Jill Biden highlights support for Indigenous communities during Wisconsin visit
President Joe Biden signed into law the largest investment in Native communities in US history.
By Oliver Willis - October 12, 2023President Joe Biden signed into law the largest investment in Native communities in US history.
By Oliver Willis - October 12, 2023'We're here to promote education and awareness about the different Native American tribes in Wisconsin,' said Bruce LaMere, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation.
By Rebekah Sager - October 09, 2023Suspended Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton and others wanted the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 overturned.
By Josh Israel - June 16, 2023Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day is held every May 5, which was the birthday of Hanna Harris, a 21-year-old woman who was found dead after going missing in 2013.
By Associated Press - May 05, 2023Native American reproductive rights activists say bans on abortion are a ‘perpetuation of colonization.’
By Rebekah Sager - April 10, 2023Four of the states with the highest proportion of Native American and Alaska Native residents have restrictions on abortion.
By Associated Press - February 15, 2023Donald Trump’s administration had tried to open old-growth forests in Alaska and Minnesota to logging and mining.
By Oliver Willis - January 30, 2023The Biden administration has allocated more than $5.8 billion in federal funds to historically Black colleges and universities since 2021.
By Oliver Willis - November 08, 2022In August alone, the Department of Commerce gave over $634 million in funding toward improving internet infrastructure on Tribal land.
By Oliver Willis - September 01, 2022Marilynn ‘Lynn’ Malerba is the lifetime chief of the Mohegan Indian Tribe and previously worked as a registered nurse.
By Associated Press - June 21, 2022$154 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be used to improve water infrastructure for Native American tribes and Alaska Native villages.
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2022The funds will be used to help pay for projects that will help tribes adapt to climate change, as well as pay for the management of ocean and coastal assets.
By Oliver Willis - April 12, 2022‘For far too long, members of tribal nations and Native communities have faced unnecessary burdens when they attempt to exercise their sacred right to vote,’ the White House said.
By Associated Press - March 26, 2022The South Dakota governor claimed the administration’s decision to block a fireworks show at Mount Rushmore while holding a similar celebration in the nation’s capital was ‘political’ and ‘punitive.’
By Josh Israel - June 16, 2021Native American tribes, students, and faculty are pushing colleges to do more for Indigenous communities.
By Associated Press - May 30, 2021‘The missing and murdered Indigenous peoples crisis is one that Native communities have faced since the dawn of colonization,’ said Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
By Associated Press - May 05, 2021‘Black women deserve to be heard. Their voices deserve to be respected,’ said Vice President Kamala Harris.
By Associated Press - April 17, 2021The Justice Department sees its work with local law enforcement and tribal communities as a major initiative.
By Associated Press - April 01, 2021‘It’s seeing people that look like us in Congress that is inspiring women, more than anything, to run.’
By Associated Press - November 14, 2020The changes in Kansas City came after several professional franchises, including the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball, have been pushed to drop racist imagery.
By Associated Press - September 12, 2020The Navajo Nation said the execution highlights a need to restore tribes’ ability to determine criminal justice matters on tribal land.
By Associated Press - August 29, 2020The New Mexico Democrat is one of the first two Native American women to serve in Congress.
By Josh Israel - August 20, 2020Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) doesn’t think Sioux leaders should object to Mount Rushmore.
By Josh Israel - July 02, 2020Trump’s plan to visit Mt. Rushmore comes amid a national reckoning over racism and a reconsideration of the symbolism of monuments.
By Associated Press - June 25, 2020Solar energy capacity soared in 2019, and Minnesota took steps to ensure grocery store workers can receive free child care.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 20, 2020The staffer also lamented not being able to make racist ‘Pocahontas’ jokes anymore.
By Emily Singer - March 05, 2020‘Dynamiting these sacred sites and burial grounds is the same as bulldozing Arlington National Cemetery or any other cemetery,” Tohono O’Odham Nation Chair Ned Norris Jr. told Washington lawmakers.
By Associated Press - February 27, 2020Progressives notched victories on voting rights in both Virginia and North Dakota, and the House of Representatives took steps forward on the Equal Rights Amendment.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 14, 2020North Dakota will accept tribal IDs as identification at the voting booth moving forward.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 13, 2020Attorney General William Barr and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt will oversee the effort, which targets new and unsolved missing person and murder cases.
By Associated Press - November 29, 2019