PROGRESS: Economic conditions on the Winnebago Reservation have shown marked improvements over the last three decades, according to a report released in December.
A Native American advocacy group is making a big push to get out the Indigenous vote in this year s elections. It is hiring field organizers across the state and turning to technology. Western Native Voice calls its initiative "No Vote Left Behind in 2024." The group is hiring 14 part-time organizers, on reservations and in urban areas. .
By Rico Moore for Yes! Magazine.Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for Washington News Service reporting for the Yes! Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration The Kettle Mountain Range runs north-south along the eastern flank of the Colville Reservation and north into the Tribes’ ancestral territory in Colville National Forest. .
(Winnebago) A new study calls the economic and social changes brought about by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska over the past three decades "a story of numerous achievements."
A new program from the Montana Legal Services Association is boosting legal assistance to people living on the state s tribal land. The Tribal Advocate Incubator Project gives lay people the skills they need to help Montana s underserved Indigenous population. Right now, many of Montana s Indigenous people lack legal services or the money they need to pay for them. .