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First Nations Receives Grant to Bolster Strategies to Educate, Advocate, and Capitalize Funding from The Schmidt Family Foundation/The 11th Hour Project to help advance Native communities LONGMONT, Colo. (February 11, 2021) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) is honored to announce the receipt of funding from The Schmidt Family Foundation's The 11th Hour Project to support First Nations’ investment in the genius of Native communities and their efforts to build the physical, cultural, environmental, social, and economic assets...
Recent reports have indicated an uptick in a disturbing trend of violence against people of Asian descent in the U.S., which has continued throughout the pandemic amid racist associations between the virus and Asian countries. Cable news outlets and TV channels of corporate broadcast networks have largely ignored the recent reports of increasing violent assaults on elderly Asian Americans in California, as Asian Americans call on the country to pay attention and take action against rising anti-Asian discrimination. Since the emergence of the...
CBC has obtained an open letter written by a "sizeable minority" of Mary River mine employees currently stranded in Nunavut by a protest, which says they recognize Inuit as "rightful custodians of the land." About 700 staff from southern provinces have been stranded at the Nunavut mine site since a group of protesters staged a blockade last week, blocking roads and the airstrip. The protesters object to Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation's proposed expansion of the mine and fear the impacts it could have on the water and surrounding areas. CBC...
Free, contactless tax filing services are available to qualifying individuals and families through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. This program is free to filers earning less than $57,000 per year. The 2021 VITA filing period will begin Feb. 12. The VITA program is assisting clients through contactless appointments only. VITA offices are currently closed to the public. To schedule your appointment, call (580) 272-5798 or email VITAProgram@Chickasaw.net. Participants must provide the following items: two forms of...
On Wednesday, the National Congress of American Indians convened an emergency meeting resulting in its public urging for the immediate confirmation of Congresswoman Deb Haaland to Secretary of the Department of the Interior, amid a growing chorus of pushback from Republican senators. "The U.S. Department of the Interior carries out a broad range of responsibilities, including the management of public lands, water resources, minerals, wildlife management, and cultural heritage preservation," the...
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Even though the Covid-19 vaccine now available on the Navajo Nation, President Jonathan Nez is still advising Navajo citizens to remember the basic precautions in place to help control the spread of the deadly virus that has claimed almost 1,100 precious lives on the nation's largest Indian reservation. "We are all in this fight against Covid-19 together. When we wear a mask and when we choose to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, we are not only protecting ourselves, but we are...
CANNONBALL, N.D. - On Tuesday, several dozen youth from Standing Rock and Cheyenne River ran 93 miles from Timber Lake, S.D. to Cannonball River, N.D., adjacent to the Oceti Sakowin camp location just beyond the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, in sub-zero temperature to continue to pressure President Joe Biden to end the Dakota Access Pipeline. "The youth came up with the idea to organize a run because of President Biden's recent decision to deny the permits for the Keystone XL Pipeline,"...
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs elected new leadership at its first meeting of the 117th Congress Thursday morning. Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii will serve as chairman while Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska will serve as vice chairman. The committee was previously led by Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota and Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico. Hoeven remains on the committee while Udall retired from the Senate earlier this year. https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-under-ne...
