by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to confirm Bryan Newland as Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior. Newland was nominated by President Joe Biden in April to serve as the highest-ranking Senate-confirmed...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse, Today, Hawai‘i Senator Brian Schatz, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led committee passage of S.989, the Native American Language Resource Center Act of 2021, and S. 1402, the Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: Dr. Loretta Christensen, who has served as chief medical officer for the Navajo Area Indian Health Service from 2017 to 2021 and chief medical officer for the Gallup Service Unit from 2014 to 2017, was appointed as chief medical officer for...
by NUNAverse | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: Last Friday, a broad coalition of Indigenous leaders in New Mexico called for the resignation of the director of a legislative agency on public education, arguing undisclosed comments made by the top official were disparaging...
by NUNAverse | Aug 4, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: The New York Times published a piece this morning highlighting the recent conflict between the Coconino County’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Council and John Gunderman, who recently asked for a zoning change to develop about 250 acres...
by NUNAverse | Aug 4, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: President Biden sought to revive the nation’s stalled push to vaccinate Americans against the surging Delta variant of COVID-19, announcing new requirements for federal workers to be vaccinated and urging local and state governments to offer...
