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America 250: A Republic Built on Native Land
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (433+ words) Editor's Note: This article is part of Native News Online's'America 250: A Republic Built on Native Land'initiative. 1776 " United States Declares Independence The United States declared independence from Great Britain. Native nations were not included in the new government, despite occupying and…...
Five Oklahoma Tribal Entities Awarded $1. 6 Million for Housing
16+ hour, 32+ min ago (448+ words) Five tribal entities were recently awarded $1. 6 million through the Native American Housing Initiatives (NAHI) Grants Program offered by the'Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) Topeka. The projects will be executed in partnership with'Sovereign Bank, a community bank wholly owned by the…...
WSU Athletics Signs Historic Partnership With Colville Tribes, Largest Sponsorship Deal in Program History
16+ hour, 21+ min ago (272+ words) Washington State University Athletics and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have entered into a five-year, $8. 43 million partnership that will put a Colville Tribes patch on every Cougar uniform " the largest annual sponsorship agreement in WSU Athletics history and…...
To Be Loved Is to Be Known
17+ hour, 7+ min ago (635+ words) Patriotism is defined as the love of one's country." But what is love, if not the willingness to know something fully?" To love something is not to know only its beauty, but also its wounds, contradictions, failures, capacity to harm,…...
For the World He Loved Within It
17+ hour, 3+ min ago (941+ words) Before he ever heard the guns, before men shouted orders in a language that was not his first, he remembered the voice of an elder." The elder spoke not only of war, but of what came before war." He spoke…...
Stand Tall My Hawai'i
17+ hour, 4+ min ago (253+ words) As the United States prepares to ignite the sky with fireworks for its 250th anniversary, many in the Pae "ina o Hawai"i will look at the horizon with a complex gaze'a reminder of the 133 years of colonization and regression since…...
WATCH: America250: A Republic Built on Native Land Live Stream
22+ hour, 44+ min ago (255+ words) As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, we ask a foundational question often left out of the national conversation: What does America250 mean when viewed through the lens of Native Nations whose homelands this country was built upon? Join us for…...
America 250: Native Nations and the American Revolution
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (374+ words) Editor's Note: This article is part of Native News Online's'America 250: A Republic Built on Native Land'initiative. As the United States commemorates its 250th anniversary, it is important to remember that the American Revolutionary War was not solely a struggle between Great…...
Tribe Sues Feds for Planned Mass Removal of Wild Horse Herd on Ancestral Lands
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (558+ words) A California tribe is suing the federal government to stop the removal of more than 600 wild horses from its homelands. The Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation filed a federal lawsuit today in U. S. District Court for…...
Interior Department Opens $2. 4 Million Grant Program to Boost Tribal Tourism
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (352+ words) Elyse Wild is Senior Health Editor for Native News Online, where she leads coverage of health equity issues including mental health, environmental health, maternal mortality, and the overdose crisis in Indian Country. Her award-winning journalism has appeared in The Guardian,…...