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Here's What's Going On in Indian Country, Oct. 25 — Oct. 31. October 25, 2024 Kaili Berg. This week in Indian Country , there are plenty of events for everyone to enjoy. From powwows to conferences and art expos, here is Native News Online’s weekly round-up of arts, culture, and entertainment offerings around Indian Country. Read More.
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5 days ago · Native Vote 2024. On Thursday, October 24, the 25th Navajo Nation Council approved Legislation 0232-24, which allocates an emergency appropriation of $961,602 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance (UUFB) to the Navajo Election Administration (NEA). By Native News Online Staff. October 30, 2024. Page 1 of 383.
2020 U.S. Census Data Shows American Indian and Alaska Native ...
Aug 12, 2021 · WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the US Census Bureau released demographic data from the Census 2020 that shows tremendous growth in the American Indian and Alaska Native population from 2010 to 2020.
Whose Land Are You On? This App Will Show You Which …
Mar 26, 2021 · Native Land’s world map allows users to input their address and see the Native territories, languages and treaties pre-dating colonization in the area they reside. “For Native Land Digital, what we are mapping is more than just a flat picture. The land itself is sacred, and it is not easy to draw lines that divide it up into chunks that ...
Bois Forte Band Gets 28,000 Acres of Land Back in Northern …
June 07, 2022. In the largest land-back agreement in Minnesota and one of the largest-ever in Indian Country, the Bois Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe today restored more than 28,000 acres of land within its reservation boundaries back to tribal ownership. The purchase of the 28,089 acres in northern Minnesota from The Conservation ...
Class Action Settlement Brings $59 Million to Descendents of the ...
Jun 18, 2021 · WASHINGTON — A $59 million settlement in Peltier v.Haaland, a class action lawsuit alleging trust fund mismanagement and failure to account by the Department of the Interior, will go to four tribes located in the Midwest and Northwest United States and more than 39,000 beneficiaries.. On June 10, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia finalized the settlement, which ...
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About Us. Native News Online delivers important daily news that affects the lives of Native Americans nationwide. Founded in 2011, Native News Online reaches millions of Native and non-Native readers annually including American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and others interested in Native American concerns. Publisher and Editor Levi ...
Tribal Delegation Pressure Congress to Pass Radiation Exposure ...
Sep 26, 2024 · WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, a delegation of community members from Navajo Nation, Laguna Pueblo and Acoma Pueblo, as well as Hopi and Zuni, arrived by bus. They made this long trip to pressure U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson into bringing the extension of the S.3853 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to the floor. First passed in 1990, RECA provided compensation and healthcare benefits ...
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Aug 5, 2021 · Gun Lake Casino Raises Minimum Starting Wage to $14 Per Hour. WAYLAND, Mich. — Gun Lake Casino, located halfway between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, Mich., is raising its minimum starting wage to $14 per hour, which represents more than a 30 percent increase, beginning June 1, 2021. By Native News Online Staff.
Tribal Broadband as a Cyber Superhighway to Sovereignty
The digital divide is great in the United States, often separating the rural from the urban, the rich from the poor. Indian Country is no different, with just 60 percent of residents living on tribal lands in the lower 48 states having access to broadband internet at the end of 2018. That was tough enough pre-pandemic. Today, not having in-home access to the internet can mean long drives to ...