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...
by NUNAverse | Sep 10, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
On Tuesday, the Navajo Department of Health, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center and the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, reported zero positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation for the first time since March 17 when the Navajo Nation first...
by NUNAverse | Sep 9, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The Associated Press published an article covering the difficulties that tribes face in boosting their Census counts, noting the added stress that the Trump administration’s accelerated timeline has faced on enumerators, and highlighting people like Lauri Dawn...
by NUNAverse | Sep 8, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
A federal judge in Northern California temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s order to wrap up the Census by the end of September. Judge Lucy H. Koh of the United States District Court in Northern California halted the winding down of enumeration efforts at...
