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The healing efforts of Indian Country
On this weekend edition of Indian Country Today, we hear from Native leaders who sum up COViD responses, as well as repatriation efforts in California. Plus how creativity heals in a pandemic.
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A slice of our Indigenous world
The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma is lending a hand to help with the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
A church in Oregon gives back land to the original tribal owners.
New York city Public schools will celebrate Indigenous Peoples and Christopher Columbus.
Indigenous lawmakers have made a lot happen in the first 100 days of Biden’s presidency.
A plan for tomorrow s leaders
On this weekend edition of Indian Country Today we re jam packed with incredible Indigenous people who are helping Indian Country to succeed.
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Apr 30, 2021
Peggy Flanagan, who is White Earth Ojibwe, shares some of her personal highlights while serving as Minnesota s 50th Lieutenant Governor. Ruth Buffalo of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, speaks with us about the effort to get public schools in North Dakota to teach American Indian history and the many people who helped to make it a reality. Mary Kim Titla, who is San Carlos Apache talks about her magical experience with UNITY, INC and continuing its 45 year commitment to Indigenous youth.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Wednesday to hold off on a proposed repeal of a policy that basically stops any expansion of Native American tribal governments, along with strict criteria to obtain a liquor license.
The board will now take up the issue at its May 5 meeting, based on a request by Supervisor Nora Vargas, who made the repeal proposal along with her colleague Jim Desmond.
Desmond and Vargas, in cooperation with numerous tribal leaders, also want a liaison to strengthen the relationship with each of the county’s 18 tribes.
Based on federal policy, tribal governments must secure land that they own for their reservations under a fee-to-trust (FTT) process. In turn, tribes are allowed to build housing and energy projects on the land, and also access natural resources.