by NUNAverse | Sep 22, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
We are in the last big push to extend the Census deadline, and need a surge of support to make sure Indian Country is completely counted this Census cycle! Yesterday, a bipartisan bill was introduced into the Senate to extend the enumeration deadline. The Native Voice...
by NUNAverse | Sep 16, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
For the first time in its history, the North Dakota’s Democratic Party will have a Native American Caucus. Three women, Twyla Baker, State Representative Ruth Buffalo, and Prairie Rose Seminole, are currently organizing the caucus with the aim of bringing long-term...
by NUNAverse | Sep 15, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The Oglala Lakota Nation’s council declined to remove President Julian Bear Runner from office after an impeachment hearing on Monday on sexual misconduct allegations. Removal from office requires the support of two-thirds of the 21 member council – 14 votes – and...
by NUNAverse | Sep 14, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
Schools on the Navajo Nation that are operated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) will open next week under a distance-learning plan, not in-person classes as was the plan previously announced by the BIE. While neither Navajo Nation nor the BIE issued public...
by NUNAverse | Sep 11, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The NFL season began last night in Kansas City, and while the Kansas City team has barred fans from wearing headdresses, face paint, and stereotypical Native clothing at home games, fans in attendance still performed the “tomahawk chop” chant. The eight federally...
