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WASHINGTON- Congressman Collin C. Peterson today received the Jefferson-Hamilton Award for Bipartisanship from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. This new award is one of two unveiled during the First Annual U.S. Chamber of Commerce Governing with Distinction Ceremony. The Jefferson-Hamilton Award for Bipartisanship and the Abraham Lincoln Award for Leadership in America recognize members of Congress who demonstrate the bipartisan leadership and constructive governing necessary to move our country forward. U.S. Chamber President Suzanne Clark...
U.S. Attorney General William Barr has repeatedly blamed anti-fascist activists for the violence that has erupted during demonstrations over George Floyd's death, but federal court records show no sign of so-called antifa links so far in cases brought by the Justice Department. NPR has reviewed court documents of 51 individuals facing federal charges in connection with the unrest. As of Tuesday morning, none is alleged to have links to the antifa movement. The single instance in which an extremist group is mentioned in court documents is a...
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT LABORER RED LAKE SANITATION Open: June 10, 2020 Closing: June 29, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. PRIMARY FUNCTION: Perform routine heavy physical labor work efficiently at the Sanitation working sites, reports to Director, full-time with benefits, salary; $12.00 hourly. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES: • Know, understand and implement standardized policies and procedures • Able to move heavy equipment, and supplies either manually or using other industrial equipment at each site • H...
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ADA, Okla. – Chickasaw artist Tyra Shackleford is one of several Chickasaw and Southeastern Indian artists engaging the nation virtually with their creations at ArtesianArtsFestival.com. Shackleford is a master fabric weaver whose work is in museums, premiere American Indian arts festivals and in numerous private collections. At the Artesian Online Art Market, a beaded stomp dance sash, regalia, dresses and other fine, handmade Shackleford garments await all. Shackleford is one of the C...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (June 9, 2020) — Hy-Vee, Inc. will donate $1 million, as well as commit to providing one million volunteer hours, to organizations that support racial unity and equality primarily throughout its eight-state region. Volunteer hours have already begun in the Minneapolis area as Hy-Vee employees have spent the last several days working with local organizations to provide meals, snacks and water to those in impacted neighborhoods throughout the metro. Hy-Vee employees have also assisted with neighborhood cleanup efforts in t...
A collaboration between the Chickasaw Nation and PepsiCo Foundation’s Food for Good program is one example of local partnerships developed to meet increased food insecurity as a result of the coronavitus pandemic. PepsiCo Foundation’s Food for Good program and the Chickasaw Nation Impa’chi Kids Meal Program have delivered a total of 12,480 meals within Chickasaw Country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This program is one more example of businesses, organizations, government agencies and others working together to help ensure all Oklah...
Mary “Marty” Andruss traces her independent artistic spirit back to an elementary school art class experience that might have discouraged any other youngster. “I remember the first art piece I ever made,” the Chickasaw artist said. ”I was in art class in about the third grade. It was a ceramic turtle and I put quilt squares on its back and my art teacher said, ‘You can’t do that!’ “I thought, why not? And it kind of went from there,” Andruss said. Today, at 85 years of age, Andruss is still at it as she molds textile pieces left over from othe...
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe held its annual Tribal Council election on Saturday at Tribal Headquarters in Plummer for two seats. Ernest (Ernie) Stensgar was re-elected and CarylDene Swan was elected for the first time, both to three-year terms. The new council unanimously elected Chief J. Allan as chairman, Donald Szcenski as vice chairman and Hemene James as secretary treasurer. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the Tribal Headquarters in front of a virtual audience via live streaming with...
WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the following statement on Senate passage of a Udall-led Senate Committee on Indian Affairs package including the Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act, sponsored by Udall; the Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act, co-sponsored by Udall; and the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Completion Act, sponsored by Udall. The Senate package that passed unanimously last week also included the Navajo Utah Water Rights...
TSAILE, Ariz. — A research paper authored by two Diné College science professors about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its impact upon Native Americans provides clarification of the transmission and virulence of the virus, the professors say. The paper, “The Medical Basis for Increased Susceptibility of COVID-19 among the Navajo and other Indigenous Tribes: A Survey,” was written by Dr. Joseph DeSoto and Dr. Shazia Tabassum Hakim. The paper concludes, in part, that “…ethnic and anatomic expression patterns of angiotensin converting...
