by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning NUNAverse: On Monday, South Dakota lawmakers tasked with redrawing the state’s political boundaries set a framework that will allow them to speed through the once-in-a-decade process on a tight schedule this year. Areas with large Native populations...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: The COVID-19 Delta variant is surging among the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Currently, there are more than 60 active COVID-19 cases, and more cases are being confirmed every day, according to Cheyenne River Sioux...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: The epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women will be examined in a special one-hour Dateline NBC program called The Secrets of Spirit Lake. NBC News’ Andrea Canning will report on how jurisdictional rules between tribal and non-tribal...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: On Monday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded its approval for the already approved emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. The vaccine continues to be available under emergency use authorization for Native youth...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: The significance of his “Remembrance Run” didn’t sink in until Ku Stevens was finishing up the two-day, 50-mile (80-kilometer) trek across the high desert to honor the memories of ancestors who were removed from their families and sent to the...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: Through Arizona Senate Bill 1803, National Code Talkers Day will now be recognized as a state holiday in the State of Arizona. The legislation was signed into law by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on Thursday in the presence of Navajo Nation Vice...