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Womblands Recap - March 11, 2022

DEEP IN MY WOMBLANDS by princerezney (TikTok)
COVIDtests.Gov
COVID-19 by County
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - March 9, 2022 (indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - March 7, 2022 (indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - March 6, 2022 (indianz)
‘A historic nomination’: Indian Health Service finally on track for new leadership (Indianz)
AUDIO: Examining the History of Federal Lands and the Development of Tribal Co-Management
 
VIDEO: Examining the History of Federal Lands and the Development of Tribal Co-Management
PDF: Tribal Consultation on Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK)
Native judge awaits movement on historic nomination to federal bench (Indianz)
Senate committee advances nomination of Native judge (Indianz)
Indian Country funding mired in partisan stalemate (Indianz)
Omnibus federal funding bill moving forward in Congress (Indianz)
NIWRC Applauds Congress for Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
PDF: Statement from Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief David Hill
National Council of Urban Indian Health: Omnibus Released with VAWA and Increased Resources for Urban Indian Health
Schatz, Murkowski Applaud Senate Passage of Historic Tribal Provisions in Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization (senate.gov)
Bipartisan Appropriations Deal Includes Indian Affairs Priorities, Increased Funding For Native Communities (senate.gov)
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing “Buy Native American: Federal Support for Native Business Capacity Building and Success" - March 16, 2022 (senate.gov)

News Recap March 3, 2022

U.S. COVID-19 Community Levels by County Map
COVID-19 by County
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - March 2, 2022
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - February 28, 2022
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - February 27, 2022
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is rescinding its indoor mask mandate effective March 4, 2022
Cronkite News: Supreme Court agrees to hear Indian Child Welfare Act case
Turtle Talk: Does Brackeen v. Haaland Apply?
Tribal Supreme Court Project: Haaland v. Brackeen
Tlingit & Haida Responds to White House Announcement of U.S. Supreme Court Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
National Congress of American Indians and Native American Rights Fund on President Biden’s Nomination of Judge Ketanji
Turtle Talk: President Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Indianz.Com: Court subjects Narragansett Tribe to all state laws
Supreme Court confirmation hearings to begin March 21, 2022
Indianz: Non-Indians claim ‘mestizo’ identity in bid for consultation policy
H.R.5493 - Land Grant-Mercedes Traditional Use Recognition and Consultation Act (117th Congress)
The Neglected Epidemic of Missing BIPOC Women and Girls
AUDIO: The Neglected Epidemic of Missing BIPOC Women and Girls
 
S.772 - Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act (115th Congress)
Dr. Pam Palmater @pp2cool on TikTok
Indianz: From ‘Chahta’ to ‘Indigenous’ in America’s largest city
Indianz: Indigenous Kinship Collective issues statement about finances and founder
Pretendian Country Today

Supreme Court - February 22, 2022

Supreme Court hears cases with high stakes for Indian Country
SCOTUSBlog: Tigua Tribe finally gets gaming case to Supreme Court
SCOTUSBlog: Supreme Court takes up tribal sovereignty dispute
Supreme Court Live Audio
Supreme Court takes up Indian law cases as tribes face new ‘unknown’
PDF: Supreme Court 'Day Call' Schedule - February 22, 2022
Tribal Supreme Court Project: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas (20-493)
PDF: Question Presented in Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas (20-493)
Tribal Supreme Court Project: Denezpi v. United States (20-7622)
PDF: Question Presented in Denezpi v. United States (20-7622)
Supreme Court surprises by taking up contentious Indian law case

News Recap February 18, 2022

Indian City
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - February 16, 2022
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - February 14, 2022
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - February 13, 2022
National Congress of American Indians hosts winter meeting
Cronkite News: Tribal leaders lay out priorities for nation-to-nation engagement
AUDIO: National Congress of American Indians Executive Council Winter Session #NCAIECWS2022
 
AUDIO: State of Indian Nations 2022 #SOIN #ECWS2022
 
AUDIO: Business Meeting to consider S.2264, NAHASDA Reauthorization Act
 
Key lawmakers urge unity on Indian Country priorities
National American Indian Housing Council hails movement on NAHASDA
AUDIO: Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 3123, S. 3126, S. 3273 & S. 3381
 
AUDIO: Senate Committee on the Judiciary Executive Business Meeting - Federal Judge Nominee Sunshine Suzanne Sykes (Navajo)
 

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Key lawmakers urge unity on Indian Country priorities
“I’m not gonna give up on any Natives” #NCAIECWS2022
Protecting Tribal Lands and Supporting Tribal Economies #NCAIECWS2022
Business Meeting to consider S. 2264 & Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 3123, S. 3126, S. 3273 & S. 3381
S.2264 - Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2021
S.3123 - A bill to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
S.3126 - A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
S.3273 - Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
S.3381 - Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2021

News Recap - February 11, 2022

Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - February 7, 2022 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - February 6, 2022 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - February 9, 2022 (Indianz)
Progress cited in improving Violence Against Women Act for Indian Country (Indianz)
PDF: Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022
PDF: Summary of TITLE VIII – Safety for Indian Women
PDF: Muscogee Nation MCN Statement on the Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act
S.3623 - Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (congress.gov)
S.3263 - Sponsors and Co-Sponsors (congress.gov)
National Congress of American Indians National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) 2022 Executive Council Winter Session
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 3123, S. 3126, S. 3273 & S. 3381

News Recap - February 4, 2022

COVIDTests.gov
Bureau of Indian Education distributing more than one million masks to schools (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - February 2, 2022 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - January 31, 2022 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - January 30, 2022 (Indianz)
VIDEO: The Long Journey Home: Advancing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s Promise After 30 Years of Practice (Indianz)
AUDIO: The Long Journey Home: Advancing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s Promise After 30 Years of Practice (Indianz)
CHART: NAGPRA Civil Penalties Since 1990 (National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers)
Full-time NAGPRA investigator hired for first time in decades (Indianz)
Cronkite News: Washington football team unveils replacement for racist name
Roundtable examines ‘toxic workplace culture’ at Washington football team (Indianz)
Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas)
Sharice Davids For Congress
Press Release: Governor Laura Kelly Vetoes Congressional Redistricting Map, Senate Bill 355 (governor.kansas.gov)

NAGPRA Hearing - February 2, 2022

Full-time NAGPRA investigator hired for first time in decades (Indianz)
Video: The Long Journey Home: Advancing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s Promise After 30 Years of Practice
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing "The Long Journey Home: Advancing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s Promise After 30 Years of Practice”
National NAGPRA Program
Government Accountability Office: Improved Information Could Enhance Agencies' Efforts to Analyze and Respond to Risks of Theft and Damage (2021)
Government Accountability Office: Examples of Certain Federal Requirements That Apply to Cultural Resources and Factors That Impact Tribal Consultation (2020)
Government Accountability Office: Key Federal Agencies' and the Smithsonian Institution's Efforts to Identify and Repatriate Indian Human Remains and Objects (2011)
Government Accountability Office: Much Work Still Needed to Identify and Repatriate Indian Human Remains and Objects (2011)
Government Accountability Office: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: After Almost 20 Years, Key Federal Agencies Still Have Not Fully Complied with the Act (2010)

News Recap January 28, 2022

Northern Cree: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Get free at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 tests (covidtests.gov)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - January 26, 2022 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - January 24, 2022 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - January 23, 2022 (Indianz)
‘It’s really time’: Speculation grows about leadership at Indian Health Service (Indianz)
'This isn't going to be pretty': Justice Breyer to Retire (Turtle Talk)
Justice Breyer’s Indian Law Record (1994 to Now) (Turtle Talk)
Video: The Cherokee Indians and the Supreme Court (C-SPAN)
Supreme Court surprises by taking up contentious Indian law case (Indianz)
Roundtable examines ‘toxic workplace culture’ at Washington football team
Substack: Pretendian Country Today
Patreon: Pretendian Country Today
We are facing a settler colonial crisis, not an Indigenous identity crisis (Celeste Pedri-Spade in The Conversation)
Self-proclaimed ‘Auntie’ admits being wrong about tribal affiliations (Indianz)
Register: White House Council on Native American Affairs Tribal Engagement Session - January 31, 2022
White House Council on Native American Affairs Tribal Engagement Session Invite - January 31, 2022
PDF: Agenda for White House Council on Native American Affairs Tribal Engagement Session - January 31, 2022
In Signing New Tribal Consultation Policy, SBA Administrator Guzman Commits to Continued Equitable Access to Resources and Opportunities to Indian Country Businesses (sba.gov)
Rudy Soto: President Biden Announces Key Regional Appointments for USDA and HUD (whitehouse.gov)
Rudy Soto: USDA Rural Development State Director for Idaho (LinkedIn)
Rudy Soto: USDA Rural Development State Director for Idaho (USDA)
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: Oversight Hearing "The Long Journey Home: Advancing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s Promise After 30 Years of Practice” (indian.senate.gov)

News Recap January 14, 2022

Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - January 19, 2022 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - January 18, 2022 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - January 16, 2022 (Indianz)
NCAI 2022 Executive Council Winter Session Moves to a Virtual Format (NCAI)
Native woman takes helm at National Museum of the American Indian (Indianz)
VIDEO: Secretary Deb Haaland announces Foundation for America’s Public Lands (Indianz)
Supreme Court surprises by taking up contentious Indian law case (Indianz)
PDF: Excerpt from "Why We Can't Wait" by Martin Luther King Jr
Tribal Supreme Court Project: Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (narf.org)
Docket Sheet No. 21-429: Oklahoma, Petitioner v. Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta (supremecourt.gov)
Tribal Supreme Court Project: Petitions Related to McGirt v. Oklahoma (narf.org)
Tribal Supreme Court Project: October 2021 Term (narf.org)

News Recap January 14, 2022

COVIDtests.gov
Increasing vaccinations is one way to ensure our tribal cultures survive and are preserved for future generations
Association of American Indian Physicians Announces COVID-19 and Flu Vaccine Campaign (indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - January 12, 2022 (indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - January 10, 2022 (indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - January 9, 2022 (indianz)
SCOTUSBlog: Supreme Court takes action in COVID-19 vaccine cases
Montana Free Press: Supreme Court takes up COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Cronkite News: Tribes face challenges in securing broadband grants
AUDIO: Closing the Digital Divide in Native Communities through Infrastructure Investment (SoundCloud)
VIDEO: Closing the Digital Divide in Native Communities through Infrastructure Investment (indianz)
Press Release: President Nez speaks in support of broadband connectivity for the Navajo Nation during federal consultation session (Facebook)
Tribal Supreme Court Project: Petitions Related to McGirt v. Oklahoma (narf.org)
Tribal Supreme Court Project: Brackeen v. Haaland (narf.org)
Arizona State Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales (azleg.gov)
Indian Nations and Tribes Legislative Day - January 12, 2022 (azleg.gov)
VIDEO: Indian Health Service finalizes rule for Buy Indian Act (indianz)
Blanket from Lumbee Tribe gifted during Capitol Hill hearing (indianz)
Trial opens into long-unsolved case of Alaska Native woman (Indianz)

News Recap January 7, 2022

Indian Country starts off new year with surge in COVID-19 cases (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - January 5, 2022 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - January 3, 2022 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - January 1, 2022 (Indianz)
‘A sacred site’: City seeks input from survivors of Indian boarding school (Indianz)
Tim Giago: ‘I will never forgive them for what they did to us’ (Indianz)
Court seems poised to block vaccine-or-test policy for workplaces but may allow vaccine mandate for health care workers (SCOTUSBlog)
National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor (supremecourt.gov)
OSHA jurisdiction over employees working in an Indian reservation clinic (osha.gov)
Supreme Court takes up Indian law cases as tribes face new ‘unknown’ (Indianz)
Tribal Supreme Court Project: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas (narf.org)
Tribal Supreme Court Project: Denezpi v. United States (narf.org)
Native America Calling: Oklahoma’s McGirt: the complicated path to sovereignty
Press Release: Shannon Kepler Sentenced to 25 Years for Murder (justice.gov)
Docket Sheet: Oklahoma v. Shannon James Kepler (supremecourt.gov)
Open Letter from Principal Chief David Hill of Muscogee Nation (PDF)
Gaylord News: Indian Child Welfare Act in limbo amid high-stakes challenge
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Roundtable discussion on “Closing the Digital Divide in Native Communities through Infrastructure Investment” (indian.senate.gov)
Nominations open for new Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names (Indianz)

News Recap December 17, 2021

Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - December 15, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - December 13, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - December 11, 2021 (Indianz)
Tribal leaders hail historic nomination of Native woman to federal bench (Indianz)
President Biden nominates another Native woman to federal bench (Indianz)
National Park Service finally gains a new leader with first Native director (Indianz)
VIDEO: Secretary Deb Haaland – Alaska Federation of Natives (Indianz)
‘No one else needs to die’: Biden administration faces another test of commitment to Indian Country with health care case (Indianz)
Bureau of Indian Affairs: Missing and Murdered Unit (bia.gov)

News Recap December 10, 2021

PIQSIQ: CDs T-Shirts Masks
Native America Calling Music Maker Edition: PIQSIQ
Omicron in the United States - December 10, 2021 (Indianz)
MMWR: SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant — United States, December 1–8, 2021 (cdc.gov)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - December 6, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - December 5, 2021 (Indianz)
H.R.1620 - Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021 (Congress.gov)
AUDIO: Restoring Justice: Addressing Violence in Native Communities through VAWA Title IX Special Jurisdiction (Indianz)
Indian Country continues push to strengthen Violence Against Women Act (Indianz)
Draft version of ‘Safety for Indian Women’ released by Senate committee leaders (Indianz)
Bill recognizes tribal jurisdiction over non-Indian offenders (Indianz)
Members of Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (indian.senate.gov)
Press Release: Murkowski, Schatz Work to Improve the Safety of Native American Women (indian.senate.gov)
Press Release: SCHATZ LEADS INDIAN AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT HEARING ON RESTORING JUSTICE, ADDRESSING VIOLENCE IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES (indian.senate.gov)
Press Release: Vice Chairman Murkowski Takes Action to Address Violence Occurring in Alaska Native Communities (indian.senate.gov)
Roll Call: H.R.897 - Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act - 395 to 30 (clerk.house.gov)
Roll Call: H.R.2074 - Indian Buffalo Management Act - 372 to 52 (clerk.house.gov)

News Recap December 3, 2021

White House COVID-19 Press Briefing - December 3, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - December 1, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - November 29, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - November 28, 2021 (Indianz)
Tribal homelands bill back on agenda in ‘new era’ of Indian Country relations (Indianz)
AUDIO PLAYLIST: Indian Country Legislation in U.S. House of Representatives (Indianz)
VIDEO: H.R.2930 – Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act - STOP Act (Indianz)
Roll Call: H. R. 2930 – Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act - STOP Act (house.gov)
VIDEO: H.R.4352 – Legislative Fix to U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Carcieri v. Salazar (Indianz)
Roll Call: H.R.4352 – Legislative Fix to U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Carcieri v. Salazar (house.gov)
VIDEO: H.R.897 – Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act (Indianz)
VIDEO: H.R.897 – Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act (Indianz)
VIDEO: H.R.2074 – Indian Buffalo Management Act (Indianz)
‘We have a lot of work to do’: Native community continues annual walk for lost children (Indianz)
Freedom Socialist: Native children and sovereignty targeted in right-wing lawsuit (Indianz)
AUDIO: Secretary Haaland: The Power of Indigenous Representation on 52nd Anniversary of Alcatraz (Indianz)
Cherokee National Youth Choir (cherokee.org)
Cherokee National Youth Choir (Facebook)

News Recap November 19, 2021

Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - November 17, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - November 15, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - November 14, 2021 (Indianz)
Harold Frazier: Indian Country demands action, not words, from White House (Indianz)
Cronkite News: Tribal leaders welcome return of White House meeting
AUDIO: Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. United States (Indianz)
Eighth Circuit Affirms Federal Duty to Provide “competent physician-led healthcare” to Rosebud Sioux Tribe Members (Turtle Talk)
White House releases ‘progress report’ for Tribal Nations Summit (Indianz)
White House Fact Sheet: Building A New Era of Nation-to-Nation Engagement (Indianz)
Press Release: Secretary Haaland Takes Action to Remove Derogatory Names from Federal Lands (Indianz)
Press Release: Interior Department Announces Formation of First Tribal Advisory Committee to Strengthen Nation-to-Nation Relationship with Tribes
Press Release: At White House Tribal Leaders Summit, USDA Announces New Initiatives Serving Indian Country
Executive Order on Improving Public Safety and Criminal Justice for Native Americans and Addressing the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous People (Indianz)
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit (Indianz)
Press Release: Interior Department, Federal Partners Commit to Protect Tribal Treaty Rights (Indianz)
Press Release: Departments of the Interior, Education, and Health & Human Services Launch Multi-Agency Initiative to Protect and Preserve Native Languages (Indianz)
Press Release: Interior and Agriculture Departments Take Action to Strengthen Tribal Co-Stewardship of Public Lands and Waters
Press Release: Secretary Haaland Announces Steps to Establish Protections for Culturally Significant Chaco Canyon Landscape (Indianz)
AUDIO: White House Tribal Nations Summit – November 15, 2021 (Indianz)
AUDIO: White House Tribal Nations Summit – November 16, 2021 (Indianz)
Earth & Sky Floral (Shayai Lucero)
Press Release: House Passes Budget Reconciliation Which Includes Long Needed Infrastructure Funds for Urban Indian Health (National Council of Urban Indian Health)
AUDIO: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S.1364, H.R.1975, H.R.2088 & H.R.4881 (Indianz)
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Business Meeting and Legislative Hearing (Indianz)
Cronkite News: Republican loses committee posts for violent social media post
Eagle Poem by US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (TikTok)
DNC Native Caucus Native Heritage Month Celebration with Deb Haaland

News Recap November 12, 2021

Keith Secola: Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival (SoundCloud)
‘A long journey’: Indian Country continues to suffer from COVID-19 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - November 9, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service Press Event – Anadarko, Oklahoma - November 8, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - November 8, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - November 7, 2021 (Indianz)
‘A clear message to sovereign nations’: Indian County cheers passage of $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill (Indianz)
Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Press Call - Department of the Interior - November 10, 2021 (SoundCloud)
National Congress of American Indians Analysis of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
H.R.3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (congress.gov)
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Roll Call 369 | Bill Number: H. R. 3684 (house.gov)
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Roll Call Vote On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 3684, As Amended) (senate.gov)

News Recap October 30, 2021

Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - October 27, 2021
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - October 24, 2021

News Recap October 22, 2021

I'll Rock You To The Rhythm Of The Ocean by John Angaiak
 
John Angaiak (Light In The Attic Records)
Native North America Vol. 1 (Amazon)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - October 20, 2021
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - October 18, 2021
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - October 17, 2021
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts roundtable on economic sovereignty (Indianz)
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Roundtable: Investing in Economic Sovereignty (SoundCloud)
Cronkite News: Native voting rights bill caught up in partisan debate
Restoring the Voting Rights Act: Protecting the Native American and Alaska Native Vote (SoundCloud)
Charles “Chuck” F. Sams III Opening Statement – Nominee, National Park Service (Indianz)
Tribal citizen nominated to lead National Park Service for first time in history (Indianz)
Sen. Joe Manchin ‘very confident’ all three nominees will be confirmed (senate.gov)
Sen. John Barrasso Opening Statement at Nominations Hearing (senate.gov)
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hearing to Consider Pending Nominations (SoundCloud)
Supreme Court takes up Indian law cases as tribes face new ‘unknown’ (Indianz)
Tribal Supreme Court Update at National Congress of American Indians (Indianz)
Tribal Supreme Court Project (Native American Rights Fund)
‘It’s who we are’: Apache people take fight for sacred site to federal court (Indianz)
9th Circuit Court of Appeals: Apache Stronghold v. United States (Indianz)
Mary Toya, mother of Secretary Deb Haaland, passes on (Indianz)

News Recap October 15, 2021

Cary Morin at The Kennedy Center (Indianz)
Sihasin at The Kennedy Center (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccine Cases - October 13, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccine Data - October 11, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccine Cases - October 10, 2021 (Indianz)
Aaron Payment: Biden administration updates Indian education initiative (Indianz)
Vice President Kamala Harris addresses National Congress of American Indians (Indianz)
Secretary Deb Haaland at National Congress of American Indians (Indianz)
Secretary Marcia Fudge at National Congress of American IndiansSecretary Marcia Fudge at National Congress of American Indians (SoundCloud)
Secretary Pete Buttigieg at National Congress of American Indians (SoundCloud)
Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry at National Congress of American Indians (Indianz)
Council on Environmental Quality Chair Mallory at National Congress of American Indians (SoundCloud)
Ambassador Katherine Tai at National Congress of American Indians (SoundCloud)
From the Archive: Tribal jobs 477 program becomes permanent (Indianz)
Statement from occupation at Bureau of Indian Affairs central office (Indianz)
Longtime Chief & Chairman of the Blackfeet Tribe passes away at 92 (blackfeetnation.com)
Sen. Jon Tester Statement on the Passing of Chief Earl Old Person (senate.gov)
Sen. Steve Daines Statement on the Passing of Chief Earl Old Person
Gov. Greg Gianforte Statement on the Passing of Blackfeet Tribal Chief Earl Old Person (montana.gov)

News Recap October 8, 2021

I'll Rock You To The Rhythm Of The Ocean by John Angaiak
 
John Angaiak (Light In The Attic)
Native North America Vol. 1 (Amazon)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - October 6, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccinations - October 4, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - October 3, 2021 (Indianz)
Kimberly-Clark Professional N95 Pouch Respirator (53358), NIOSH-Approved, Made in U.S.A., Regular Size, 50 Respirators/Bag (Amazon)
BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Self Test (CVS)
Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Self Test Kit (Kroger)
BinaxNOW COVID‐19 Antigen Self Test (Sam's Club)
BinaxNOW COVID‐19 Antigen Self Test (Walmart)
President Biden issues proclamation restoring boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument (Indianz)
AUDIO: President Biden delivers remarks on national monuments (Indianz)
Navajo Nation: President Biden signs historic proclamation to restore and expand the Bears Ears National Monument (Facebook)
Native American Rights Fund: Bears Ears Landscape to Be Protected (narf.org)
White House Fact Sheet: President Biden Restores Protections for Three National Monuments and Renews American Leadership to Steward Lands, Waters, and Cultural Resources (Indianz)
President Biden issues first-ever proclamation for Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Indianz)
Youth in Action: Indigenous Peoples' Day—Black-Indigenous Youth Advancing Social Justice (NMAI)

News Recap October 1, 2021

e National Indian Health Board: National Day of Remembrance
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - September 29, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccines - September 27, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Cases - September 26, 2021 (Indianz)
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials - October 1, 2021 (Indianz)
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials - September 28, 2021 (Indianz)
Press Release: Interior Department to Hold Tribal Consultations on the Federal Boarding School Initiative (doi.gov)
Tribal Consultation: Indian Boarding School Initiative - November 18, 2021 (bia.gov)
Tribal Consultation: Indian Boarding School Initiative - November 16, 2021 (bia.gov)
Tribal Consultation: Indian Boarding School Initiative - November 2, 2021 (bia.gov)
Eastern Cherokee Chief Richard Sneed: Orange Shirt Day / National Day of Remembrance (Facebook)
Press Release: Bipartisan Bill to Seek Healing for Stolen Native Children and Their Communities (senate.gov)
S.2907 - The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act (congress.gov)
Senate Republican opposes Native nominee at Department of the Interior (Indianz)
Montana Free Press: Controversial nominee confirmed at Bureau of Land Management (Indianz)

News Recap September 24, 2021

‘Reservation Dogs’ Star Devery Jacobs Joins Expanded All Indigenous Writers Room For Season 2 (Deadline)
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials - September 24, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - September 22, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Vaccination Data - September 20, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - September 19, 2021 (Indianz)
President Biden Delivers Remarks on the COVID-19 Response and the Vaccination Program - September 24, 2021 (Indianz)
President Biden revives White House Tribal Nations Summit (Indianz)
Bills Signed: S. 272 and S. 325 (White House)
PRESS RELEASE: Murkowski, Young Applaud Native Children’s Commission Extension Bill Heading to President’s Desk (Senate.gov)
S.325 - Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act (Congress.gov)
First round of Indian Country bills slated to advance in new Congress (Indianz)
PRESS RELEASE: Earliest evidence of human activity found in the Americas, researchers report (University of Arizona)

News Recap September 10, 2021

COVID-19 Community Corps

News Recap September 3, 2021

House Committee on Natural Resources markup on budget reconciliation (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - September 1, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - August 28,, 2021 (Indianz)

News Recap August 27, 2021

Indian Health Service Coronavirus Data (ihs.gov)
COVID-19 Cases in Indian Country - August 24, 2021 (Indianz)
COVID-19 Cases in Indian Country - August 21, 2021 (Indianz)
COVID-19 Vaccinations in Indian Country - August 23, 2021 (Indianz)
Leo Yankton Tributes (Facebook)
Indian Times with Kevin and Leo (SoundCloud)
 
National Indian Health Board Tribal Town Hall (SoundCloud)
 

News Recap August 13, 2021

Indian Health Service Coronavirus
White House COVID-19 Press Briefing - August 12, 2021
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - August 10, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - August 7, 2021 (Indianz)

News Recap August 6, 2021

CDC COVID Data Tracker
Nominations open for Not Invisible Act Commission for missing, murdered and trafficked Native relatives (Indianz)
Press Release: Cherokee Nation sees surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, 90 percent of new cases among unvaccinated patients (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - August 3, 2021 (Indianz)
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - July 31, 2021 (Indianz)
Press Briefing: White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials (Indianz)
Navajo Nation COVID-19 Response Town Hall August 3, 2021 (Indianz)
Aaron Payment: Investing in infrastructure in Indian Country (Indianz)
Bipartisan bill brings long-overdue boost to urban Indian health providers (Indianz)
Press Release: Senate Advances Padilla Amendment to Improve Urban Indian Health Infrastructure (Indianz)
Press Release: Bipartisan Padilla-Moran-Lankford NCUIH Amendment for Urban Indian Health Passes Senate (Indianz)
H.R.3684 - infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Congress.gov)

News Recap July 30, 2021

Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data: Spikes in positive cases in 6 areas (Indianz)
Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Including COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings — Barnstable County, Massachusetts, July 2021 (CDC)
NAHASDA Reauthorization: Addressing Historic Disinvestment and the Ongoing Plight of the Freedmen in Native American Communities (Indianz)
AUDIO: Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary Deb Haaland: Native American Voting Rights
Miguel Trujillo - Isleta Pueblo - Voting Rights (Wikipedia)
PDF: Tribal Consultation Schedule on Native American Voting Rights (White House)
H.R.1 - For the People Act (Congress.gov)
H.R.4 - John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Congress.gov)
Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting (White House)
For Native Voting Rights: Contact Tracy Goodluck (Tracy.L.Goodluck@who.eop.gov)
President Biden and Vice President Harris’s Meeting with Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer on Voting Rights (White House)
Red Road To DC
Totem Pole Journey (Facebook)
Red Road to DC brings awareness to sacred sites and tribal rights (Indianz)
VIDEO: Secretary Deb Haaland #RedRoadToDC (Indianz)
AUDIO: A big Thank You from Tara Gatewood (SoundCloud)
Native America Calling bids farewell to longtime host (Indianz)
Native America Calling: A big Thank You from Tara Gatewood

News Recap July 23, 2021

Suzan Harjo on Cleveland Guardians
Indian Health Service COVID-19 Data - July 17, 2021 (Indianz)
ANTHC: Dr. Jill Biden in Alaska (Instagram)
VIDEO: First Lady Jill Biden in Alaska (C-SPAN)
Dena'ina Athabaskan poet Peter Kalifornsky (Wikipedia)

News Recap July 16, 2021

Sicangu Youth Council/Tokala Mentors (Facebook)
‘We are bringing them home’ Lakota youth on long overdue journey from Indian boarding school (Indianz)
VIDEO: Rosebud Sioux Tribe hosts prayer services in Wagner, South Dakota, for return of Indian boarding school students (Indianz)
VIDEO: Rosebud Sioux Tribe hosts prayer services in Sioux City, Iowa, for return of Indian boarding school students (Indianz)
CHANNEL: Rosebud Sioux Tribe (YouTube)
Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center
Reservation Dogs - Premieres August 9, 2021 - FX on Hulu

News Recap July 9, 2021

Chuck Hoskin: US Mint honors national influence of Chief Mankiller (Indianz)
Muscogee Nation Proclaims Sovereignty Day on 1-Year Anniversary of Historic U.S. Supreme Court McGirt Decision (Indianz)
'On the far end of the Trail of Tears': Nation's highest court holds U.S. to promise in tribal treaty (Indianz)
Child Tax Credit - American Rescue Plan Act (White House)
Grassroots Organizations Working in the Areas of Missing or Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives
Coronavirus Tax Relief (irs.gov)
Operation Lady Justice: Listening Sessions/Consultations
Grassroots Organizations Working in the Areas of Missing or Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives
OLJ Federal Data Discussion and Listening Session: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons — Strategies for Improving Data Collection, Analysis, Use and Communication (July 27, 2021)
Press Release: Secretary Haaland Announces Task Force to Strengthen Trust and Collaboration Between Law Enforcement and Communities (doi.gov)
Press Release: Tommy Beaudreau Sworn In as Interior Department Deputy Secretary (doi.gov)
Press Release: Tommy Beaudreau Sworn In as Interior Department Deputy Secretary (doi.gov)
Press Release: Tanya Trujillo Sworn In as Interior Department Assistant Secretary for Water and Science (doi.gov)
Press Release: Tanya Trujillo Sworn In as Interior Department Assistant Secretary for Water and Science (doi.gov)
‘Our children are still being stolen from us’ (Crushing Colonialism)

News Recap June 25, 2021

DECOLONIZED BEATZ: Aveda Adara
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Being the First - and the Future (InStyle)
Nation’s highest court sides with Alaska Native corporations in COVID-19 dispute (Indianz)
Statement from ANCSA Regional Association and the Alaska Native Village Corporation Association
Press Release: U.S. Supreme Court rules that Alaska Native Corporations are eligible to receive CARES Act funds (Navajo Nation)
Press Release: National Congress of American Indians on U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
AUDIO: Tribal Supreme Court Update (SoundCloud)
Alaska Congressional Delegation: Supreme Court Rules Alaska Native Corporations Eligible for CARES Act Tribal Relief
Secretarial Memo: Federal Indian Boarding School Truth Initiative (Department of the Interior)
AUDIO: Our communities are still mourning’: Secretary Haaland announces federal Indian boarding school initiative (Indianz)
Press Release: Secretary Haaland Announces Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative (Department of the Interior)
VIDEO: Federal Indian Boarding School Truth Initiative (Indianz)
AUDIO: Bryan Newland at National Congress of American Indians (SoundCloud)
AUDIO: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on the dark history of Indigenous boarding schools (Washington Post)
Deb Haaland: My grandparents were stolen from their families as children. We must learn about this history. (Washington Post)
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition supports federal review of Indian boarding school era (Indianz)
National Congress of American Indians welcomes boarding school initiative (Indianz)
NCAI 2021 Mid Year Resolutions
NCAI RESOLUTION: Call for the United States to Acknowledge its Role in the U.S. Boarding School Policy and to Account for the American Indian and Alaska Native Children Who did not Survive as a Result
NCAI RESOLUTION: Call to Collect Testimony about the American Indian and Alaska Native Children Who went Missing under U.S. Boarding School Policy
Navajo Nation hails federal investigation into Indian boarding school era (Indianz)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act
Press Release: Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States Act (2020)
H.R.8420 - Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act (116th Congress)
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska): Statement on Secretary Haaland’s Announcement on Federal Boarding Schools for Indigenous People

News Recap June 18, 2021

AUDIO: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior (SoundCloud)
Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior
Tribal leaders bring litany of needs to hearing on federal funding (Cronkite News)
VIDEO: Examining Federal Facilities in Indian Country (Indianz)
AUDIO: Examining Federal Facilities in Indian Country (SoundCloud)
NTIA Creates First Interactive Map to Help Public See the Digital Divide Across the Country

News Recap June 11, 2021

Audio: Dr. Fauci on 'Delta' COVID-19 variant
White House: COVID-19 Press Briefing Slide Presentation (June 8, 2021)
Assistant Secretary nominee Bryan Newland vows to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19 (Indianz)
Video: Nomination hearing to consider Bryan Newland to serve as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs (Indianz)
Video: Opening Statement of Bryan Newland to serve as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs (Indianz)
Audio: Nomination Hearing to consider Bryan Todd Newland to serve as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
‘It’s a great day for Mother Earth’: Indian Country welcomes demise of Keystone XL Pipeline (Indianz)
Chairman Harold Frazier: Pipelines continue to threaten our treaty territory (Indianz)
Audio: 'These pipelines harm our tribal sovereignty'
Pipeline Fighters (pipelinefighters.org)
Audio: Honor Song for Class of 2021 from Dale Old Horn, Clement Other Medicine and Robert "Corky" Old Horn

News Recap June 4, 2021

Safety for Native Women (Crushing Colonialism)
National Eagle Repository (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Native Roots Radio
‘Our sacred land and sites will remain at peace’ (Indianz)
Fireworks Fiasco: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Celebrates Court Decision (Big Fire Law)
Republican governor vows legal battle for July 4th fireworks to Mt. Rushmore (Fox News)
Supreme Court backs tribal sovereignty in law enforcement case (Indianz)
Elizabeth Reese: Court unanimously holds that Indian tribes retain the inherent power to police non-Indians (SCOTUSBlog)
Department of Commerce announces $1 billion for tribal broadband (Commerce)
‘A life changer’: Investing in broadband in Indian Country (Indianz)
Bureau of Indian Affairs hosts budget briefing for tribal leaders (Indianz)
Bureau of Indian Affairs FY2022 Budget Briefing (SoundCloud)

Andrea Smith Controversy

The Native Scholar Who Wasn’t (New York Times Magazine)

News Recap May 21, 2021

H.R.2930 - To enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and for other purposes
COVID-19 Cases by IHS Area (Indian Health Service)
Video: Robert Anderson, Nominee to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior (Indianz)
Secretary Haaland leads Interior to a more tribal friendly future (Indianz)
Office of the Solicitor - Department of the Interior
H.R.2878 - Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program Act
Audio: House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Legislative Hearing (Indianz)
Video: House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Legislative Hearing (Indianz)
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma) Weekly Chat
Operation Lady Justice: AI/AN LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit Communities Listening Session
Operation Lady Justice: Missing Persons, Ambiguous Loss, Reintegration: How it All Fits Together
Office of Tribal Relations: Tribal.Relations@usda.gov
Office of Tribal Relations - U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bunky Echohawk
Steven Paul Judd
Native Roots Radio: I'm Awake May 20, 2021
Cinda Hughes Tributes (Facebook)
Cinda Hughes Memorial Service - May 26, 2021 (Facebook)
Cinda Hughes Memorial Service - May 26, 2021 (Facebook)

News Recap May 14, 2021

Indian Health Service: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
American Rescue Plan Act: Tribal Allocation Methdology (Indianz)
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for Tribal Governments (Treasury Department)
More Indian Country bills slated for action on Capitol Hill (Indianz)
H.R.478 - Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act (congress.gov)
Gila River Indian Community Statement on Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
H.R.810 - Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail (congress.gov)
Chief Standing Bear
H.R.1688 - Native American Child Protection Act (congress.gov)
Reps. Gallego and Young Re-Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Native American Children (house.gov)
H.R.2208 - Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act (congress.gov)
Fallen Officer David W. Kellywood (White Mountain Apache Tribe Police Department)
Fallen Officer Charlie Joe Cortez (Tulalip Tribes Police Department)
Fallen Officer Michael Lee (Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety)
Fallen Officer Bryan Brown (Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department)
Indian Country Law Enforcement Memorial (bia.gov)
Indian Country cheers nomination of Muscogee Nation citizen to federal bench (Indianz)
Red Lake Nation Foods
Northland Visions

Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice in Indigenous Communities (Indianz)
House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (house.gov)
‘Shut down DAPL’: Lakota youth bring black snake to Biden’s front door (Indianz)

COVID-19 and Indian Country

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs looks at COVID-19 and tourism (Indianz)
Oversight Hearing “Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Tourism Economies One Year Later” (indian.senate.gov)
NATIVE Act: Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act (AIANTA)

Claiming Native Nation Identity

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
Award-winning filmmaker Michelle Latimer's Indigenous identity under scrutiny (CBC)
‘All I can do is speak my truth’: Filmmaker Michelle Latimer breaks her silence after Indigenous ancestry controversy (The Globe)
In my own words by Michelle Latimer

Environmental Justice Hearing

Video: Environmental Justice in Indigenous Communities (10am Eastern. May 11, 2021)
House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States: Environmental Justice in Indigenous Communities
‘Shut down DAPL’: Lakota youth bring black snake to Biden’s front door (Indianz)

MMIW News Recap and Resources

Podcast: Reconciliation Rising
Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment
Find an Indian Health Service Location
‘Everyone deserves to feel safe’: Secretary Haaland and #MMIW (Indianz)
Native community comes together to honor missing and murdered relatives (Indianz)
Riding for MMIW: Phoenix, Arizona
No more stolen sisters. We need action now!
VIDEO: Not Invisible Act and Savanna's Act
Native America Calling: The threat to Indigenous people in Canada and Mexico
Operation Lady Justice Listening Session: May 7, 2021
Native Roots Radio
Medicine Wheel Ride
Indigenizing Philanthropy (Cultural Survival)
NIWRC: Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls
Indigenous Environmental Network: #WhyWeWearRed
PDF: MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN & GIRLS (Urban Indian Health Institute)
H.R.1620 - Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021 (congress.gov)

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Tune in Saturday April 30, 2021

Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program: 6th Annual YIPAP Festival

THRIVE Act

Tribal Sovereignty: THRIVE Act (PDF)
THRIVE Act (PDF)
Dingell, Press Release: Markey Introduce THRIVE Act to Foster Bold Economic Renewal

Save Oak Flat Act

Apache Stronghold
Section 3003: Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (PDF)
San Carlos Apache Tribe cheers ‘right move’ to protect sacred site from copper mine (Indianz)
A Mining Company Blew Up A 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site. Its CEO Is Resigning (NPR)
House committee markup on Save Oak Flat Act (Indianz)
H.R.1884, Save Oak Flat Act (congress.gov)
Full Committee Markup: April 28, 2021 (House Committee on Natural Resources)
Markup of Markup on the following bills: H.R. 443, H.R. 1029, H.R. 1492, H.R. 1503, H.R. 1505, H.R. 1506, H.R. 1517, H.R. 1884, H.R. 2348 (House Committee Repository)

News Recap Clubhouse April 23, 2021

Secretary Haaland Continues Pursuit of Justice in Indian Country, Begins Implementation of ‘Not Invisible Act’ (DOI)
Indian Country nearly locked out of U.S. Supreme Court hearing (Indianz)
U.S. Supreme Court Transcript: CARES Act COVID-19 Case (Indianz)
VIDEO: Navajo Nation welcomes First Lady Dr. Jill Biden (Indianz)
AUDIO: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior (Indianz)
VIDEO: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior (Indianz)
Supervisory Criminal Investigator for Cold Case Investigations (BIA)
Supervisory Criminal Investigator for Cold Case Investigations (BIA)

UNPFII #WeAreIndigenous

20th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Cultural Survival)
Side Events: UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PDF)
Indigenous Media Caucus
Secretary Haaland leads U.S. delegation to United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Indianz)
Anne Nuorgam, Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Opening Session of the 2021 Session #UNPFII (PDF)
UNPFII Twentieth Session: 19-30 April 2021

Supreme Court CARES Act Case

Supreme CourtDay Call (PDF)
Indianz.Com Listening Room (Clubhouse)
Indian Country nearly locked out of U.S. Supreme Court hearing (Indianz)
Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes? A multimillion-dollar question (SCOTUSBlog)
Appeals court sides with tribes in COVID-19 funding dispute (Indianz)

News Recap April 16, 2021

Super Indian Comics
Super Indian Comics
Native Voices Presents: The New Adventures of Super Indian
Native Voices Presents: The New Adventures of Super Indian
The Navajo Nation Was Hit Especially Hard by COVID-19. Here’s Just One Story. (The Nib)
The Navajo Nation Was Hit Especially Hard by COVID-19. Here’s Just One Story. (The Nib)
Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine paused on the Navajo Nation in accordance with CDC and FDA recommendations (Navajo Nation OPVP)
Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine paused on the Navajo Nation in accordance with CDC and FDA recommendations (Navajo Nation OPVP)
Grassroots Organizations Working in the Areas of Missing or Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives (Operation Lady Justice)
Grassroots Organizations Working in the Areas of Missing or Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives (Operation Lady Justice)
H.R.1884 - Save Oak Flat Act (SoundCloud)
H.R.1884 - Save Oak Flat Act (SoundCloud)
Bill to permanently protect sacred Apache site up for first hearing (Indianz)
Bill to permanently protect sacred Apache site up for first hearing (Indianz)
Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Health Systems One Year Later (SoundCloud)
Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Health Systems One Year Later (SoundCloud)
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs examines COVID-19 response (Indianz)
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs examines COVID-19 response (Indianz)
H.R.1762, Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act (congress.gov)
Roll Call 111 | Bill Number: H. R. 1762 (house.gov)
Mullin Bill to Prevent Tribal Scams Passes House (house.gov)
Secretary Haaland leads U.S. delegation to United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Indianz)
Secretary Haaland leads U.S. delegation to United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Indianz)
Biden administration relaunches White House Council on Native American Affairs (Indianz)
Biden administration relaunches White House Council on Native American Affairs (Indianz)
Biden Administration Invests $4 Billion in American Rescue Plan Funding to Combat COVID-19 in Indian Country (White House)
Biden Administration Invests $4 Billion in American Rescue Plan Funding to Combat COVID-19 in Indian Country (White House)
Secretary Deb Haaland Issues a New Secretarial Order to Tackle the Climate Crisis (DOI)
Secretary Deb Haaland Issues a New Secretarial Order to Tackle the Climate Crisis (DOI)
White House Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Plan Supports Tribal Communities

Bosse v. Oklahoma Case

COMPLAINT: United States v. Shaun Bosse [PDF]
Gov. Kevin Stitt (R): McGirt is 'public safety threat'
DOCKET: Shaun Michael Bosse, Petitioner v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Respondent
'White as a sheep': A convicted Oklahoma killer's death sentence was overturned because of a landmark US Supreme Court ruling (CNN)
Statement from Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma
VIDEO: PCD-2019-124 | SHAUN MICHAEL BOSSE v. STATE
Turtle Talk: Bosse v State of Oklahoma
TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAW & CHICKASAW NATIONS (1866)
'On the far end of the Trail of Tears': Nation's highest court holds U.S. to promise in tribal treaty (Indianz)

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