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Hundreds of cars lined the road to the Alaska Native Heritage Center on Thursday and Friday, as Alaska Native elders and their families gathered to receive wild salmon through a grassroots initiative coined Operation Fish Drop. In the end, more than 12,000 pounds of Bristol Bay sock-eye salmon were delivered to around 400 families. Tribal councils, local fisheries, and volunteers came together to run the initiative, which aimed to address food insecurities brought about by COVID-19. In a typical year, most Alaska Natives would have been able...
The Gila River Indian Community in southern Arizona continues to make key economic moves. This year’s Arizona State Fair will be moving away from the fairgrounds in Phoenix to a temporary new location at Gila River's Wild Horse Pass near Chandler. Authorities said dates are being finalized, but the fair usually is held in October. https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/arizona-state-fair-is-moving-to-tribal-land...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in effort to keep our communities as safe as possible, we have updated the harvesting guidelines for this year’s spring harvest season. We humbly ask that all Mille Lacs Harvesters respect and comply with this plan. After internal discussion, the decision was made to not ask the Wisconsin and Fond du Lac tribes not to travel to Mille Lacs Lake this year. All eight of the 1837 signatory Band’s have expressed interest and intend to travel to Mille Lacs Lake for the spring harvest. With that being said, in ord...
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-MINNEAPOLIS AREA RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS Open: March 31, 2021 Closing: April 16, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m. Primary Function: This position is primarily responsible for providing office services by implementing administrative systems, procedures, and policies, and monitoring administrative projects by performing the following duties. Reports to Director of Mino Bimaadiziwin Wellness Clinic, full-time position w/benefits, salary; DOQ....
Targeted violence against schools is preventable, if the warning signs are identified, according to a new report by the Secret Service released Tuesday. The report by the Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center studied 67 thwarted school violence plots and 100 plotters to come up with a framework to further prevent school attacks. The agency found that there were several consistent factors in attacks that were prevented and attacks that happened, such as a history of discipline or...
As the pandemic spread across the country, students were swept from their classrooms and isolated in their homes, raising concern that the instability could result in devastating emotional health implications and widespread learning loss. But it also came with an unsettling silver lining: A year without a single mass school shooting. The trend wasn't unique to schools. Until this month, there wasn't a single mass shooting in a public space during the pandemic, according to data from The...
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely upended school lunches, like just about everything else for students. Once schools turned into virtual learning platforms, they found creative ways to feed students, including distributing meals at outdoor pickup locations. Meanwhile, the pandemic has renewed and strengthened national and state-level calls to make school meals free for all students. The Conversation U.S. asked four school nutrition experts what the break from daily in-person learning may change about school lunch. https:/...
March 31, 2021 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today hailed the decision of U.S. District Court Judge John R. Tunheim to remand to state court the State’s lawsuit to hold ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, and the American Petroleum Institute accountable under state laws for their decades of deception about climate change and the resulting costs and consequences in Minnesota. “We appreciate Judge Tunheim’s clear and thorough analysis in today’s ruling, including both his order to remand our case back to state court where it...
Denver, Colo., March 31, 2021 — The American Indian College Fund is announcing ECMC Foundation’s grant of $1.125 million to fund two programs at tribal colleges and universities in North Dakota and Montana. This grant will help fuel Native American student success in careers in healthcare and education. The North Dakota program “Strengthening Postsecondary Career Pathways Across North Dakota’s Tribal Colleges: Braiding Workforce Development and Native Student Success” provides $500,000 for a two-year program to develop a cohesive system to...
St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has confirmed emerald ash borer (EAB) in Blue Earth County. There are now 27 counties in the state with EAB. A resident in the city of St. Clair was cutting down an ash tree and noticed insect galleries in the wood. The homeowner contacted a local Department of Natural Resources forester who notified the MDA. MDA staff were able to find live EAB larvae and collect samples for federal identification. Emerald ash borer larvae kill ash trees by tunneling under the bark and feeding on the...
A new unique inter-university partnership explores the potential for foods found in natural urban environments to answer community needs. Prospective students in search of an interesting college major might come across "food studies" and imagine an appealing mix of skills that could lead to a career as a chef, nutritionist or cooking show host. But food studies is actually something quite different. It is one of the fastest-growing fields of study in North America, preparing students for careers...
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Symphony will feature Chickasaw classical music composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate with a virtual presentation of "CURRENTS: Thunder Song" available at SFSymphonyPlus.org beginning 10 a.m., April 1. The program will also feature the visual art of Chickasaws Dustin Mater and Joshua D. Hinson. First Americans can access the $15 show for $1 with the promotional code SFSPLUSTATE (San Francisco Symphony plus Tate). "CURRENTS: Thunder Song" explores the i...
For thousands of years, people around the world have relied on medicinal folklore, herbal treatments and rituals to heal an array of ailments. Now, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created an online platform featuring hundreds of thousands of these traditional therapies. Spanning seven continents and 200 years, the Archive of Healing draws on such sources as anthropologists' field notes, scholarly journals, oral histories and folktales. "The whole goal here...
The Artesian Online Art Market is slated for May 28 through July 31, and event coordinators with the Chickasaw Nation have opened a call for artists. Applications are available at ArtesianArtsFestival.com/Apply. Registration is open now. The deadline to enter a piece for competition is 5 p.m. CDT May 7. Registration for non-competition pieces will continue throughout the market as space is available. Open to the public for viewing and purchasing art, the Artesian Online Art Market will be available at ArtesianArtsFestival.com. The online...
