Washington D.C. NFL Franchise Ditches the Racist Name
A demonstration against the racial slur at the Minneapolis Vikings' stadium in November 2014. Victory came Monday, July 13th, after decades of protest by Native Americans. (Flickr CC/Fibonacci Blue)Dan Snyder, owner of the National Football League's Washington D.C....
Hoping for a Silver Lining: Tribes Take on the Digital Divide in the Covid-19 Era
Rodney Cawston, chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation, says that if a silver lining can come from the pandemic, it’s that his Tribe could one day be fully connected. “We need to get broadband across our reservation, and we are just...
Comanche Nation Entertainment Breaks Ground on Comanche Cache Casino
On April 3, 2021 the countdown began for Comanche Cache CasinoCache, OK -- Comanche Nation Entertainment, along with its business partners and the Comanche Business Committee, celebrated the official groundbreaking of their newest gaming and entertainment venue....
Landmark Victory: Congress Never Disestablished Eastern Okla. as Indian Reservation
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that 19 million acres in eastern Oklahoma is Indian land. (Flickr/CC Geoff Livingston)“The federal government promised the Creek a reservation in perpetuity. ... Congress has never withdrawn the promised reservation.” —Justice...
Lakota Founder of Leeway Franks and Leeway Butcher: ‘Adapt to Survive’
Lee Meisel, the Lakota owner/founder of Leeway Franks and Leeway Butcher in Lawrence, Kansas, said of the way entrepreneurs are pivoting business operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic: “We're writing the history book on this right now. And the world's watching.”...
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How Should Tribal Nations Spend COVID-19 Funds? McCabe Offers Advice
The Navajo Nation, among Tribal Nations stricken by the COVID-19 pandemic, received $600 million in CARES funding, which the Tribe has leveraged to provide essential supplies to hundreds of Tribal families. (Courtesy Navajo Nation / Facebook)McCabe CPA and Consulting...
Judge Responds to Tribal Demand for Immediate Delivery of Remaining $3.2B in CARES Relief
U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta says the U.S. Treasury needs to accelerate its release of the $3.2 billion remaining in CARES funding to Tribes, but the court will not step in at this time. Treasury has not committed ‘egregious’ delay to merit court Intervention...
5 More Tribal Hemp Plans Receive Federal Go-Ahead
Five Tribal hemp proposals got the federal green light Thursday. The newly approved plans include those of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in western Oklahoma, Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South...
Bill Would Unleash Emergency Access to Broadband Internet in Indian Country
Co-Chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus, Deb Haaland (New Mexico-01) and Tom Cole (Okla.-04) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) on Friday announced the introduction of a bill to unleash emergency access to broadband Internet in Indian...
An Aquaponic Farming Dream Grows Green
Choctaw brothers and founders of Symbiotic Aquaponic Shelby (left) and Kaben Smallwood (right) stand beside their aquaponic systems. (Courtesy Symbiotic Aquaponic)This article originally appeared in the June 2019 “Tourism, Agriculture & Natural Resources” print...
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