by NUNAverse | Jul 9, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
Earlier this morning, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision upheld the treaty rights of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, siding with Indian Country in McGirt v. Oklahoma. In the opinion written by Justice Gorsuch, the court held that because Congress did not formally...
by NUNAverse | Jul 8, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit Indian Country, with 12,597 confirmed positive cases and 527 total deaths as of July 7. This summer, Vision Maker Media is still working to bring Indian Country together with its first online Indigenous film festival. For five...
by NUNAverse | Jul 7, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
President Trump took to Twitter to criticize Washington’s Football team and Cleveland’s Baseball team for considering changing their respective team names, and Target joined Nike and Walmart in removing all Washington Football team merchandise from their website while...
by NUNAverse | Jul 7, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
After FedEx made a formal request to Washington’s Football team for them to change their name on Friday, the team announced that they will begin a “thorough review” of their name– and ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter reports that a name change...
by NUNAverse | Jul 7, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The MIT Solve 2020 Indigenous Communities Fellowship is hosting an additional information session today at 2:00 P.M. EST/ 11:00 A.M. PDT! Register for the session here. Six to eight fellows are chosen every year with each receiving a $10,000 award along with nine...
by NUNAverse | Jul 2, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
Vox reports that Democratic members of the Senate Rules Committee, led by ranking member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tom Udall (D-NM), wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr asking for more information on the recent closure of in-person polling places on...
