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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NATIVE AMERICANS WILL SOON RECEIVE COBELL SETTLEMENT MONIES WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 26, 2012 – Three years after the government and individual Indians announced their historic settlement in the Cobell v. Salazar class action lawsuit, payments will begin to be distributed to hundreds of thousands of individual Indian trust beneficiaries. The first payment to each member of the Historical Accounting Class, which consists of approximately 350,000 beneficiaries, will be...
NAMA AWARDS SHOW POSTPONED The 14th Annual Native American Music Awards have been postponed due to damage sustained during Hurricane Sandy. The new date will be Friday May 10th, 2013at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino Niagara Falls, New York. Because all of this year’s submissions had not been uploaded to the voting site at the time of the storm, NAMA personnel will be resetting all votes to zero. Once all of the submissions have been uploaded they will restart the voting period to give all artists a fair and equal opportunity to have their m...
NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR NATION TO “CELEBRATE NATIVE AMERICAN VOICES” November 2, 2012 - Washington, DC - November is Native American Heritage Month dedicated to celebrating and honoring the contributions of American Indians and Alaska Native people, cultures, and governments. Today, leading local and national Native organizations and institutions announced this year’s shared theme for the month: “Celebrating Native American Voices.” The theme for the 2012 Native American Heritage Month is...
PEI MUSEUM AND HERITAGE FOUNDATION RECEIVES DONATION OF 11,000 YEAR OLD ARTIFACT The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation now holds what is possibly the oldest artifact ever discovered in Prince Edward Island, says Tourism and Culture Minister Robert Henderson. The stone spear point, believed to be more than 11,000 years old, was discovered by the late Aage Sorensen in the 1930s while he was digging potatoes in Tryon. The artifact has been kept in the family collection until recently when his...
October 23, 2012 - Russell Means, Oglala Sioux tribal member of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota passed on to the spirit world at 4:44 a.m. on October 22 at his home in Porcupine, South Dakota. A passionate force within the American Indian Movement in Minneapolis during the early 1970’s he became an international voice for the struggle of Indigenous peoples around the world. Whether leading Native Americans in railing against broken federal treaties, appearing in a Hollywood b...
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES POLICY ON TRIBAL MEMBER USE OF EAGLE FEATHERS WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 12, 2012 – The Department of Justice announced a policy addressing the ability of members of federally recognized Indian tribes to possess or use eagle feathers. The policy covers all federally protected birds, bird feathers and bird parts. Federal wildlife laws generally criminalize the killing of eagles and other migratory birds and the possession or commercialization of the feathers and other p...
ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK AMONG CANADA’S TOP 100 EMPLOYERS October 10, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has made it onto the list of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, as published by the Globe and Mail and Eluta.ca today. They are the only television broadcaster to make the 2013 list. The national award recognizes employers that lead in their industries by providing exceptional workplaces for their employees. The nomination process evaluates everything from employee communications, community inv...
WASHINGTON STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOMMENDS DISTRICTS DISCONTINUE USE OF NATIVE AMERICAN MASCOTS Olympia, WA - September 28, 2012 – On September 26, the Washington State Board of Education approved a resolution urging districts to discontinue the use of Native American mascots. The resolution echoes the findings of the 2005 American Psychological Association report citing the adverse effect of Native American mascots on students. Several states, including Oregon in 2012, have passed resolutions related to the Native American mascot issue. T...
FEMA REAUTHORIZATION ACT ALLOWS TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO DIRECTLY APPLY FOR FEDERAL DISASTER AID WASHINGTON - September 19, 2012 – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate issued the following statement regarding passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of the 2012 FEMA Reauthorization Act, including Section 210, which would amend the Stafford Act to allow federally recognized Tribal governments to seek a federal emergency or disaster declaration directly from the President of the United States. In June, A...
NWAC Announces an unprecedented 110 Sisters In Spirit Vigils registered for October 4th 2012 September 10, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) - The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is pleased to announce that 110 Sisters in Spirit Vigils have been registered across Canada for October 4th 2012. October 4th is a day when we honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls and support families who have been tragically touched by the loss of a loved one to violence. Vigils take many forms: a rally, a candle-light vigil, a workshop, a...
McGuinty Government and Marten Falls First Nation Support Responsible Development in the Ring of Fire September 7, 2012 - Ontario and Marten Falls First Nation have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to realize the benefits of responsible mineral development in the Ring of Fire. The memorandum of understanding, signed by Marten Falls First Nation Chief Eli Moonias, Northern Development and Mines Minister Rick Bartolucci and Natural Resources Minister Michael Gravelle in Marten Falls, represents a significant step toward a...
Tribes Reach Deal to Purchase Black Hills Sacred Site By ICTMN Staff September 4, 2012 “When I saw that Pe’ Sla was at risk, I thought somebody should do something and I said that to myself for about two weeks. Then I thought I should probably do something,” said Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney, at a press conference held Saturday to announce the tribes’ purchase of Pe’ Sla. What he did was write an article August 1 for LastRealIndians.com and his efforts snowballed from there. The website raised more than $300,000 to help with the purchase...
The Native Women’s Association of Canada has a new President OTTAWA, ON – On August 26, 2012, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) elected a new President, Ms. Michèle Audette. Aboriginal women from coast to coast to coast gathered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for their 38th Annual General Assembly and elected Ms. Audette as their new President. President Audette addressed the delegation following her win with heartfelt thanks to her supporters, pledging her commitment to raising the profile of Aboriginal women’s issues national...
Black Hills Auction: Saving Pe’ Sla By Ruth Hopkins, Reprinted with Permission from Indian Country Today On Saturday August 25, 2012, 1,942.66 acres divided into five tracts of land located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is slated to go up for auction. In 2012, such an event isn’t extraordinary; except in this case the land scheduled to be sold to the highest bidder is sacred to the Oceti Sakowin, The People of the Seven Council Fires—the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people. We are also referred to in mainstream circles as The Great Sioux...
Help Reservation Communities Recover from Fires July 2012 will go down as the hottest July on record. Coupled with the worst drought since the 1950s, fires have been ravaging Indian Country. Especially hard hit is the Northern Cheyenne reservation, following a June fire near Ashland, a second fire burned this past week near Lame Deer. The Rosebud complex is comprised of six wildfires and has burned 205 square miles. To the west, a wildfire burned east of Crow Agency at the same time. The Longhorn complex fires burned 70 square miles on the...
Institute of American Indian Arts Receives $50,000 USDA Grant for Student Agriculture and Nutrition Research SANTA FE, N.M. - August 6, 2012 - The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) has received a $50,000 USDA grant for student research in agriculture and nutrition. The funding will also host a visiting scholar from New Mexico State University’s Sustainable Agriculture Science Center in Alcalde, N.M., to help students study agriculture. Students will learn about soil preparation, irrigation methods in dry climates, and nutritional b...
Salazar, Laverdure Praise President Obama’s Signing of HEARTH Act to Restore Tribal Control of Land Leasing WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar praised President Obama’s signing of the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act (HEARTH Act), which grants greater authority to federally recognized tribes to develop and implement their own regulations for leasing on Indian lands. Under the HEARTH Act, federally recognized tribes can develop and implement the...
NATIONAL CHIEF SHAWN ATLEO RECEIVES SECOND TERM WITH THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS July 18, 2012, Toronto, Ontario - The day started off on an optimistic note for the candidates running for the top position of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN). For the first time in AFN history, eight candidates vied for the position of National Chief, four of them women. Incumbents Shawn Atleo, Pam Palmater, Ellen Gabriel, Bill Erasmus, Joan Jack, Terrance Nelson, Diane Kelly and George Stanley all campaigned to lead the national advocacy organization. Over...
Aboriginal HIV/AIDS to Receive Focus at World’s Largest AIDS Conference OTTAWA, July 16, 2012 /CNW/ - For the first time ever, the issue of AIDS in Aboriginal populations will be discussed in the main conference program at next week’s international HIV and AIDS conference in Washington D.C. This is thanks in part to efforts of the Canadian Government and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network, who have worked together to advance this important issue. “Including Aboriginal-focused sessions in the AIDS Conference program reinforces our commitment t...
Indian Health Care Improvement Act Permanent; Supreme Court Decision Upholds Reauthorization Washington, DC – In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), affirming the permanent reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), which passed along with the ACA. The IHCIA permanently authorizes daily health care delivery to nearly 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives served by the Indian Health Service (IHS), who are in critical need of improved health care s...
Salazar Approves First-Ever Commercial Solar Energy Project on American Indian Trust Lands 350 megawatt photovoltaic facility in Nevada will benefit Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, generate enough power for over 100,000 homes WASHINGTON –Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved a 350-megawatt solar energy project on tribal trust land of the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians (Tribe) in Clark County, Nevada. The project marks a milestone as the first-ever, utility-scale solar project approved for development on tribal lands. Secretary Salazar s...
Access to Elections and Voter Registration a “Civic Emergency” for Native Americans says NCAI President Lincoln, NE – Access to voting and voter registration for Native Americans is nearing a “civic emergency” and the nation’s leading tribal advocacy organization has called for immediate action. Addressing tribal, state, and federal government officials, Jefferson Keel, the President of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), outlined a set of solutions to increase access to the ballot box and voter registration for American Indian an...
FEMA Supports Legislative Change to Allow Tribal Governments to Directly Apply for Federal Disaster Aid WASHINGTON - June 12, 2012 - FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate released a letter of support for specific legislation in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives that would allow federally recognized tribal governments to make a request for a federal emergency or disaster declaration directly to the President. In December last year, FEMA announced its support to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency...
White House Celebrates First Anniversary of Let’s Move! in Indian Country Laverdure, Gillette moderate live-streamed event at White House WASHINGTON, D.C. — Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Donald “Del” Laverdure today participated with the White House Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs Jodi Gillette to moderate a panel of leaders from across Indian Country in celebration of the contributions made to the First Lady’s Let’s Move! in Indian Country (LMIC) initiative. The event, in honor of the one-year anniversary of the p...
Oregon Bans Native American Mascots On May 17, 2012 the Oregon Board of Education voted on a ban that specifically prohibits the use of names, symbols or images that refer to Native tribes, customs or traditions in the state’s schools. In the fight to end stereotyping schools have five years to change offensive mascots or face losing state funding. Wisconsin was the first to have a ban in 2012. Native Women’s Association of Canada Calls For Action to Eliminate Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls at the United Nations (UN) Permanent For...
