Media Clips by NUNA 09/24/20

Two Virginia counties are trying to build a small water pumping station on a small peninsula jutting into the James River, but a determined Native coalition is battling against the project, arguing that it would destroy Rassawek, the ancient capital of the Monacan...

Media Clips by NUNA 09/23/20

NPR reports that career officials at the Census Bureau tried to send warnings to the Trump administration about how the last-minute decision to shorten the enumeration window by a full month would lead to “fatal” problems with the nationwide headcount. Internal emails...

Media Clips by NUNA 09/22/20

Yesterday, Dr. Anthony Fauci took part in a virtual townhall with Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer. Dr. Fauci addressed concerns over upcoming COVID-19 vaccine trials, assuring those in attendance that an independent data and safety...

Media Clips by NUNA 09/21/20

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed at the age of 87 on Friday evening from complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. Justice Ginsburg was an architect of the legal fight for women’s rights in the 1970’s, and had served on the nation’s highest...

Media Clips by NUNA 09/18/20

After Justice Department attorneys missed a deadline for producing a complete record of internal Commerce Department documents, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh extended her order that stopped the 2020 Census from winding down. The order was set to expire yesterday, but...