by NUNAverse | Oct 25, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning NUNAverse, Last week, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed that the Quapaw Nation reservation in northeastern Oklahoma was never disestablished by Congress and has existed without abrogation since 1833. The decision was by a 4-0 vote....
by NUNAverse | Oct 22, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning NUNAverse, A school district in Southern California has placed a teacher on leave after a video posted on social media showed her wearing a fake Native headdress and mimicking Indigenous dances during a classroom lesson. The Riverside Unified School...
by NUNAverse | Oct 21, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning NUNAverse, An advisory panel recently advanced three proposals for overhauling district boundaries in New Mexico’s House of Representatives, with special deference to Native communities. Two of the endorsed redistricting maps follow competing...
by NUNAverse | Oct 20, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning NUNAverse, Charles “Chuck” F. Sams III (Cayuse and Walla Walla) is one step closer to becoming the first Native person to lead the National Park Service after Senators recently began formally considering his nomination. The Senate Committee on...
by NUNAverse | Oct 19, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning NUNAverse, Yesterday, the Supreme Court morning added two new cases involving Indian Country to its docket for this term. In Denezpi v. United States, the Justices agreed to consider whether a prosecution in the Court of Indian Offenses can...
by NUNAverse | Oct 18, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning NUNAverse, On Thursday October 14, nearly 50 people, mostly Indigenous, occupied the Department of Interior building in Washington, D.C. as part of a weeklong series of demonstrations demanding the current administration declare a climate emergency...
