive director of Rise Above, a nonprofit in Seattle dedicated to empowering Native youth.
Arts & Entertainment
Through the Storm, an award-winning short documentary about the Red Lake Nation high school football team, will be screened on March 21 at the prestigious AmDocs Film Festival in Palm Springs.
This week in Indian Country, there are plenty of events for everyone to enjoy. From powwows to Native American story times and a Native Flute Festival, here is Native News Online’s weekly round-up of arts, culture, and entertainment offerings around Indian Country.
Health
Environment
As the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa continues its case against Canadian pipeline company Enbridge and its controversial Line 5 pipeline, a new film is documenting the band’s history of resistance in order to protect the Bad River and its tribal sovereignty.
Now that Governor Lujan Grisham has signed omnibus tax package for 2024 into law, the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) is preparing to accept a new wave of applications for its Solar Market Development Tax Credit Program. There was a provision for tribal citizens.