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ADA, Okla.-This summer, almost 2,500 campers of all ages attended the 78th annual Indian Falls Creek camp in the hills of southern Oklahoma from July 27–31, 2025. Dr. Todd Fisher served as camp pastor, inaugurating the three-year theme "Come Before the Lord" by focusing on the first precept of Micah 6:8, Do Justice with powerful messages. Many people committed their lives to Christ, sought rededication, and responded to calls for special ministry. Since 1947, campers from a...
DENVER, Colo.—If you're flying through Denver any time soon, you have a new food option in the airport: Tocabe: A Native American Eatery, located near gate 38 in concourse A. Ben Jacobs, Osage, and co-owner Matt Chandra opened the first Tocabe: A Native American Eatery restaurant in 2008 in northern Denver. Now they've expanded their reach in the busy Denver International Airport. Not only is Tocabe the only Native American-owned and operated restaurant in Metro Denver s...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Can architecture be a realistic career path for Indigenous students? Sam Olbekson and Mike Laverdue think it can, though Olbekson estimates that he may be one of less than two dozen licensed Indigenous architects in the U.S. To introduce the subject to Native youth, the two men began the Indigenous Design Camp, which has now finished its second year. Throughout the week of camp, students tour indigenous architecture projects, learn about design concepts a...
MISSOULA, Mont.—The University of Montana has begun a program, The Indigenous First-Year Experience, that has helped increase retention among Native American students at UM by nearly 20 percent in just two years. The goal of the program is to address challenges faced by indigenous students, including culture shock and homesickness or other challenges that might tempt students to leave their academic goals behind. Program Director Cody Munson emphasizes the importance of commun...
BROWNING, Mont.—The Blackfoot Nation recently became home to the first Native American equine air scent detection Search and Rescue (SAR) team. An equine search and rescue team uses trained riders and their horses to locate, rescue, and transport people in areas often inaccessible to vehicles. These teams excel in rough terrain, providing an elevated viewpoint and extended search area capabilities for finding lost, injured, or deceased individuals in wilderness, m...
NEW YORK—The Church of the Mediator in Kyle, South Dakota, has long been a fixture in the life of its community on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The small congregation's Sunday services typically draw about 20 worshippers, and it also is a place where Episcopalians and other residents gather for personal and social milestones, from baptisms, wakes and funerals, to the church's large celebrations on Easter Sunday. Those gatherings, however, have always been limited by what the 11...
YORKTON, Sask.—The Canadian federal government recently announced that the Yorkton Tribal Council (YTC) will receive $335,000 to train 35 more wildland firefighters to join their existing crew of 60. Some of the funding will also go for equipment. The council represents six First Nations in the Yorkton area-the Key, Cote, Keeseekoose, Ocean Man, Zagime, and Kahkawistahaw nations' territory spans roughly 52,000 hectares. The program is designed to blend modern firefighting t...
WINNIPEG, Man.—The Brokenhead Ojibway Nation welcomed a new herd of buffalo this year, acquired from Sakimay First Nation in Saskatchewan. This summer, they were pleased to see a brand new generation of buffalo born for the first time in more than two decades. This year, the herd of 22 birthed 11 healthy calves. The reserve's lands, 75 kilometres north of Winnipeg along the Brokenhead River, fall within traditional buffalo territory. Brokenhead had a herd in the 1990s that w...
After eight years of marriage, we had bad problems. A lot of drinking and parties had destroyed our trust in each other. Our marriage was at the point of breaking up. It was so bad, Liz was thinking about ending her life. I kind of thought about it, too, but I was scared. There did not seem to be any way out for us. Then something happened to Liz that gave us both hope. I was born and raised in Cormorant, a small Native community along the railroad in northern Manitoba. The...
If you're attending these events, come by and meet us! If you would like ILM to participate in your event, contact Todd at director@intertriballife.org. Sept. 26–28: THUNDER BAY GOSPEL JAMBOREE, Thunder Bay, Ont., www.nefc.ca Oct. 3–4: STEER CONFERENCE, Bismarck, N.D., www.steerinc.org. Stop by and meet ILM staff! Nov. 1: ILM CELEBRATION, Winnipeg, Man, www.intertriballife.org. Hosted by ILM staff! Oct. 2: CHIEF hosts CELEBRATE CHICAGO, Midwest Bible Church, htt...
CALGARY, Alb.-The city of Calgary has announced a first-time endeavor to provide affordable housing for Indigenous citizens to the tune of $30 million to make it happen. Maa'too'maa'taapii Aoko'iyii'piaya, the Blackfoot name for the program, which means "Indigenous First Nation Housing" in Blackfoot, aims to create between 150 and 350 units in what the city calls a "historic investment." Currently, while the Indigenous population is only three percent of Calgary's demographic...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) Oral History Project has been traveling across the United States recording the stories of survivors who attended federally supported Indian boarding schools before 1970. The project is a key element of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative-a landmark effort to uncover, acknowledge, and address the history and legacy of the federal Indian boarding s...
WASHINGTON. D.C.—The White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) has announced that the group has now enhanced the Access to Capital Clearinghouse. This is a searchable database of federal funding opportunities, including grants, loans, and tax credits, available for tribal Nations, individuals, and businesses. Site enhancements include incorporating data automation and artificial intelligence. With input from tribal leaders, WHCNAA has upgraded the C...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Department of the Interior's Victim Assistance Program has partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice's National Indian Country Training Initiative, U.S. Indian Police Academy, FBI, DEA and ATF to curb violent crime in Indian Country. Through this partnership, several federal agencies have joined forces to offer a comprehensive training series aimed at improving how law enforcement and service providers respond to violent crime and enhance support for...
SANTA FE, N.M.—In August, the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts hosted the Santa Fe Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Advertised as the largest and most prestigious Indigenous art market in the world, the event celebrated it's 103rd year. The event annually brings together more than 1,000 Native artists representing more than 200 tribal nations from across the U.S. and Canada. The three-day event features not only vendor booths, but other activities. A f...
WINNIPEG, Man.—Intertribal Life Ministries has announced plans to host a Dessert Night fundraiser on November 1 at The Meeting Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This Dessert Night replaces the annual fall fundraising banquet and will offer a plethora of desserts, music, fellowship, and testimonies. The event will feature the music of the Elias Family. Kevin and Kim Elias and their four sons travel extensively, sharing the love and grace of God through energetic, bluegrass-infused m...
MONTREAL, Que.—Thanks to students from Concordia University and the Cree Nation, in mid-August, Canada experienced the first space launch in more than 25 years. The mission, with the rocket launching from a base camp about 250 kilometres north of Mistissini, in northern Quebec, was a collaborative effort between the Space Concordia Rocketry Division and members of the local Cree community. The rocket, named Starsailor, broke records as the first of its size to be launched b...
NEW YORK—Church Publishing, the publisher of official worship materials, books, music, and digital ministry resources for The Episcopal Church, has recently published Wakan Cekiye Odowan / The Dakota Hymnal. For the first time since it was authorized in 1893, congregations, families, and individuals around the world will have access to a comprehensive collection of hymns in the Dakota/Lakota language ensuring its deep spiritual traditions will endure for future generations. F...
NEW YORK—In May, the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History was awarded to Kathleen DuVal for her book Native Nations: A Millennium in North America, published by Random House in 2024. DuVal, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is a historian specializing in early American and American Indian history; her work focuses on the interactions between Native Americans and people of European and African descent in early America. The book, which P...
OTTAWA, Ont.—In June, Canada Post unveiled three new stamps to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, with each one paying tribute to Indigenous leaders. The first stamp, released June 13 at a celebration in Ulukhaktok on Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories honored Indigenous leader Julia Haogak Ogina, who Canada Post says "worked hard to protect and promote her culture and language" including creating a regional language framework and programs promoting o...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) announced that its accredited Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) membership received the prestigious, merit-based Carnegie Opportunity Colleges and Universities classification, which recognizes exceptional commitment to expanding student access and fostering strong post-graduation earnings outcomes. "Tribal Colleges and Universities are cornerstones of their communities as economic drivers and local s...
TORONTO, Ont.—In a landmark move advancing Indigenous economic reconciliation in Canada, Stonlasec8 Indigenous Alliance Limited Partnership-representing 36 First Nations across British Columbia-has announced a major equity investment in Enbridge Inc.'s Westcoast natural gas pipeline system. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, Stonlasec8 will invest approximately $715 million to acquire a 12.5% stake in the Westcoast pipeline, which has operated across Indigenous traditional t...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In June, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appointed Mark Cruz, as senior advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Cruz is a 35th generation Oregonian, born in Salem, and is a citizen of the Klamath Tribes. After earning his bachelor's degree in political science from Pepperdine University and a master's degree in urban education policy from Brown University, Cruz began his career in education through Teach f...
BUSBY, Alb.—On May 15–18, 2025, Intertribal Life Ministries celebrated the blessing of being a partner for the Native Youth Conference (NYC) for another year. For the event, 256 youth and their chaperones converged upon a single location, Camp Nakamun, Alberta, from 11 different communities across Alberta and Saskatchewan. This year, youth from Loon River, Loon Lake, Gift Lake, Goodfish, Sunchild, Buffalo Lake, Trout Lake, Big River, Kikino Metis Settlement, Calgary and Sam...
UNCEDED ALGONQUIN TERRITORY, Ottawa-During the May visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Canada, the Assemblies of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak was honored to welcome them upon their arrival at the Ottawa International Airport. During Woodhouse Nepinak's time with the king, she noted, "I was also honored to explain the significance of the Treaty 2 Medallion gifted to my great-great-grandfather Chief Richard Woodhouse in 1871 to...
