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The International Indian Treaty Council and the Arctic Athabaskan Council are calling the Russian and Ukraine high-level diplomats to the United Nations in Geneva to safeguard Indigenous peoples residing in Ukraine from the Russian War.
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WASHINGTON — This past week the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was renewed in the omnibus spending bill. The insertion into the spendng bill is significant because it failed to be renewed during the past three years after it expired in 2019. It is welcomed news in Indian Country because it kept the tribal provision.
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You will lose the hour you gained last fall on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. because it is time to “spring forward” with daylight saving time. The switch to daylight savings time applies to most of the Unites States.
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Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation officials held a press conference in Springfield, Ill. on Wednesday with Illinois state lawmakers who have introduced resolutions in Illinois Legislature that supports the tribe’s claim to reservation land near the village of Shabbona, near Chicago.
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The House on Wednesday voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act as part of its proposed $1.5 trillion spending package that includes $73.4 million for urban Indian health and $6.6 billion for Indian Health Services.
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Nearly six percent of Indigenous people living on reservations weren’t counted in the 2020 census, according to an analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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On Tuesday, The Business Forum announced Kelly Jackson as a recipient of its 2022 ATHENA Award. As a member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Jackson is the first Indigenous woman to receive the recognition from the Madison based collaborative organization.
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Washington state legislation would create an alert to help identify and locate missing Indigenous women and people.
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Roselyn Tso, a citizen of Navajo Nation and current director of the Navajo Area Indian Health Service (IHS), was nominated today by U.S. President Joe Biden to serve as the new director of the Indian Health Service.
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