by NUNAverse | Jul 1, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
President Trump’s planned visit to Mount Rushmore with a fireworks display on July 3 continues to garner criticism from across Indian Country with Oglala Sioux President Julian Bear Runner, who last week said he wants the faces of the four presidents removed, calling...
by NUNAverse | Jun 30, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
Former Colorado Governor and current U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper is under fire after photos emerged of him dressed in imitative Native dress at the “One Shot Antelope Hunt,” a hunting competition. Winners of the event dress in a costume headdress, while...
by NUNAverse | Jun 29, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
A federal judge ruled on Friday that Alaska Native Corporations are eligible to receive relief funds from the CARES Act that was passed in March. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta’s decision said the Alaska Native Corporations “are ‘Indian Tribes,’ and that their boards...
by NUNAverse | Jun 26, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
Navajo Nation filed a lawsuit in New Mexico against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, arguing that the new “2020 Waters of the United States Rule” diminishes the number and extent of Navajo waters protected by the Clean Air...
by NUNAverse | Jun 25, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
While COVID-19 continues to impact all of Indian Country, tribes are still fighting to protect their land and water rights across the country. On Tuesday the National Congress of American Indians hosted a webinar with five tribal nations on “Protecting Tribal Lands...
by NUNAverse | Jun 24, 2020 | Daily Media Clips
The MIT Solve 2020 Indigenous Communities Fellowship is looking for its next class of Fellows! Applications are due on July 7. Six-eight fellows are chosen every year and receive a $10,000 award along with nine months of MIT Solve support. To learn more about the...
