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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $3 million in funding for two projects aimed at transitioning Tribal College and University campuses to clean energy. This investment will support efforts to achieve energy sovereignty by lowering operating costs, providing a foundation for clean energy curricula, and serving as examples to be […]
To commemorate October 22 as ‘Black Day’, the South Asia Center for Peace and Peoples Empowerment (SACPPE) organised a one-day event ‘Tribal Invasion: A Black Day in J-K’s History’ at Baramulla Dak Bungalow on Sunday. The program was organised on the anniversary of the Pakistani Tribal invasion of Jammu-Kashmir that happened on October 22, 1947. […]
August 24, 2023 UPDATE A new generation preserves tribal land and culture in America’s national parks The National Park Foundation, an Apple partner, funds Yosemite Ancestral Stewards and Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps work to restore a sacred black oak grove in El Capitan Meadow At the base of Yosemite National Park’s 7,573-foot-tall El Capitan lies […]
August 24, 2023 UPDATE A new generation preserves tribal land and culture in America’s national parks The National Park Foundation, an Apple partner, funds Yosemite Ancestral Stewards and Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps work to restore a sacred black oak grove in El Capitan Meadow At the base of Yosemite National Park’s 7,573-foot-tall El Capitan lies […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Chief Lynn Malerba, Treasurer of the U.S., hosted a meeting of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC) with the TTAC’s Designated Federal Officer Krishna Vallabhaneni. The seven-member committee meets regularly and advises the Secretary on significant matters impacting Native American communities. Chief Malerba provided remarks about Treasury’s efforts to strengthen its nation-to-nation relationships with […]
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University recognized and honored the nearly 60,000 members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and their history on Feb. 27 with the hanging of the Lumbee tribal flag in Plemmons Student Union. “With this formal recognition, we will have an explicit acknowledgement of the cultural heritage and presence […]
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says her agency will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under an order that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to conserve the burly animals that are an icon of the American West. Haaland was expected […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) – The Biden administration will give Native American tribes more say in managing federal and tribal lands as part of a plan that includes assistance for tribes whose land has been harmed by climate change, the White House said on Wednesday. President Joe Biden and other Cabinet officials announced the measures […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today and yesterday hosted Tribal Consultations on the Inflation Reduction Act to hear first-hand from Tribal leaders about provisions in the law that directly affect Tribal nations. More than 200 Tribal leaders and citizens attended. The consultations are part of Treasury’s ongoing work to solicit input to […]
Carol Logan, a member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Wilbur Slockish, hereditary chief of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, and Johnny Jackson, hereditary chief of the Cascade Tribe at Enola Hill, a sacred Native American site in the mountains near Mount Hood. Courtesy of the Becket Fund for Religious […]