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Native News Weekly (February 11, 2024): D C Briefs

This panel highlights collaborations between USDA, researchers, and tribal governments to incorporate Indigenous Knowledge (IK) to solve challenges facing American farmers. USDA Office of Tribal Relations Director Heather Dawn Thompson will moderate the panel. Virtual registration is free and open to the public.

National Memorial in Michigan Will Tell the Story of Anishinaabe

A National Memorial in Northern Michigan is getting a $3.6 million makeover to more accurately portray the area’s Native American history. The grant, received by The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), comes from the Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Projects, a $500 million commitment to transforming the nation’s commemorative landscape to ensure collective histories are more completely and accurately represented. The Father Marquette National Memorial sits in the Straits State Park, St. Ignace.

QandA: Colleen Thurston (Choctaw), on Her New Short Film About the 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz Island

Non-profit news outlet Retro Report recently released a short film, , about the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island, which sparked a wave of Native American activism in the 1970s. Native News Online sat down with the film’s producer, Colleen Thurston (Choctaw Nation), to discuss how the occupation of Alcatraz was the beginning of the modern Indigenous rights era, what inspired her to create this film, and what she would like Native and non-Native audiences to gain from watching.

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