September 03, 2024
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Currents
President Joe Biden on Friday appointed Janie Hipp (Chickasaw) to be a member of the Community Development Advisory Board within the U.S. Department of Treasury.
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Nationally, an estimated 2.5 million adults are living with an opioid use disorder, yet only 1 in 5 of them are getting the medications to treat it, according to a recent study from the National Institute for Drug Abuse. The researchers also found that some groups are substantially less likely to receive medication for opioid use disorder, including women, people of color, those who are unemployed, and those in small towns and rural areas.
Opinion
Guest Opinion. It’s back to school time! Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) across the country are opening their doors to students as they get ready to start a new semester.
Guest Opinion. As I approach Elder status, I recognize that people make mistakes with the words they use. I’m also learning a traditional teaching of “grace” and “forgiveness.” However, being objectified and relegated to a less than human stereotype or caricature is not a new phenomena for American Indian/Alaska Natives to have endured. We have evolved as a society well past such racism.
Sovereignty
This week, the U.S. Office of Army Cemeteries began its annual process of disinterring, identifying, and returning the remains of eleven Native American children— who died more than a century ago at a government-run Indian boarding school in Pennsylvania— home to their closest living relatives.
The Chickasaw Nation is calling attention to the need for additional foster care providers.
Education
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced over $11 million in grants to support the recruitment and retention of bilingual and multilingual educators and provide high quality programming to Native students in an effort to strengthen and revitalize Native American languages.
The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) announced on Friday its largest Full Circle scholarship cohort ever, with nearly 2,000 Native students receiving awards.
Arts & Entertainment
The Indigenous Fashion Collective announces it will host a gala in Los Angeles that will showcase Indigenous couture on October 12, 2024 with the theme: “Still Here, Still Vibrant: Indigenous Couture Shaping The Future.” This first-of-its-kind gala is being held during Indigenous Peoples Day weekend so fashionistas can shop Indigenous and learn from notable Native models, designers, and entrepreneurs.
On September 7, 2024, the National Mall in Washington, D.C., will host the inaugural One Lacrosse Gathering Celebration, a day dedicated to highlighting the traditions of Native American games, with a special focus on the origins and significance of lacrosse.
Health
Environment
The Match-e-be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe) on Friday held its annual sturgeon release into the Kalamazoo River.
Last week, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation publicly released its official comments on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Environmental Assessment (EA) of the proposed Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians casino project in Vallejo, CA.