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bureauofindianeducation
Schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education on the Navajo Nation will be opening under a distance-learning plan, a stunning reversal of the agency’s plans to hold classes in person.

NAFOA

Committed to community and individual growth: Here’s five things to know this week, courtesy NAFOA.


cherokeenation
Our sovereign government is making investments that will address immediate health, safety and economic needs during this crisis.

navajonation
The Bureau of Indian Education failed to send a witness to a hearing on reopening Indian schools in the age of COVID-19.

jojohnson
We have some important news for South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem: the coronavirus is real.


pineridgereservation
There appears to be a lot of movement leading up to the impeachment hearing of Julian Bear Runner, President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

themysticwarrior
The theater was packed on the night ‘The Mystic Warrior’ was screened in South Dakota.

crowcreeksioux
In a short amount of time, nearly 25 of the 80 residents of Big Bend, a community on the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation, tested positive for COVID-19. Several have died and life has not returned to normal.

julianbearrunner
Julian Bear Runner has been accused of inappropriate contacts with a young citizen of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

navajonation
Tribal governments remain united as a federal appeals court determines the fate of more than a half-billion dollars in COVID-19 funding that’s been at the center of one of the most bitter Indian law and policy disputes in decades.

atokadparkhochunkinc
Voters in Nebraska are being asked to authorize casino-style gaming in their state as part of an initiative backed by Ho-Chunk Inc.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Census Bureau plan to end its counting a month earlier than planned, ruling in a suit joined by the Navajo Nation and Gila River Indian Community.

warmsprings

The Census has long failed to accurately tally populations in Indian Country. COVID-19 is hampering attempts to fix that.


suzanharjo

Registration is open for the Peter A. Jaszi Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property, featuring Suzan Shown Harjo, leader of trademark proceeding against the Washington professional football team.


nativeamericansforbidenharris

Join this roundtable with Native American veterans as they discuss why they are supporting Democrat Joe Biden for president.


housescip

The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States will hold a remote oversight hearing entitled ‘Examining the Bureau of Indian Education’s School Reopening Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic.’


navajonation

Only one new case of COVID-19 was reported across the Navajo Nation in the previous 24 hours, the lowest number of daily cases on the reservation since an initial spike in May.


Members of the O’odham Anti Border Collective & Defend O’odham Jewed took direct action and halted construction of the border wall threatening O’odham lands near Ajo, Arizona.


yurokagriculturalcorporation

The Yurok Agricultural Corporation recently purchased 26-acres of land that will be used to develop a culturally relevant food sovereignty program on the Yurok Reservation in northern California.


nafoa

Sharing resources to support the advancement of tribes and tribal citizens.


joanneshenandoah

Music is Medicine! features Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Joanne Shenandoah, PhD, (Oneida-Iroquois), one of Native America’s most celebrated musicians.


rockthenativevote

After a federal directive to shorten the 2020 Census outreach period jarred the nation, Indian Country organizations redoubled efforts to make sure Native communities are counted amid COVID-19.


carltonchee

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer issued several letters to congressional members calling for a congressional inquiry and a formal investigation into the recent deaths of two members of the Navajo Nation who were stationed at the Fort Hood Army Base in the state of Texas.


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Native journalist Jen Deerinwater captured a pivotal moment during the George Floyd protests in the nation’s capital.