Currents
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Some Alaska Native Elders must make the tough choice of whether to give their Native corporation shares away to be eligible for federal programs like SNAP. A piece of federal legislation would exclude settlement trust benefits from counting against their eligibility for some federal programs.
- Details
- By Tripp J Crouse - KNBA
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
#MMIP: To recognize, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, on Thursday May 5, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco will host a virtual event to highlight the Not Invisible Act Commission.
- Details
- By Native News Online Staff
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
On Wednesday evening, President Joe Biden declared May 5th, 2022 as Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. Events were held across Indian Country to raise awareness of the day and the issue. This year, Indian Country is keeping the fire burning by hosting more events across Indian Country, all this week.
- Details
- By Native News Online Staff
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
In advance of tomorrow's (May 5, 2022) recognition of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day, the White House on Wednesday evening released a presidential proclamation by President Joe Biden, titled "A Proclamation on Missing Or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, 2022."
- Details
- By Native News Online Staff
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Today, the Department of Commerce announced that 19 grants totaling nearly $77 million have been awarded to Indian Country through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. The Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is a federal program that directs broadband deployment on tribal lands for use in telehealth, distance learning, and access to reliable and affordable internet.
- Details
- By Darren Thompson
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
NEW YORK—On the floor of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at its New York headquarters, there are many apparent divides between nation-states and participating Indigenous Peoples and their institutions.
- Details
- By Jenna Kunze
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
On Saturday, pieces of what appeared to be a bronze statue were stolen from the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum and sold as scrap metal to a recycling company in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Prior to the exchange at the recycling center, the statue was cut into pieces.
- Details
- By Darren Thompson
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Native News Online publishes here Ruth Buffalo's prepared statement, to be delivered at the United Nations today, demanding the release of Leonard Peltier:
- Details
- By Native News Online Staff
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
More than four out of five Indigenous people in the U.S. have experienced violent crime, according to national data. Those are some of the highest rates of violence for any demographic, with Indigenous women nearly three times more likely to be murdered than white women. Colorado lawmakers are seeking to address this disparity with a new bill to improve investigations into missing and murdered Indigenous people.
- Details
- By Hannah Metzger - Colorado Politics