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WEBNative Vote 2024. Naeva (formerly known as Native American Voters Alliance), the League of Women Voters of the United States, and Black Voters Matter moved today to intervene on behalf of voters in a lawsuit before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, America First Policy Institute v.
Whose Land Are You On? This App Will Show You Which …
WEBMar 26, 2021 · Native Land’s world map allows users to input their address and see the Native territories, languages and treaties pre-dating colonization in the area they reside. “For Native Land Digital, what we are mapping is more than just a flat picture. The land itself is sacred, and it is not easy to draw lines that divide it up into chunks that ...
2020 U.S. Census Data Shows American Indian and Alaska Native ...
WEBAug 12, 2021 · WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the US Census Bureau released demographic data from the Census 2020 that shows tremendous growth in the American Indian and Alaska Native population from 2010 to 2020.
Catching Up With Ricardo Caté: A Native American Cartoonist in …
WEBAug 12, 2020 · SANDOVAL COUNTY, N.M. –– “Face mask or face fine!” Ricardo Caté, creator of the Santa Fe New Mexican’s daily “Without Reservations” comic, painted this simple warning, as well as the mask and war-bonnet-clad cartoon Chief delivering it, on the window of his truck.
Joe Biden Adds Several Native Americans to Administration
WEBJan 26, 2021 · In his first week in office, President Joe Biden appointed three Indigenous members to his roster, including attorneys Robert Anderson (Boise Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe) and Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska) to the Interior Department, and Wahleah Johns (Navajo) to head the U.S. Office of Indian Energy Programs and Policy.
Native New York: Dispelling the Myth of the Sale of Manhattan
WEBDecember 08, 2021. NEW YORK — In 2012, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) staff asked its historian Gabrielle Tayac — a member of the Piscataway Nation born and raised in downtown Manhattan—to curate its upcoming exhibit on Native New York. “Yeah,” she said, recounting her response to Native News Online.
Class Action Settlement Brings $59 Million to Descendents of the ...
WEBJun 18, 2021 · WASHINGTON — A $59 million settlement in Peltier v.Haaland, a class action lawsuit alleging trust fund mismanagement and failure to account by the Department of the Interior, will go to four tribes located in the Midwest and Northwest United States and more than 39,000 beneficiaries.. On June 10, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia finalized the settlement, which ...
History of Native American Voting Rights | Currents
WEBNov 8, 2022 · Nearly a century after Native Americans were granted U.S. citizenship, the fight for Native voting rights rages on. On June 21, 1788, the day the Constitution was ratified and became the foundation for the government of the United States, Native Americans — people who have stewarded land here since time immemorial — were explicitly denied citizenship and were considered “subjects” of ...
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 and Its Legacy for Native …
WEBJun 5, 2024 · One hundred years ago this month, the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, also known as the Snyder Act, granted citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. President Calvin Coolidge signed the act into law on June 2, 1924, the legislation was the culmination of decades of efforts by both Native American advocates and progressive reformers to secure ...
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WEBFollowing the release of the U.S. Department of the Interior's final report, we at Native News Online took a moment to reflect on our extensive three-year effort to highlight the traumatic legacy of Indian boarding schools.
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