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03/15/2024

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/indigenous-student-wins-fight-to-wear-eagle-feather-at-tennessee-graduation/

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.—Across the country, Indigenous students are standing up for the right to express their heritage at high school graduation ceremonies, and Tennessee is no exception.

03/15/2024

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/states-and-tribes-rush-to-reach-colorado-river-deals-before-election/

There are three main forces driving the conflict on the Colorado River. The first is an outdated legal system that guarantees more water to seven Western states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming — than is actually available in the river during most years.

03/13/2024

https://mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/mainstreetnashville/la-vergne-high-student-allowed-to-wear-eagle-feather-at-graduation/?pubid=murfreesboropost

A La Vergne High School senior who is an indigenous member of a “federally recognized tribe” will now be allowed to wear an eagle feather on his graduation cap after the Rutherford County Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a motion by board member Tammy Sharp at the March 7 board me...

02/14/2024

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One of the most dangerous Mexican cartels is targeting six Native American reservations in Montana. NBC's Cynthia McFadden speaks to a tribal leader who says...

01/15/2024

GRANITE FALLS, Minn. - Upper Sioux Agency State Park in southwestern Minnesota will close on Feb. 16, the fina...

12/11/2023

Beware of Spiritual Abusers like Nathan Chasing Horse.

Dances with Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse is set to stand trial in Nevada for alleged sexual abuse inside The Circle – what police have described as a cu...

10/21/2023

This week in Indian Country, there are plenty of events for everyone to enjoy. From powwows to Breast Cancer Awareness celebrations to the American Indian Festival, here is Native News Online’s weekly round-up of arts, culture, and entertainment offerings around Indian Country.

10/05/2023

By Albert Bender.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/native-guitars-tour-in-nashville-a-first-for-indigenous-music-in-the-south/?fbclid=IwAR36qxYIhTadMsBucxy4pVz-RB_r9wMJPrCy2oU67dgserFdStbumZEhSTM

NASHVILLE—The sound of electrifying Indigenous guitar music could be heard in Music City when the Native Guitars Tour (NGT) graced Nashville with a rhapsody of the music of a collective of artists from the Tribal nations of the Southwest and the Great Plains.

09/22/2023

The Forgotten .. a missing Navajo woman.

Native women in Arizona are disappearing at staggering rates, yet the media coverage their cases have received doesn’t compare to the media spotlight on case...

09/03/2023

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When Cree woman Shirley Soosay goes missing in 1980, her niece Violet promises that she will bring Shirley home. But Violet never dreamed the search for Shir...

08/02/2023

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08/02/2023

https://peoplesworld.org/article/the-united-states-prison-house-of-indigenous-nations/?fbclid=IwAR0nm0Z71e3cSV_Y2ixaRFgdBBCe7NSAVG_5wAvIZpnyQzLN-ZVNKeGqxHY

The recent Supreme Court decision on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) addressed the most pressing, immediate issue facing Indigenous children and Tribal sovereignty, but it left some serious loopholes.

08/02/2023

In 1923, a Dakota-born writer-activist traveled through Oklahoma as a research agent of the Indian Rights Association to investigate abuses against the Choctaw, Creek, and other tribes. What she found and documented was an appalling rampage of fraud, larceny, racial intimidation, and murder.

08/02/2023

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Brian Wing still has the video on his phone.   After a domestic dispute, a front door video camera captured the moment a young man was hit by a fleeing car while he leaned his body halfwa…

08/02/2023

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Hundreds of people lined Alki Beach to watch dozens of canoes land after days of travel.

08/02/2023

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The Fort Belknap Indian Community is the latest tribe to sue the federal government over inadequate law enforcement.

06/16/2023

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Rapid City surgeon Dr. Jacob Weasel makes history as the first Native American to summit Mount Everest. He achieved the milestone on May 13. ICT’s McKenzie A...

06/14/2023

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The robe arrived in Whitehorse on Wednesday and will travel 175 kilometres south to the First Nation's traditional territory in Atlin, where it may be used in future ceremonies.

06/11/2023

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On November 16 2022, Alexis Whitehawk-Ruiz left her home in Northern Minneapolis on foot around 8 pm. Reportedly, when she left she was arguing with someone on the phone. The last known location of Alexis’ phone is the 900 block of West Broadway Avenue, about 3 miles away from her house. But, 15 minutes after Alexis left her home on foot that night, her phone was turned off and she was never seen or heard from again.
Alexis worked for UPS and was a dependable employee. She also lived at home and kept in regular contact with her mom. So when she did not come home and no one could reach her, Alexis’ family knew that something was wrong. She would not have voluntarily walked away from her life, especially when she was excited to celebrate her 21st birthday in just a few days.
Not many details about Alexis’ case have been released. And, according to comments from the page run by Alexis’ family, the response to her disappearance by Minneapolis PD has been extremely negligent. In these comments it is alleged that Minneapolis PD, as well as the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, did not produce phone records from the night Alexis disappeared. Even months after her family requested the records. Because of an alleged history of violence in their relationship, her family requested, but apparently did not receive, the phone records of both Alexis and her boyfriend.
This alleged inaction from the Minneapolis police is heartbreaking for Alexis and her family but, unfortunately, not surprising. According to results of a state inquiry released at the end of April, Minneapolis PD is “engaged in a pattern of race discrimination” And, while this report did not address Indigenous people specifically, I think it’s likely that the racist tendencies of this department include ignoring cases of missing Indigenous women like Alexis.
After 5 months, the search for Alexis Whitehawk-Ruiz came to a tragic end. On April 11 2023, it was announced on her family’s page that Alexis’ body had been found. The cause of death as well as the location where Alexis’ body was found has not been released. As of last reporting, her case is still considered “open.”
On Alexis’ LinkedIn profile she wrote, “I am a student of life with a passion for learning. I am a leader with a desire for all voices to be heard. I value: education, kindness, honesty, respect and loyalty. My strengths are that I'm persevering, caring and detail oriented.” She went on to detail her participation with the Minneapolis Youth Congress, American Indian Youth Council and the United National Innter Tribal Youth conference. Alexis accomplished a lot in her short life. She is deeply missed by her family and friends.
JUSTICE FOR ALEXIS WHITEHAWK-RUIZ

05/05/2023

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The Mother's Day Powwow is coming! May 13th and 14th in Cedar Field Park. Bring your powwow chairs and celebrate Little's Earth's 50th anniversary with us.vendors welcomed contact LERA for info 612-724-0023

04/16/2023

As the river shrinks, the Biden administration is getting ready to impose, for the first time, reductions in water supplies to states.

04/16/2023

The popular narrative that horses were brought to the Americas by Europeans is now being questioned. New evidence suggests that horses were in the Americas independent of European contact. Some native nations have contended that horses have been around since time immemorial, but unfortunately oral traditions and traditional knowledge frequently aren’t regarded as legitimate until Western science validates these claims.

It now looks like archeology is catching up with what some Native nations have always known,
providing yet another example of howIndigenous knowledge and Native ways of knowing must be given equal consideration with
Knowledge from a Western scientific paradigm.

While this new evidence doesn’t confirm that horses have been in the Americas since time immemorial, it does demonstrate that the adoption of the horse is independent of European colonization.

“Native accounts contradicted the timeline centered on the Pueblo Revolt, suggesting some tribes had acquired horses much earlier, but “oral tradition was discounted,” says Comanche historian Jimmy Arterberry, a co-author of the Science study. “The end result has been to discredit the antiquity of the relationship between Native people and horses,” adds University of Colorado, Boulder, archaeologist William Taylor, also a co-author.”

https://www.science.org/content/article/horse-nations-animal-began-transforming-native-american-life-startlingly-early



📸: ©️Greg Child

04/08/2023

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May 5th is proclaimed as Missing & Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Day. Join us in solidarity and honor MMIP victims during a virtual walk/run on Friday May 5, 2023.

The deadline to register is Friday April 21, 2023 at 5 pm. Click here to register: https://forms.gle/Dvs4pSkQzEYnLfJr7

03/31/2023

Beware of those selling their art and claiming to be indigenous.

After two local artists pleaded guilty to faking Native heritage when selling their art, here's a look at how stores and buyers can support authentic artists.

03/31/2023

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You’re invited — The Indians of All Tribes is hosting a symposium focusing on Murdered Missing Indigenous People issues to bring awareness on May 5th.



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03/31/2023

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The 8,000-year-old rock carvings were likely created by the Tlingit

03/31/2023

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LISTEN Juliana Alford, a recent addition to KOTA and KEVN News in Rapid City SD, Juliana is Oglala Lakota and born in Pine Ridge, S.D where she resided until 2007. Her Grandmother is Annabelle Black Bear from the LaCreek District. Upon her move to Denver, Colorado Juliana became primarily interested...

03/31/2023

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Roberta Duckhead Kittson Nyomo said she and her brother were among the last Native American children adopted out of Thompson Falls before the federal Indian Child Welfare Act was passed in 1978. The siblings were sent to live with a non-Native family. Nyomo remembers them lacking empathy.

02/27/2023

There will be a Legislative Committee Meeting in the support of an important bill sponsored by Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones on the adoption of INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY for the entire state of Tennessee! 3 local indigenous speakers were invited. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
When: Tue. February 28, 2023 at 4:30pm
Where: Cordell Hull Building,
Room 4, 425 Rep. John Lewis Way, Nashville TN 37243
All photos by Melanie Bender.

12/07/2022

The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians will co-steward Joshua Tree National Park's federal lands, part of their ancestral home.