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"The Council Speaks" Returns to Indian Life
WINNIPEG-The directors and editorial team at Indian Life Ministries are pleased to announce the impending return of the popular column, "The Council Speaks," beginning with the... — Updated 9/10/2018
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National Native Hall of Fame inducts first honorees
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 PHOENIX-After 10 years, 30 nominees and decades of discovery, the first National Native American Hall of Fame will induct 12 honorees in October. Many of... — Updated 9/10/2018
Bellegarde re-elected as First Nations National Chief
Vancouver-The 2018 Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly was held on July 24 to July 26 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. A highlight on the agenda was the election... — Updated 9/10/2018
Nation-wide billboard project features Indigenous women
WINNIPEG-Starting in August, 174 billboards across Canada took on a new look, highlighting the work of 50 Indigenous women. The Resilience project runs from coast to coast. Images... — Updated 9/10/2018
Métis Nation signs Housing Sub-Accord with Canada
SASKATOON, Sask.- Governing Member Presidents from the Métis National Council, including the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO), signed the Canada-Métis Nation Housing Sub-Accord... — Updated 9/10/2018
MNO participates in Indigenous language forum
TORONTO, Ont.-A large delegation from the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) participated in an Indigenous languages engagement session in Toronto this summer. The information gathered... — Updated 9/10/2018
Alaska school focusing on Native students wins award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, today recognized the Alaska Native Science... — Updated 9/10/2018
Ontario Metis continue to work towards self-government
PETERBOROUGH, Ont.-Ours is really an incredible story but there is so much more to that is yet to be written," said Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Margaret Froh at the... — Updated 9/10/2018
Cherokee Nation, US Fish and Wildlife Service work to save endangered species
TAHLEQUAH, Okla.-The Cherokee Nation, working alongside the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the first tribal nation to designate an area of land to protect an endangered species... — Updated 9/10/2018
"Native Truth" research reveals attitudes and perceptions
LONGMONT, Colo.- First Nations Development Institute and Echo Hawk Consulting recently released groundbreaking research about attitudes toward and perceptions of Native Americans... — Updated 9/10/2018
World's first Indigenous law degree to be offered
VICTORIA, B.C.—A new law program at the University of Victoria is the world’s first to combine the intensive study of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous law, enabling people to work fluently across the two realms. Students wi... — Updated 9/10/2018
Tribal energy loan program starts, more than a decade after its OK
WASHINGTON, D.C.-More than 10 years after it was first approved, a federal loan program for tribal energy development projects will accept its first applications in September. The... — Updated 9/10/2018
Organizations unite to oppose Washington NFL team locating new stadium
WASHINGTON, DC-Today, nine leading national civil rights and racial justice organizations formally announced their joint opposition to the Washington National Football League (NFL)... — Updated 9/10/2018
Navajo Nation inducts 21 youth and elders into Hall of Fame
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.-The Office of the President and Vice President (OPVP) on Friday welcomed 21 inductees into the Navajo Nation Hall of Fame. The inductees, nominated from among... — Updated 9/10/2018
Navajo Nation President Begaye denied opportunity for second term
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.-President Russell Begaye, current Navajo Nation president will not be on the November 6 ballot for the next Navajo Nation presidential election. According to... — Updated 9/10/2018
Native American farmers move to global market, sustainability
PHOENIX-Thirty miles south of Phoenix, Arizona, green fields of alfalfa and pima cotton stretch toward the sun producing triple-digit heat. Hundreds of yellow butterflies dance... — Updated 9/10/2018
Native American life expectancy rising
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Life expectancy for American Indians is decades longer than it was in the 1960s, nearly closing the gap with the rest of the U.S. population, according to... — Updated 7/16/2018
Laura Ingalls Wilder's award renamed due to racism
Chicago-A division of the American Library Association voted unanimously to remove Laura Ingalls Wilder's name from a major children's literature award because the author's books... — Updated 7/16/2018
Statement on the 10th anniversary of residential school apology
OTTAWA-The Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, issued the following statement on June 11, 2018: Today we reflect on a historic milestone in... — Updated 7/16/2018
Canadian Heritage launches engagement sessions on First Nations, Inuit and Métis languages
GATINEAU, Quebec-In June, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, launched the intensive community-based engagement sessions that will be held across Canada thi... — Updated 7/16/2018
CRYP receives grant for Keya cafe food truck
Eagle Butte, S. Dak.-The Cheyenne River Youth Project recently received a $10,000 South Dakota Fund grant from the South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF). "Our relationship with... — Updated 7/16/2018
AFN renews Families First call as inquiry extends mandate
Ottawa-Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett recently announced the federal government will extend the National Inquiry on Missing and... — Updated 7/16/2018
President Begaye: No uranium exploration, extraction or transportation on Navajo lands
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.-President Russell Begaye is applauding the U.S. House of Representatives for its unanimous approval June 7 of an amendment that allocates $1 million from the Depa... — Updated 7/16/2018
Chickasaw Institute opens enrollment for Chickasaw citizens
ARDMORE, Okla.-Chickasaw citizens have the opportunity to further their careers through courses offered by the Chickasaw Institute. Chickasaw Institute partners with technology cent... — Updated 7/16/2018
Canada Indigenous population at double risk for epilepsy
SASKATOON-University of Saskatchewan researchers have discovered that the incidence of epilepsy in the Canadian Indigenous population is twice that of non-Indigenous Canadians. In... — Updated 7/16/2018
