by NUNAverse | Sep 7, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
Today, the Native People Count California (NPCCA) campaign, Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC), and Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) kicks off its unprecedented statewide Indigenous Week of Action for the 2020 Census in California from...
by NUNAverse | Sep 4, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
While positive COVID-19 cases in the Navajo Nation have begun to plateau, Navajo leaders are urging their citizens to stay home during the long Labor Day weekend. Earlier this week, Navajo officials said that until there is a vaccine that is proven to work, their...
by NUNAverse | Sep 3, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The Mississippi commission tasked with creating a new state flag voted 8-1 to recommend a new design with a magnolia surrounded by stars to replace the previous flag, which featured the Confederate battle flag. The design will go on the November ballot – if voters...
by NUNAverse | Sep 2, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The NAACP, Navajo Nation, City of Chicago, County of Los Angeles, and Gila River Indian Community have officially joined the National Urban League-led lawsuit that is seeking to return the 2020 Census to its original end date of October 31. Thirteen American Indian...
by NUNAverse | Sep 1, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The NDN Collective has announced the second phase of the NDN Covid-19 Response Project, a $10 million project focused on providing immediate relief to Native people, organizations, and tribes that have been impacted by COVID-19. The second phase is focused on...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
Last week, Representative Don Young sent a letter to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham requesting the deadline of September 30 to be extended back to the October 31 deadline originally scoped by the Bureau earlier this year. Also in Census news, NPR reports...
