Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Ada Okla - Curious residents driving by the former K-Mart department store located on Craddock Road in Ada have noticed an uptick in activity as the building transitions to an Emergency Multi-Use Facility (EMU). Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby said this project, as well as others are part of the comprehensive response to the public health crisis. "Individuals are facing a wide variety of challenges as a result of this pandemic," said Governor Anoatubby. "Our leadership team has...
As of Monday, Oct. 5, all non-essential Tribal Offices remained closed until Oct. 25 as part of the extended shutdown imposed on Oct. 4. Those that remain open include Law Enforcement, EMS, IHS Security, Blackfeet Care Center, Fish & Wildlife, Forestry & Fire, Tribal Security, Nurturing Center, Solid Waste, Southern Piegan & School Based Clinic, THIP, Medicine Bear, Tribal Facilities and Incident Command. The Blackfeet Food Distribution Program is closed until Thursday, Oct. 8, due to deep...
In the United States, people of color have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, and Native Americans are no exception. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Indian and Alaska Native people are 5.3 times more likely than white people to be hospitalized due to COVID-19, the largest disparity for any racial or ethnic group. There are myriad reasons why Native Americans are particularly susceptible to the virus, including social inequities...
After the COVID-19 pandemic made its jarring entrance onto U.S. soil earlier this year, leaders of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa watched closely as the disease inched inward toward their reservation, 100,000 square acres of wooded land and mossy swamps in northeastern Minnesota. None of the band's 4,200 members had ever witnessed a plague of this magnitude. But they possessed a cultural memory of previous outbreaks, from the early, European-borne diseases that wreaked havoc...
It hadn't even been a day since the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled one of the pillars of voting rights in America, and North Carolina lawmakers weren't wasting any time. Republican legislators had been contemplating a bill that would require photo identification to vote. The bill had plenty of support, but it had spent the past two months sitting in committee while lawmakers waited for the Supreme Court to determine whether the state could go much further. North Carolina was among a handful of...
Danielle Grant is making sure local kids are well-positioned for life beyond high school. As president and CEO of AchieveMpls, a nonprofit dedicated to reducing opportunity gaps for students in Minneapolis Public Schools, Grant has worked to increase the organization's reach by expanding the Career and College Centers into St. Paul Public Schools, launching a new career readiness initiative, partnering with Best Buy Co. Inc. on career and college readiness curriculum, and creating a new college...
