by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: NUNA’s media clips will be going on a brief hiatus starting tomorrow, August 18. We will resume our daily media update next Monday, August 23. New legislation has been introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate that will...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: On Friday, nearly two dozen Democrats urged the Indian Health Service (IHS) director to set up a support system for Native peoples experiencing trauma as revelations emerge from the Federal Indian Boarding School Truth Initiative, a...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: On Thursday, the US Census Bureau released demographic data from the Census 2020 that shows tremendous growth in the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population from 2010 to 2020. The data released reflects that the AI/AN population,...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: Founded in 2018, Canada’s first Indigenous female-founded airline will soon be buzzing in and out of an airport on Vancouver Island. Iskwew recently announced that it will begin operating non-stop scheduled service between Qualicum Beach...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: The United States Senate on Tuesday passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes $550 billion in new spending and reauthorizes highway and water programs, among other provisions. The legislation would inject federal cash into roads,...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: Four Native Hawaiians arrested in 2019 while protesting against construction of a giant telescope on Hawaii’s highest peak were not guilty of obstructing the mountain’s access road, a judge ruled Friday. Judge M. Kanani Laubach issued her...
