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  • A Totem Pole Carved by Lummi Nation Citizens As a Gift for Biden Prepares for Epic Journey to Washington

    Apr 23, 2021

    BELLINGHAM, Wash. - A 24-foot totem pole carved by Lummi Nation tribal members is getting its finishing touches this week before embarking on a cross country journey-deemed the Red Road to D.C.- from Washington state to Washington D.C. next month as a gift to the Biden administration. Along the way, the pole will make stops-accompanied by a team of about a dozen of its carvers-at sacred Native American sites in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and South Dakota before reaching its final...

  • Navajo Leaders Welcome First Lady Jill Biden to the Navajo Nation

    Apr 23, 2021

    WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Navajo Nation leaders welcomed the First Lady Jill Biden to the capital of the Navajo Nation on Thursday. A welcome ceremony was held at Navajo Veterans Memorial Park in Window Rock, Ariz. On hand to welcome. Biden to the country's largest Indian reservation were Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, First Lady Phefelia Nez, Vice President Myron Lizer, Second Lady Dottie Lizer, along with members of the 24th Navajo Nation Council and Navajo Nation Chief Justice JoAnn B....

  • It's not easy being green

    Apr 23, 2021

    Indigenous nations can combat climate change by noticing environmental changes, having leadership acting on it and, maybe, by just listening to grandma. “Conservation comes more (naturally) to a Navajo grandma cause she’s always conserved her whole life. They lived through world wars, they know how to not use a lot of things and really hold things back until they really need it,” Sandra Begay-Campbell said. “You had to do with the minimal amount you had.” Since 2002, Begay-Campbell, Navajo, has offered technical assistance for tribes with the...

  • Casinos offer summer youth employment program

    Apr 23, 2021

    Attention Mille Lacs Band Member Youth, ages 15, 16, and 17: Are you interested in summer employment with Grand Casino Mille Lacs or Grand Casino Hinckley? We are on a journey to develop a strong team of future Mille Lacs Band member leaders. Do you want to explore what is like to work for Grand Casinos? https://www.millelacsband.com/news/casinos-offer-summer-youth-employment-program...

  • Urban Band Members: May Tribal ID Events Scheduled in Twin Cities, Duluth

    Apr 23, 2021

    CASS LAKE, MN- The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Enrollment Office has announced two upcoming Tribal ID printing events scheduled for mid-May. The first of these events will take place at the Leech Lake Twin Cities Office (2438 27th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN) on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 and Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Staff will be onsite printing ID's for band members from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM each day. The second event will take place at the Duluth Area Office (AICHO/Gimaajii Building, 202 W 2nd...

  • Assistant Finance Manager - Red Lake Housing Authority

    Apr 23, 2021

    Assistant Finance Manager - Red Lake Housing Authority...

  • Records: Superintendent Lied to Jury Investigating Massacre

    Apr 23, 2021

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The superintendent of the Florida school district where 17 students and staff died in a 2018 high school massacre was arrested Wednesday after investigators said he lied to a grand jury investigating events surrounding the shooting. Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at district headquarters and charged with perjury in an official proceeding, which is a felony punishable by up to five years...

  • UNITY celebrates Earth Day by announcing its 2021 Native American youth Earth Ambassadors cohort

    Apr 23, 2021

    Mesa, Az – United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY) has announced the 2021-2022 class of UNITY Earth Ambassadors. The environmental stewardship and leadership program, which began in the 1990s, provides Native American youth with training sessions and informational workshops to increase their knowledge of environmental issues affecting Indian country. Through the program, the ambassadors will learn effective methods to raise awareness and youth engagement of the issues affecting the e...