Through hosting drum circles for healing, to providing medicines, and grass-roots organizing Unkitawa exemplifies the spirit of giving and selflessness. They have grown from one man’s good intentions into an organization recognized for their selfless acts.
Read MoreThrough this program, Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition Inc. distributed the funds by checks made payable to the applicants or through ACH transfers to applicants’ bank accounts.
Read MoreMany reservations have arranged their affairs in such a way that their vaccines have arrived quickly and in great supply.
Read MoreIt hurts my heart hearing about and watching people suffer. Dying without loved ones feels cold and cruel, for the ones left behind and to those passing. Still, this is where we are because of all the actions taken under falsified and tainted gossip passed off as truth.
Read MoreMore than 16% of American Indian and Alaska Native adults have been diagnosed with diabetes, which is more than double the prevalence rate for the general population in the U.S. - according to the National Indian Council on Aging. This puts them at a greater risk for COVID-19.
Read MoreElder Native Americans are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, according to a new study by the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Read MoreThe duration and wake of this worldwide pandemic brings uncertainty for all of us – especially for children. History teaches us that during a global crisis, children experience greater suffering. For caregivers, loss of jobs and suspension of wages means stress. Stress means a limited bandwidth for caring for children.
Read MoreThe Navajo Nation has reported 5,145 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 231 deaths. This makes them one of the hardest hit during the pandemic.
Read MoreTwenty-one months ago, the Tulalip Tribes took a major risk by venturing into the cannabis industry and opening one of the very first recreational dispensaries operated in Indian Country.
Read MoreThree separate lawsuits against the Treasury Department have been filed by 18 tribal governments, seeking to stop ANCs from receiving stimulus funds. They all say Alaska Native corporations are private, for-profit companies, not tribal governments, and should not receive bailout money meant for tribes.
Read MoreThe English definition of consultation is “a meeting with an expert or professional, such as a medical doctor, in order to seek advice.” In the Lakota language, wóglakA means “to speak about something.” In meeting with county commissioners, municipal, South Dakota Department of Transportation, Public schools and Federal agencies we have met the definition of consultation in both of our languages.
Read MoreBusinesses in our little Oregon town are beginning to shut down, the uneasy reality of this worldwide situation reaching our midst, flowing into our world. Everybody’s talking about shelter-in-place
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