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June 05, 2023 Jenna Kunze
The Ohio History Connection is seeking state legislation to authorize an intertribal cemetery to lay to rest the more than 7,000 Native American ancestors in the museum’s possession.
Currents
June 06, 2023 Elyse Wild Currents 1545
A Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) installation in Alaska was vandalized late last month, a local radio station reported .
Opinion
June 04, 2023 Levi Rickert Opinion 3612
Opinion . After George Floyd’s death in 2020, a shift occurred in mainstream attitudes about race and some of the dark eras in our country’s history. During the aftermath, statues of wayward explorer Christopher Columbus were toppled and Indigenous communities moved to rename the federal holiday that honored him.
June 04, 2023 Chuck Hoskin Jr Opinion 816
Guest Opinion. At Cherokee Nation, we have built the largest health care system in Indian Country, providing excellent care to our citizens. However, the foundations of good health don’t start in hospitals and clinics. Many of the most powerful health and wellness tools are found in what we do before we need medical care.
Sovereignty
June 06, 2023 Levi Rickert Sovereignty 1013
MILLE LACS INDIAN RESERVATION — The seventh listening session of the year-long Road to Healing tour of Native communities stopped at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Onamia, Minnesota on Saturday, June 3, 2023.
June 05, 2023 Jenna Kunze Sovereignty 3029
The Ohio History Connection is seeking state legislation to authorize an intertribal cemetery to lay to rest the more than 7,000 Native American ancestors in the museum’s possession.
Education
May 16, 2023 Elyse Wild Education 973520
High school graduate Lena’ Black, an enrolled member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and of Osage descent, filed a lawsuit on May 15 against the Broken Arrow School District for violating her rights to free exercise of religion and freedom of speech.
May 09, 2023 Native News Online Staff Education 2731
Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC), located in Winnebago, Nebraska, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Equity for Excellence (EES) for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Arts & Entertainment
June 03, 2023 Ben Pryor Arts & Entertainment 8950
On May 17 at 8:34 am Nepal time, against the backdrop of Tibetan prayer flags, Dr. Jacob Weasel, a 36-year-old citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, made history. Perched atop the Himalayas, Weasel became the first recorded Native American to summit Mount Everest.
June 02, 2023 Native News Online Staff Arts & Entertainment 3628
NBC News and MSNBC contributor Alyssa London joined Native News Online ’s editor Levi Rickert and senior staff reporter Jenna Kunze on this week’s Native Bidaské to discuss this coming Sunday’s The Culture Is; Indigenous Women that premieres Sunday, June 4 at 10 p.m.- EDT. on MSNBC.
Health
Environment
June 06, 2023 Neely Bardwell Environment 1830
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland took action last week to protect the cultural and historic resources in the Chaco Culture Historical Park from encroaching new oil and gas leasing and mining.
June 06, 2023 Native News Online Staff Environment 920
In a letter on Tuesday, May 30, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs urged President Biden to use the Antiquities Act to designate the tribally proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument.