Award-winning columnist journalist, professor, publisher and author John W. Fountain will serve as the keynotes speaker during the Paducah/McCracken County NAACP s annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Nov. 5.
Nez is a Democrat who will seek to unseat incumbent Republican Eli Crane, right-wing conservative, in the election in November 2024. Nez served as president of the Navajo Nation until January 10, 2023. Elected president of the Navajo Nation in 2019, Nez through his decisive and compassionate leadership led the Navajo people through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Weather permitting, millions of people in the United States will be able to witness a solar eclipse on Saturday. The eclipse that will occur on Saturday is called an “annular solar eclipse,” which happens when the moon passes in front of the sun. Eclipses evoke different beliefs among Native American tribes.
Ryan Martinez, 23, the gunman who was seen wearing a red MAGA cap shortly before shooting 42-year-old Jacob Johns (Hopi/Akimel O’odham) will be in court on Friday morning in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico for a preliminary and detention hearing. The shooting happened during a prayer vigil on September 28, 2023. Martinez is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for shooting Johns.
Two bills signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, will hold California university systems accountable for the proper repatriation of Native American human remains and other cultural items to the appropriate Native American tribes. The 1990 federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGRPRA) and its 2001 state counterpart, CalNAGPRA, require government entities, including universities, return Native American remains and artifacts be returned to appropriate tribes. The need for bills signed into law on Tuesday gained attention in June when an auditor’s report cited the CSU system’s lapses and blunders in failing to ensure the timely return of Native American remains and cultural objects.