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TAHLEQUAH, Okla.-Not once, but twice, Cherokee citizen Anna Evans cancelled her appointment to apply for foster parent certification, because after each time she scheduled, she found out she was unexpectedly expecting. "We didn't even know if we could have biological children, but there we were with a baby on the way every time we were about to start fostering," said Anna Evans, who always had dreams of both fostering and having her own children. The third time Anna and her hu...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs announced a funding opportunity totaling up to $3 million through the Indian Business Incubators Program to help established business incubators expand services for Native entrepreneurs in and around tribal reservation communities. Administered by the Office of Indian Economic Development, the competitive grant program will award up to 10 grants ranging from $300,000 to $400,000 annually for three years....
LANGDON, Alb.-Intertribal Life Ministries has announced plans to host a Dessert Night fundraiser on November 28 at The Meeting Place, 139 Smith Street, in Winnipeg, Man. This Dessert Night Fundraiser will offer a plethora of desserts, music, fellowship, and testimonies. The event will feature inspiration from Brandy Demery and Kene and Milly Jackson. Brandy, from the Turtle Mountain Tribe in Belcourt, North Dakota is a Native American motivational speaker and author who...
AUBURN, WASHINGTON–Relatives stood shoulder to shoulder alongside strangers as they crowded together on the warmest weekend of the year thus far, to watch the 10th Annual Muckleshoot Gold Cup Indian Relay at Emerald Downs. 21 teams from across 7 states and 2 Canadian provinces competed in the time-honored tradition of bareback horse relay at the Muckleshoot Gold Cup for $85,000 worth of prize money. Poitras Relay took home the gold, along with $14,200 in prize money, having co...
"Come and see what the Lord has done, his awesome deeds for mankind" (Psalm 66.5). Date: Nov. 28, 2026 Time: Doors open at 6 p.m. with programming running from 6:30–9 p.m. Location: The Meeting Place, Winnipeg, Man. We will enjoy live music from the Rising Above Band and hear from a few friends of Intertribal Life Ministries. You will learn how the Lord has been using the ministry of ILM to impact their lives, for the glory of God. The evening will also highlight the launch o...
PAQTNKEK, N.S.-Ten Mi'kmaw communities in Nova Scotia are generating their own renewable energy with an investment of more than $4.8 million from the federal government and the communities. The project included the installation of net metered solar panels. Net metering lets the communities generate their own electricity and supply it to the electrical utility. As a result, they only pay the "net" amount of electricity, which is the difference between what their solar systems...
WASHINGTON. D.C.-The Department of the Interior has announced the launch of the Electronic Probate System, a secure digital platform that modernizes how probate cases are managed for American Indian and Alaska Native families. For the first time, beneficiaries can engage directly with the federal government on a probate case through a secure, two-way digital platform. It replaces paper-based processing with a secure, end-to-end electronic workflow designed to improve...
WHITEHORSE, Yukon-The Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, recently announced a $2.4 million investment through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to establish a new Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) centre in Yukon. This centre will strengthen Yukon First Nations-led research capacity in the territory and expand the national network of Indigenous health research centres to now include all provinces and territories. Building...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-A part of an effort to address high rates of violence among Native American Tribes and communities in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recently announced a minimum reward of $25,000 in cases involving missing or murdered Indigenous people (MMIP). The new minimum applies to more than 50 unsolved homicides and missing-person cases in tribal communities. In 2025, the FBI's National Crime Information Center noted 1500 cases...
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.-The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) and Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) are strengthening their shared commitment to wildfire preparedness, prevention, response and recovery through a new memorandum of understanding (MOU). The MOU, signed today in Prince Albert, formalizes an ongoing partnership and establishes a framework for First Nations leadership and knowledge to help inform wildfire planning and...
SEATTLE-Walking through Waterfront Park in downtown Seattle, along the shoreline of Elliot Bay in the Puget Sound, Pier 69 has long been home to the iconic whale watching tours aboard the FRS Clipper. This summer included an extra special tour grounded in Indigenous knowledge and storytelling. "Some people are really excited about seeing a whale and are also gaining a perspective from our point of view and the naturalist point of view," said Valerie Segrest, citizen of the...
BUSBY, Alb.-On May 14–17, 2026, Intertribal Life Ministries participated in the annual Native Youth Conference (NYC). ILM leaders participate in brainstorming and helping plan the event all year, as well as assisting on site. This year's NYC event included 251 youth, 46 chaperones, several dozen volunteers, speakers, and other invited guests who gathered at Camp Nakamun in Busby, Alb.. The theme was "Start Over," based on the scripture from 2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore, if a...
Ottawa, Ont.-The Government of Canada is seeking feedback on a draft of the redesigned Additions to Reserve (ATR) Policy. This draft policy builds on years of engagement with First Nations, provinces and territories, and technical partners, through which more than 1,000 recommendations were received. Participants are invited to share their feedback in one of the following ways between now and September 22, 2026: • Complete the online feedback form: Share your views: h...
This 180-day devotional will highlight encouraging and thought-provoking, scripturally sound writings by Kene and Milly Jackson, along with members of their family, making this an intergenerational project. The patriarch of the family, Bill Jackson, also known as Grandpa Billy Jackson, found the Lord in 1951. When Grandpa Billy started serving the Lord the trajectory of his family changed for eternity. He became a faithful student of God's Word and a respected Bible teacher, a...
Washington, D.C.-The Department of the Interior recently announced a ten-year extension of the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act Demonstration Project. Under this program, tribes that are engaged in forest land management or surface leasing activities on trust lands may establish an Indian Trust Asset Management Plan, allowing the tribe to develop their own forestry and surface leasing regulations and assume certain approval authorities otherwise held by the Department of the...
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.- The 25th Navajo Nation Council recently unanimously approved a historic investment totaling $244,617,938 to fund broadband infrastructure projects throughout the Navajo Nation. Legislation No. 0109-26 appropriates $75,546,678.33 from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance to the Navajo Nation Broadband Office and approves the Broadband Infrastructure Projects Plan. "This measure underscores the need to address the broadband divide that exists on the...
ADA, Okla.-At the end of June, Chickasaw Gov. Bill Anoatubby, 80, retired, after leading the Chickasaw Nation for 39 years. "This moment is bittersweet as I reflect on a lifetime of service to this mighty tribal nation," Anoatubby wrote on Facebook. "However, I have full confidence in the servant leaders, currently elected, appointed and employed to continue the momentum we have forged together and stay true to our mission, to enhance the overall quality of life of the Chickas...
TULSA, Okla.-After recording more than 380 stories from Indigenous boarding school survivors in 19 states, a national oral history project recently made its final stop in Tulsa. In the last two centuries, the federal government sponsored 500 boarding schools, intended to assimilate tens of thousands of Native American children into white culture. The schools began around 1819 and ended around 1969, leaving many elders who still remember the dark days of being pulled from...
OTTAWA, Ont.—Recently Indigenous Services Canada, Chiefs of Ontario and Nishnawbe Aski Nation celebrated the implementation of the Ontario Final Agreement to reform the First Nations Child and Family Services Program across the province. As of the end of May, funding began under the Agreement to support First Nations-led approaches focusing on prevention, family support, and better outcomes for children. The Ontario Final Agreement commits over $900 million per year to F...
LANGDON, Alb.- On June 6, Intertribal Life Ministries, in collaboration with Samaritan's Purse, hosted a First Nations Shoebox packing party in Calgary, Alb. The team of 20 packed over 300 shoeboxes, destined to arrive in Guinea-Bissau, Africa during their cashew harvest festival in October. Each box was packed with love and filled with the hope of the gospel. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan's Purse, an international relief organization that has been...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Indian Energy (IE) has announced a $50 million notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) aimed at fostering affordable, reliable, and secure energy solutions in Indian Country. This investment will support Tribal-led community-scale energy project planning and development and large-scale energy project planning. Through the Unleashing Tribal Energy Development NOFO, the Office of Indian Energy is soliciting applications...
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.-Neoen, one of the world's leading renewable energy companies, has been awarded two 20-year contracts by Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) through its second Long-Term Energy Supply procurement process, for two new solar farms with a total capacity of 318 MWp / 250 MWac. These contracts cover 100 percent of the output of the future power plants, which are both located in Ontario. The first solar farm, sized at 253 MWp / 200 MWac,...
REGINA, Sask.-May marks 50 years that the First Nations University of Canada has been welcoming students. Begun in May 1976 as Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, the goal for the school was to have a culturally safe institution that taught Indigenous values, customs and languages, as well as teaching Canadian history from a First Nations' perspective. The 50-year celebrations began with an annual spring event on April 18–19, 2026, which brought together hundreds of d...
RAPID CITY, S.D.-New data from the Federal Bureau of Investigations released on May 5 showcases declining rates of missing American Indian and Alaska Native people in 2025. The data's release fell on the National Day of Remembrance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. According to the new data, 9,687 American Indian and Alaska Native individuals were reported missing in 2025 alone. Nationwide, 498,038 individuals were reported missing, meaning just under 2 percent of...
LANGDON, Alb.-Intertribal Life Ministries hosted a Dessert Night Fundraiser on May 2, 2026 at the Abundant Life Church in Calgary, Alb. "The Dessert Night Fundraiser is about so much more than raising funds," said Todd Wawrzyniak of the ILM director team. "It's an awareness raiser, a prayer raiser, a volunteer raiser and a financial raiser. It was encouraging to see the diversity in those who attended, those who came locally and those who travelled a great distance to come to...
