Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Many would describe Mari Hulbutta as a "briefcase warrior." According to Hulbutta, the term refers to a modern protector of tribal interests using contemporary, analytical tools. "It's about defending your people," Hulbutta said. "(Chickasaw Nation Under Secretary of Senior Counsel) Stephen Greetham describes tribal sovereignty as a shield and a sword at different times, and I think the law works in a similar way. It's something you use to protect yourself but also something used as a tool to...
ADA, Okla. – Many of the artists participating in the Artesian Online Art Market deemed the event a success, according to James Wallace, director of visual arts, media and design for the Chickasaw Nation Department of Culture and Humanities. "It went really well. Especially since this was the first online art market we have ever hosted. It was really a group effort with several departments working together," Wallace said. "I feel that teamwork really paid off and allowed us to give the a...
Rez 2 Med was created to increase the representation of Native Americans in the Medical Field by med students Jasmine Curry, Diné, Tomoko Wilson, Diné, and Maliyan Bennette, Penobscot. They created the social media accounts to share their medical school experience and to inform people about what they can do to stay healthy. Curry says her issues with med school curriculum stem from associating health disparities with certain racial groups without historical context. She says Natives are not genetically predisposed. Indian Country Today f...
The GOP kicked off day two of the Republican National Convention with Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer, who raved about President Donald Trump's record on tribal issues. But Trump has been terrible for Native American people and tribes for years ― a fact you'd never know based on Tuesday night's spin. "Our people have never been invited into the American Dream. For years, we've fought congressional battles with past congressmen and senators that were part of a broken system that i...
SYDNEY, N.S. -- A charge against a Cape Breton man accused of abducting an Indigenous teenage girl has people wondering -- once again -- why an Amber Alert wasn't issued when she first went missing. Darcy Dwayne Doyle was apprehended early Saturday morning in the Canoe Lake area of Cape Breton after an extensive three-day search for a missing 14-year-old girl. On Monday, the man allegedly at the centre of the search was in a Sydney courtroom to face a criminal charge of abducting a person under the age of 16. https://atlanti...
