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Levi Rickert
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Levi "Calm Before the Storm" Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) is the founder, publisher and editor of Native News Online. Rickert was awarded Best Column 2021 Native Media Award for the print/online category by the Native American Journalists Association. He serves on the advisory board of the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association. He can be reached at [email protected].

May 02, 2024 Native News Online Staff
Sunday, May 5, is National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Awareness Day. Native communities and organizations across Indian Country will gather over the weekend to draw attention to the MMIP Crisis and honor those who have been impacted the most.
Currents
May 02, 2024 Native News Online Staff Currents 493
MMIP. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced today it will launch a new print and digital awareness campaign to commemorate the upcoming Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day on May 5.
Opinion
May 02, 2024 Doreen Leavitt Opinion 323
Guest Opinion. Nearly 4,000 miles separate Alaska’s North Slope, the ancestral homelands of the North Slope Iñupiat, and Washington D.C. But after multiple trips between the two to advocate for our self-determination in our ancestral homelands before the vast bureaucracy of the federal government, it feels like we live on different planets.
April 30, 2024 Michael Cabonargi Opinion 674
Guest Opinion. This April, I’m taking a moment to reflect on the progress we’ve made to improve access to health care for communities of color. April is Minority Health Month, a time to acknowledge and raise awareness about health disparities among historically disadvantaged minority populations in our country – and what President Joe Biden is doing to close the gap.
Sovereignty
May 01, 2024 Kaili Berg Sovereignty 507
MMIP. Amidst the launch of MMIP Awareness week, a notable victory in Northern California sees justice served for Milton “Yogi” McGarva, a Pit River tribal citizen.
April 27, 2024 Native American Rights Fund Sovereignty 1128
On April 25, 2024, the Tohono O’odham Nation, the National Congress of American Indians, the Inter-Tribal Association of Arizona, the Association on American Indian Affairs, and the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers filed an amicus brief urging all 29 Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to rehear Apache Stronghold v. U.S.
Education
April 25, 2024 Levi Rickert Education 1305
California Assemblymember James C. Ramos held a press conference on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento to urge schools to use a supportive approach before resorting to suspensions and expulsions for students violating drug-related infractions.
April 18, 2024 Native News Online Staff Education 1608
On April 12, 2024, DePaul University in Chicago was designated an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) for the fiscal year 2024 by the U.S. Department of Education.
Arts & Entertainment
April 30, 2024 Kaili Berg Arts & Entertainment 978
The Sundance Institute on Monday unveiled the fellows chosen for its 2024 Directors, Screenwriters, and Native Labs.
April 26, 2024 Kaili Berg Arts & Entertainment 1147
Indigenous model Wahatehontsatshén:ri (Waha) Delormier, a member of the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community, is set to take the runway at the upcoming Santa Fe Indigenous Fashion Week, scheduled from May 2 to May 5 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Health
Environment
April 25, 2024 Native News Online Staff Environment 3069
Tribal nations in the United States are leading a “Rights of Nature” movement to enshrine the inherent rights of the natural world — including plants, animals, and lands and waters — into law.
April 24, 2024 Native News Online Staff Environment 1610
The Nature Conservancy, a global nonprofit environmental organization, announced the appointment of Fawn Sharp this week to its global board of directors .