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Levi Rickert
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Levi "Calm Before the Storm" Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) is the founder, publisher and editor of Native News Online. Rickert was awarded Best Column 2021 Native Media Award for the print/online category by the Native American Journalists Association. He serves on the advisory board of the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Chikasha Bak Bak ( Chickasaw Woodpecker) is one of seven teams currently playing in the Choctaw Nation ’s Stickball League. With a similar culture and intertwined histories, the Choctaw Nation invited Chickasaws to participate in their league in 2014. Numerous Southeastern First American tribes of North America are working to preserve the heritage of this traditional game.
Currents
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A 22-year-old San Carlos Apache Tribe member has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with the Watch Fire that terrified hundreds of people as they fled for their lives, leaving many homeless.
Opinion
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Guest Opinion. In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court's ruling in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson allows cities to penalize individuals for sleeping outdoors when no shelter is available. This ruling disproportionately impacts Native youth—an already vulnerable population. With Native Peoples facing some of the highest rates of homelessness, this decision perpetuates legal and financial burdens, pushing unsheltered Native youth further into the shadows and away from the support and stability they desperately need and deserve.
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Editor’s Notebook. MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Political party conventions are designed to generate enthusiasm of its party’s base and hopefully attract enough votes from others to vote for their candidates in the upcoming general election.
Sovereignty
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Chikasha Bak Bak ( Chickasaw Woodpecker) is one of seven teams currently playing in the Choctaw Nation ’s Stickball League. With a similar culture and intertwined histories, the Choctaw Nation invited Chickasaws to participate in their league in 2014. Numerous Southeastern First American tribes of North America are working to preserve the heritage of this traditional game.
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This week, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that returns 1,600 acres of land back to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The land was illegally seized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 50 years ago.
Education
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Members of Congress on Tuesday, July 23, held a joint hearing in Washington, D.C. to address decades of mismanagement, nepotism, and toxicity at Haskell Indian Nations University, a federally-operated school in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Pikes Peak State College, located in Colorado Springs, Colo., is introducing a new Promise Program focused on Native American students in the Pikes Peak region. First Nations Promise is a last-dollar grant that will cover direct costs and offer academic coaching for Native students who attend Pikes Peak State. The press is invited to the press conference announcing the launch of First Nations Promise on Thursday, July 25 at 2pm in the Learning Commons of PPSC’s Centennial Campus (5675 S Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO).
Arts & Entertainment
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Teton Ridge, a leading name in Western sports media, lifestyle, and entertainment, proudly announced today the appointment of Mo Brings Plenty as the company’s new American Indian Cultural Affairs Director.
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The public comment period for the cooperative management plan for Bears Ears National Monument ended on June 11 and is currently under review, the Bears Ears Commission announced yesterday.
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