Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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MILWAUKEE – The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) members will cast their votes tomorrow to be president the nation’s oldest and largest American Indian organization. The NCAI president serves for a two-year term. This year there are three candidates running to take the helm from Brian Cladoosby, who is term limited after serving two terms as president of the NCAI. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/three-candidates-vying-president-national-congress-american-indians/...
A controversial Indian lands bill that faced repeated opposition during the Obama administration is seeing new life in the Trump era. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) has introduced the American Indian Empowerment Act in every session of Congress dating back to 2011. But the bills never went anywhere due to lukewarm support from Indian Country and outright opposition from the Obama administration. https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/10/19/house-subcommitee-takes-up-controversial.asp...
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is supporting the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council's decision earlier this month to remove the tribe's president, who still maintains the controversial vote violated a tribal court decision. In a letter to the council, the BIA's Northern Cheyenne Reservation Superintendent, Michael Addy, officially recognized the council's 9-1 vote to remove former President Jace Killsback on Oct. 5. http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/bia-backs-northern-cheyenne-council-s-vote-to-remove-president/...
Yukon's justice minister says she can't say how many sexual abuse cases the government has settled against a former school principal and foster parent. The issue was raised in the territorial legislature on Monday, in the wake of a Toronto Star investigation into abuse suffered by several Indigenous children, between the late 1960s and the late 1980s. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-justice-minister-sexual-abuse-principal-1.4357713...
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, through its Seeds of Native Health philanthropic campaign to improve Native American nutrition, has given $250,000 in grant funds to support a program designed to improve health and nutrition in tribal communities. The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health announced Monday a funding collaboration to support its Healthy Futures initiative. The collaboration also includes a $150,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation and support from the Michael and Ellen Kullman family, according to a news...
The fire that threatened Saskatchewan's Red Pheasant First Nation was under control as of Wednesday, according to the Saskatchewan government. "There's no further threat," said Ray Unrau, a government spokesperson. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/red-pheasant-first-nation-battles-wildfire-update-1.4359783...
