Ruth-Ann Thorne, a citizen of the Rincon Band of Luiseño/ Payómkawichum Indians in Southern California, owns several art galleries and now, a steadily growing beauty business. Thorne brand, N8iv Beauty, is the first skincare brand created by a Native woman and the first to be infused with acorn oil sourced from Tribal land. The brand utilizes traditional plant medicine in its skincare line and aims to propel Indigenous practices and knowledge to the forefront of the global beauty industry.
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MSU Indigenous community members celebrate Orange Shirt Day, honor boarding school victims statenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from statenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As students are preparing to head back to school, teachers have been preparing their classrooms for the upcoming year by decorating, supplying, and writing lesson plans. For Native teachers, the upcoming school year is nerve-wracking as they struggle to collect resources for their students. Resources are scarce–-and in Oklahoma, already stretched-thin school resources are being funneled into a new Catholic charter school.
DeadCenter Film, Oklahoma’s largest and only Oscar-qualifying film festival in the state, announced last week that its current Features Programmer, Sunrise Tippeconnie (Navajo and Comanche), will take over the role as Director of Programming starting Aug. 1.