September 25, 2023
CARLISLE, Penn. — Smudged sage billowed into the air on Tuesday, September 19, as members from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribe of South Dakota and Spirit Lake Tribe of North Dakota carried small wooden coffins containing their relatives’ remains to the tribal van that would bring them home after nearly 150 years away.
Currents
A lawsuit filed by a tribal business entity against a law firm and one of its shareholders reads like a movie script filled with allegations of putting millions of dollars at risk, inciting threats and intimidation against tribal councilors, a scheme to transfer the company’s assets to another tribe, and even the shooting of two horses on an Indian reservation in northern Montana.
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Opinion
Opinion. Fueled by the demands of hard-right House Republicans, the federal government appears to be heading towards a shutdown at the end of the month, which marks the end of the federal government’s fiscal year.
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Sovereignty
Coalition Gets $4 Million to Fund Collection of Oral Testimonies of Indian Boarding School Survivors
The Department of the Interior today announced nearly $4 million in funding to the Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) to support their work of collecting oral testimonies from Indian boarding school survivors and descendants.
CARLISLE, Penn. — Smudged sage billowed into the air on Tuesday, September 19, as members from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribe of South Dakota and Spirit Lake Tribe of North Dakota carried small wooden coffins containing their relatives’ remains to the tribal van that would bring them home after nearly 150 years away.
Education
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will be hosting an “Exploring College Options” night at its Eagle Butte campus. Scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. at CRYP’s Čhokáta Wičhóni teen center, the event will give youth and families on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation an opportunity to learn more about attending select universities across the country.
With the 2023-24 school year underway, the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project (ZYEP) and Zuni Public School District are once again collaborating to offer both in-school and after-school programming for the community’s young people.
Arts & Entertainment
Native-owned home goods brand Eighth Generation is featured on the October 2023 cover of one of the world’s most prominent fashion magazines: British Vogue.
Here is Native News Online’s weekly round-up of arts, culture and entertainment offerings around Indian Country.
Health
Environment
Led by the Bay Mills Indian Community, more than 60 tribal nations from Indian Country have weighed in on Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit to move the Line 5 oil pipeline from the the heart of the Great Lakes.
It’s an unprecedented day for Indigenous sovereignty and Indigenous-led coastal conservation as three federally-recognized California Tribal Nations announce the Yurok-Tolowa-Dee-ni' Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area – the first-ever ocean protection area designated by Tribal governments in the United States.
