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Shoe Cobbler without Shoes
By Ricki McCarroll, Founder & Principal Consultant When NUNA was started just over two years ago, we were an I. Just me, a cell phone, a laptop, and a cliff I happened to have jumped off of without a second thought. I was a small business owner - and I was the...
NUNA Media Clips Library
Media Clips by NUNA 01/23/23
Good Morning, NUNAverse, Last week, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Big Fire Law and Policy Group, filed a lawsuit at the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska on behalf of the Winnebago Tribe...
Media Clips by NUNA 01/09/23
Good Morning, NUNAverse, New legislation that strikes down 11 outdated federal laws that discriminated against Native people was signed into law by President Biden on Tuesday, December 27. The Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging...
Media Clips by NUNA 12/19/22
Good Morning, NUNAverse, The House of Representatives passed the Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act last week, which would abolish 11 outdated federal laws that are related to the treatment of Native...
Media Clips by NUNA 12/12/22
Good Morning, NUNAverse, Last week, Representative Derek Kilmer and Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill that acknowledges “the chronic failures” of the federal government to fulfill its trust and treaty agreements with tribes and to “ensure...
Media Clips by NUNA 12/05/22
Good Morning, NUNAverse, President Joe Biden pledged last week to give Native peoples a stronger voice in federal affairs, promising at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years that he will bolster tribal consultations, inclusion of...
Media Clips by NUNA 11/28/22
Good Morning, NUNAverse, Representative Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native elected to Congress in a special election in Alaska this summer, has officially been elected to a full term in the House of Representatives. Peltola defeated Republicans Sarah Palin and...
Media Clips by NUNA 11/21/22
Good Morning, NUNAverse, The New York State Education Department has effectively banned the use of most Native mascots for public schools in the state. Schools must be in compliance by the end of the 2022-23 school year or face withholding of state...
Media Clips by NUNA 11/14/22
Good Morning, NUNAverse, The Supreme Court heard more than three hours of arguments last week in a sprawling challenge to the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. The law at issue in the new case was rooted in the sovereignty...
Media Clips by NUNA 11/07/22
Good Morning, NUNAverse, The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday on the most significant challenge to a law that gives preference to Native families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children. The outcome could undercut the...