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MINNEAPOLIS, MN—Native Americans in Philanthropy and Common Counsel Foundation announce the launch of Native Voices Rising (NVR), a research and regranting project designed to support organizing and advocacy in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. Native Voices Rising establishes a mechanism for donors to invest in organizations led by Native people through a funding vehicle whose decision makers are members of Native communities. NVR funding is i...
The office of the chief medical officer reports that during the 10-year period between 2003 and 2012, the office of the chief medical officer has recorded 154 deaths by suicide among children and youth between the ages of 12 and 17. Not that there weren’t even younger children—and older youths—who tried and succeeded. In 2011, when 10 kids who died by suicide—the lowest number in that decade-long period—another 11 youths, aged 18 and 19, also died by suicide. The medical e...
RIVERSIDE, CA (ANS) In a coordinated operation, the FBI rescued more than 100 teen sex trafficking victims—one victim was just 9 years old. The majority were girls between 13 and 17. The raids, which included the arrest of 150 pimps point to the growing trade in human sex trafficking in the United States. The raids took place in 70 cities around the U.S. It is the largest recovery operation of sexually exploited children. But according to one expert, this is just the tip of the iceberg. According to Kathi Macias, the a...
A Cherokee from South Carolina, Michael E. Thornton’s Cherokee Indians can trace their history back more than one thousand years. Their society was based on hunting, trading, and agriculture, living in towns until they encountered the first Europeans in 1540, when Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led an exploration through Cherokee Indian territory. By the time European explorers and traders arrived, Cherokee Indian lands covered a large part of what is now the s...
Tui Moliga, a member of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, caught a rainbow trout that appears to break the record books. Moliga’s trout weighed 28 pounds, 9 ounces. That’s heavier than a prior record set in the state. “Right away I knew it was a good one,” Moliga, who works for his tribe’s hatchery, told The Lewiston Tribune. Genetic tests will confirm whether the fish is a “pure” rainbow trout. But since Moliga is a tribal member and the rules for fishing in Idaho are different...
SENECA, MO—The Wyandotte Nation will be opening a Sonic Drive-In in Seneca, Missouri. The tribe’s economic development corporation expected to break ground on the eatery in August, with an opening expected in early October. The business will create 30 to 35 full and part-time jobs. “It creates another direction, another diversified enterprise for the Wyandotte Nation,” Kelly Carpino, the CEO of the corporation, said in a press release that was posted by The Native America...
WINNIPEG, MB—Among the many gifts that the new prince will receive will be a pair of baby moccasins sewn especially for Prince George Alexander Louis by Winnipeg’s Edna Nabess. Also, his parents, Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Katherine, received a pair of mukluks. The tiny traditional moccasins were sent to Windsor Castle by Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief Shawn Atleo. “Definitely it’s a big deal,” Nabess told the Winnipeg Free Press. “I’m excited to be...
WHITEHORSE, YK—First Nations are in a “perpetual state of crisis” and conditions will not improve if Canada’s First Nations splinter into factions, National Chief Shawn Atleo told the Assembly of First Nations’ annual meeting in Whitehorse in July. More than 200 chiefs gathered in Yukon for the meeting. AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo is defending the AFN’s relevance, as a splinter group attempts to form in the Prairies. Some chiefs from Alberta and Saskatchewan have united...
BATOCHE, SK—The longstanding mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a bell stolen 128 years ago, was explained on July 20, when the man who stole it came forward. According to the Canadian Press, Billyjo Delaronde, Métis, from Manitoba, told his story as he gave the Bell of Batoche back to the Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert. The Bell of Batoche was seized from Batoche’s church as a trophy of war by federal troops who put down the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, crushing the...
NEW YORK, NY—On August 9, Google invited Indigenous people across the world to take time to add local geographic and commercial features to its online maps. The company, in partnership with the National Congress of American Indians, made the day its first-ever Indigenous Mapping Day. Participants had to have a Google account in order to edit or add to maps represented on the popular Google Maps and Google Earth. Participants also needed to be affiliated with the tribe whose community they planned to map. Many U.S. tribal c...
WASHINGTON, DC—Michael L. Connor, a descendant of Taos Pueblo, will be nominated as deputy secretary of the Interior Department. Connor has served as Commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation since 2009. He has worked on negotiating and implementing several tribal water rights settlements. “Mike will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position after two decades in public service working on energy, conservation and water issues,” Interior Secretary Sally Jewel...
CALGARY, AB—In Southern Alberta the recent flooding continues to wreak havoc. On June 24, 2013, it was announced that the Alberta Government approved funding of up to $1 billion to start rebuilding community dwellings destroyed by water damage and provide much needed support centers for residents who have been displaced from their homes. Meanwhile a leading scientist issued concerns that the landscape of Southern Alberta may well have been changed indefinitely. Over 1,300 F...
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation reburied the remains of two teenagers who were killed during the 1863 Bear River Massacre. The tribe repatriated the remains of the teens, a boy and a girl, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. They had been held by The Smithsonian Institution since the massacre. “It is to honor the old Indian custom and train of thought of returning them to their resting grounds,” Vice Chairman Darre...
BOISE, ID—The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes will emphasize culture and language at their new charter school in Idaho. The Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy will open in the fall. It’s named in honor of Chief Tahgee, a Bannock leader who secured land, hunting and grazing rights for his people. The tribe hopes to continue that legacy at the new school. “I think that the tribe is reclaiming their birthright, reclaiming their culture and heritage in a modern setting,” Pete Lipovac...
Tecumseh (/tɛˈkʌmsə/) has become one of the most iconic folk heroes in American and Canadian history, especially with First Nations peoples. Born in March 1768 he became a leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy (known as Tecumseh's Confederacy) which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812. Tecumseh grew up in what is today Ohio during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War, where he was constantly exposed to war...
MENTASTA, AK—The tiny village of Mentasta, Alaska, population 100, was bursting at the seams on June 8, 2013, as family and friends gathered to say goodbye to a beloved Ahtna Athabascan elder. Katie John died May 31 at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage at the age of 97. “Though Katie was our Elder, she was known and respected throughout Alaska and the world,” said Michelle Anderson, President of Ahtna, Incorporated. “We know we are not alone in our sadness and app...
NIAGARA FALLS, NY—In a sold out show, the Native American Music Association awarded Dr. Dawn Karima Pettigrew the NAMMY for “Best Gospel/Inspirational Recording” at their 14th annual Awards gala at the Seneca Niagara Events Center in Niagara Falls, New York. The Desire of Nations by Honey Dawn Karima and Cloudwalker won Best Gospel/Inspirational Recording. On Friday, May 10 2013, the Native American Music Awards honored musicians from all across North America through a flawl...
MANKATO, MN—The challenge is on to match names and photos with each one of the Dakota 38, plus the two who were hanged later. When Larry Redwing, enrolled Santee, was a little boy, he lay with his head in his grandmother’s lap. While she ran her fingers through his hair, she told Larry about her own grandmother, who was made to watch the hanging of her husband while the townspeople cheered and yelled. The starving Santee had finally revolted against their oppressors and att...
EDMONTON, AB—The public school board election race is just warming up in Edmonton, but already it has become an historic one. Teacher Karen Pheasant kicked off her campaign on June 3 as the first aboriginal woman to run for the board. “It’s a time for change,” she said at a Westmount restaurant. “It’s a time for community participation.” Pheasant is about to embark on her PhD at the University of Alberta. “I do take a different perspective at education,” she said. “What we nee...
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians is encouraging local businesses in Michigan to use the Odawa language. Out to Lunch, an eatery in Harbor Springs, is the first to adopt the language. A few words appear on the signs at the restaurant. “This being the first business in town, on my part, I think this is the beginning of something that should be recognized—being in the reservation boundaries,” Chairman Dexter McNamara told The Petoskey News-Review. McNamara said the tribe plans to ask the city to use the langu...
KESHENA, WI—U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered the commencement address at the College of the Menominee in Wisconsin on June 1, 2013. The tribal college had 96 students in its graduating class. They represent eight Wisconsin tribes and other communities in the state, the college said on its Website. Duncan is the second Obama administration official to speak to a tribal college this year. Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, gave the c...
WINNIPEG, MB—A former member of Canada’s Parliament and the Province of Manitoba’s legislature died in Ottawa on May 17, 2013 after suffering cardiac failure due to complications from diabetes. He was 64. Elijah Harper gained national attention in 1990 when he took a stand against the Meech Lake accord, which was basically blocking a constitutional amendment which would have given Quebec “distinct society” status by gaining Quebec’s acceptance of the Constitution Act of 1982...
ANCHORAGE, AK—Journalist Mark Trahant will serve as the 20th Atwood Chair of Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The position brings nationally known journalists to teach courses and speak to students, journalists and the public in Alaska. Trahant is an editor, reporter, columnist, television correspondent and the author of several books. A member of Idaho’s Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and former president of the Native American Journalists Association, he has bee...
SIOUX FALLS, SD—For 13 years, Mission Wounded Knee (MWK) has made trips to South Dakota and this year is no exception. This year’s theme “War Dance—Dancing on Injustice” is a good way to describe what the MWK team desires to do. The tour begins with three Broken Walls concerts in three prisons the last week of August. “We are excited about re-visiting the facilities and sharing Jesus with the inmates and staff,” stated Bruce Bartelli, director of MWK. The team then returns...
TORONTO, ON—About 150 people gathered between June 6-8, 2013 at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto, Ontario for the 10th Annual Symposium on Indigenous Mission and Theology, hosted by NAIITS (North American Indigenous Institute for Theological Studies). This year’s topic was “Shaping Faith: How Language Informs the Journey” and featured a mix of academics presenting papers on issues of orality, literacy, translation and culture, as well as practit...
