by NUNAverse | Jun 16, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, For more than a century they were buried far from home, in a small cemetery on the grounds of the U.S. Army War College. Now they’re heading home. The Army began disinterring the remains of eight Native children who died at a...
by NUNAverse | Jun 15, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Native people prosecuted in certain tribal courts can also be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal court, which can result in longer sentences. The 6-3 ruling is in keeping with an earlier...
by NUNAverse | Jun 14, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland recently announced the launch of a new program to train Indigenous youth for jobs in conservation work on public and Native lands. The Indian Youth Service Corps program, backed by $1 million from the...
by NUNAverse | Jun 11, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, Dr. Dorene Wiese has been working in the Native community in Chicago for more than 50 years. This week, two foundations announced that they will award her $50,000 to further her efforts. Wiese, who holds a doctorate in education from...
by NUNAverse | Jun 10, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, A Connecticut town’s board of education has changed the mascots of two high schools despite a lawsuit filed in an attempt to keep the schools’ former Native nicknames. West Hartford’s Board of Education voted Tuesday night to change the...
by NUNAverse | Jun 9, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has withdrawn a controversial federal rule that threatened to kill more than 17,000 regulations and undercut health care for more than 20,000 American Indians in San Bernardino and...
