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Chickasaw Princess 2018-2019 Mikayla Hook was named second runner-up for Miss Indian Oklahoma in the Miss Indian Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant Friday, Nov. 1, at the McSwain Theatre. Hook was also honored with the Entrepreneur Award. "I loved every bit of it. It was pretty exciting for me," Hook said. "It was one day of rehearsals and competition. I will say it's a shame we only had one day to get to know each other as contestants." Hook's maternal grandmother, Ruth Shelley, accompanied her...
Washington, DC (November 20, 2019)- On November 19, 2019, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States held an Oversight Hearing Reviewing the Broken Promises Report: Examining the Chronic Federal Funding Shortfalls in Indian Country. NCUIH Executive Director Francys Crevier, JD (Algonquin) testified before the Subcommittee and made several recommendations in response to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission "Broken Promises" Report. "The Broken promises report, like many other...
An investigation launched by the Assembly of First Nations gathered evidence suggesting a former regional chief from Nova Scotia used his influence along with death threats and other forms of intimidation to keep women from contacting police with allegations of sexual assault against him, CBC News has learned. The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) in July hired Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, a prominent law firm with offices across Canada and internationally, to conduct an investigation into harassment allegations against Morley Googoo, who was the...
When you see the word "tiny house," what comes to mind? "Minimalism?" Maybe "decluttering" or "downsizing?" You probably don't immediately connect "resistance" with the living-small movement that's cut from the same cloth as Kondo-ing. But for a group of indigenous peoples in Canada, tiny homes are exactly how they plan to protect their ancestral land from big oil. Since Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau first committed to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline hundreds of miles from Alberta...
A man involved in a Minnesota heroin distribution conspiracy has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison. Thirty-nine-year-old Tyrone Nelson was sentenced Tuesday to 77 months for his role in the conspiracy that targeted the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation and surrounding area. http://knoxradio.com/news/local/man-sentenced-mn-heroin-conspiracy...
PIERRE — A third person pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling money from the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe's general welfare account. Jacqueline Pease, who worked as the tribe's accounts payable clerk for four years, admitted to embezzling between $40,000 and $95,000 and is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 10. https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/crime-and-courts/4779452-Third-Crow-Creek-official-admits-embezzling-thousands...
MORONGO INDIAN RESERVATION, CA – The Morongo Band of Mission Indians distributed 12,500 free turkeys this week to help provide holiday meals to families, seniors and veterans in need as part of the tribe's 34th Annual Thanksgiving Outreach Program. This year's program will once again help nonprofit groups, churches and charities provide more than 225,000 holiday meals across Southern California. Recognizing the growing need across the region, the tribe increased the number of turkeys it d...
