Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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BOSTON, MA—May 4, 2020—The Bridgespan Group, a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission-driven organizations, and Echoing Green, an organization devoted to supporting emerging leaders and their early-stage organizations, today published a joint analysis on SSIR.org on racial inequity in philanthropy titled, “Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding.” While there is growing awareness in the philanthropic sector that equity and inclusion are necessary, there has not yet been a significant closing of racial gaps in...
Washington, May 4 – Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.-17) unveiled the Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act to mobilize the federal government to close the gap in the production of health care equipment. Outrageously, nearly three months after the first known COVID-19 death in the United States, health care providers across the country are continuing to report supply shortages. Unfortunately, the Trump administration has failed to utilize the full powers of the federal government, including special authorities...
In the last week, more than 1,000 middle and high school students competed at the 2020 virtual Minnesota State History Day competition. This state competition was the culmination of months of student work around the 2020 History Day theme, “Breaking Barriers in History.” In addition, COVID-19 required History Day students and staff to shift from in-person regional and state competitions to a virtual format starting in mid-March. Fifty-nine students received first and second place in their categories and will move on to compete in National His...
A couple of years ago I wrote in a series for Medium about how the solidarity between the Choctaw Nation and the Irish people two hundred years ago is how we can resist the power vertical today. In 1847, Choctaw survivors of the Trail of Tears sent a couple of hundred dollars, a fortune to them, to Irish Famine relief. Those with the least gave proportionately the most. To this day, there is a friendship that goes deeper than the official sculptures and exchange visits that mark it. I’ve long planned to include this story in a longer project a...
There is no one way to address the coronavirus threat. The state of Alaska has relatively few COVID-19 cases. But some vital modes of transportation are already shut down and Native villages are working on keeping potential virus exposures at bay. It’s a different story in urban centers that the U.S. Census says is home to nearly seven out of every 10 Native Americans. In Los Angeles, the Native population is large and diverse. Organizations like United American Indian Involvement is helping elders and others coping with a significant and g...
Starting Monday, you can hit the patios and golf courses in Manitoba, but one family in the province say they're still staying close to home when it comes to the safety of their new baby. It has been nearly two months since Leonard Sumner and Tasha Spillett left the hospital with their first child, Isabella Sumner. https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/coronavirus-new-parents-manitoba-1.5553219...
SEATTLE (AP) - A Washington state American Indian tribe has seen a spate of new coronavirus infections that health officials traced to children playing together. Sixteen new cases were announced between Wednesday and Friday by the Lummi Nation health department - the tribe's first new infections in weeks https://www.yaktrinews.com/washington-tribe-traces-new-outbreak-to-children-playing/...
GALLUP, N.M. — All the roads into this city on the edge of the Navajo Nation are closed. The soldiers at the checkpoints have their orders: Outsiders must turn around and drive away. Cities across the country have closed down businesses and ordered residents to remain at home, but the threat of the coronavirus in Gallup became so serious last week that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham invoked the state’s Riot Control Act to lock down the entire city. The downtown of shops, bars and Indian trading posts is now nearly deserted. htt...
Authorities say they have arrested Cecil Vijil, Jr., who was wanted in connection with an assault on a federal officer on the Navajo Nation. The FBI says he was arrested Sunday night in Towaoc, Colorado on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation near the Four Corners. Law Enforcement officers say he was arrested without incident. Authorities say on April 30, 2020, an FBI special agent and a San Juan County, Utah Sheriff’s deputy went to Vijil’s home near Aneth, Utah, on the Navajo Nation, as part of an investigation into another crime. That’s when...
