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Cherokee Nation Seeks To Improve Internet Access For Citizens

By Allison Herrera • 18 hours ago

The Cherokee Nation is launching a new program to improve internet access for its citizens living on and off the reservation.

Chickasaw Nation Rolls Out New COVID-19 Dashboard

By Allison Herrera • Nov 30, 2020

With the number of coronavirus cases surging in Oklahoma, the Chickasaw Nation is making it easier for their citizens to stay informed with a new COVID-19 dashboard.

How The Cherokee Nation Is Battling COVID-19

By editor • Nov 29, 2020

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The Push For An Indigenous Secretary Of The Interior

By Allison Herrera • Nov 27, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden is in the process of naming several key cabinet positions, which includes the Secretary of the Interior. There's been a big push for him to name Deb Haaland, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress, to the post.

COVID-19 Surges Among Native Americans In The Great Plains

By editor • Nov 26, 2020

For many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning to grieve over ancestors lost to massacres, land grabs and European-borne illness.

Today, Native Americans are among the hardest hit by COVID-19. The Indian Health Service federal agency reported a 25% positivity rate among Native Americans in the Great Plains, which includes North and South Dakota.

Educators And Native Leaders Recommend Bringing Anti-Racism To The Thanksgiving Table

By Piper McDaniel • Nov 25, 2020

For Walter Fleming, an enrolled member of the Kickapoo tribe in Kansas, Thanksgiving will be difficult this year because so many Native Americans have died from COVID-19.

"Particularly because it's been among our elders, the grieving is gonna be that much more," Fleming said. "These are the cultural guardians."

Fleming is a professor of Native American studies at Montana State University, who observes the holiday. He says it's a chance for people to come together, feast and celebrate.

National Program To Combat Crisis Of Missing And Murdered Indigenous People Debuts In Oklahoma

By Allison Herrera • Nov 24, 2020

The U.S. Attorneys of the Northern and Eastern District of Oklahoma announced a new pilot program on Monday to combat the ongoing problem of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Oklahoma.

Rep. Haaland: Cabinet Pick 'Would Mean A Lot To Indian Country'

By Barbara Sprunt • Nov 23, 2020

As President-elect Joe Biden continues to assemble his advisers and Cabinet, one name being floated could add another historic first to his administration.

Politico reported Thursday that dozens of House Democrats sent a letter to Biden's transition team endorsing New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland for interior secretary.

Haaland, 59, is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna. In 2018, she and Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., became the first two Native American women elected to Congress.

Joy Harjo Gets Rare Third Term As U.S. Poet Laureate

By Allison Herrera • Nov 20, 2020

Muscogee (Creek) Citizen Joy Harjo has been appointed to a third term as the U.S. Poet Laureate.

First appointed as U.S. Poet Laureate in 2019, she's the second poet to serve this many terms. The first was Robert Pinsky in 1997.

'COVID Has Really Hit Our Nation': Oklahoma Tribes Reporting High COVID Cases

By Allison Herrera • Nov 19, 2020

On Monday, the Cherokee Nation hit a grim milestone in its battle against COVID-19. The Nation's ICU beds were at capacity with coronavirus patients. But the number fluctuates and they will be able to transport patients to other facilities.

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