Tuesday Evening Reznews
Tuesday Evening Reznews February 21, 2012
U.S. Government & Political Briefs & Summary’s
HUD ANNOUNCES $108 MILLION IN INDIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS RealEstateRama (press release) These efforts are part of a broader commitment to ensure Native American communities can build their economies in response to their needs and as they see fit.” Eligible activities for the funds include housing development, assistance…
Port Gamble S’Klallam receives $900000 grant for affordable housing Kingston Community News LITTLE BOSTON — The US Department of Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday announced $892230 in Indian Housing Block Grant funds to the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe to support its efforts to meet the Tribe’s affordable housing….
Redistricting pushes Bachmann to 4th District Forest Lake Times The 8th continues to be home to a number of Native American tribes, including the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in the southern district. In the 7th District, on the state’s western side and which was about 37000 underpopulated, the court pulled…
IHS & Indian Community Health Briefs & Summary’s
Talk to The Learning Network: How Do You and Your Students Use Our Blog? New York Times (blog) By HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO and KATHERINE SCHULTEN Some of our most recent resources include lesson plans on teenage dating violence prevention, the Native American community and becoming more physically active…
New Mexico proposes to overhaul Medicaid program KOB.com The administration proposes to automatically enroll Native Americans into Medicaid’s managed care system for those who are eligible for the program. Currently, Medicaid-eligible members of New Mexico’s tribes and pueblos have the option….
Dean announced for Kirksville dental school KTVO Dr. Halliday, Rear Admiral in the US Public Health Service (USPHS), is the Assistant Surgeon General and Chief of Staff to the Surgeon General of the United States. His previous experience includes director and chief dental officer of the Indian Health…
Conference discusses racial health disparities Madison Commons The African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American Pre-Health Society (AHANA) hosted their first conference discussing these health disparities on Saturday at Union South on UW-Madison campus. Over 300 undergraduates, graduate students…
Culture & Traditional Briefs & Summary’s
Community garden idea takes root Payson Roundup Anther study found that a one-acre vegetable garden on an American Indian reservation produced 6000 pounds of fresh produce in a year, which was distributed primarily amongst tribal elders. “With high unemployment rates, increasing food insecurity…
Education & History Briefs & Summary’s
Digital Learning: A Game Changer for American Indian Students Tucson Citizen 21, 2012, under Sonoran Alliance By Jonathan Butcher American Indian students are more likely to live in poverty and face unemployment later in life. These children carry the burdens of geographic isolation and multi-generational poverty…
About the American Indian College Fund Virtual Press Office (press release) With its credo “Educating the Mind and Spirit,” the American Indian College Fund is the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships for American Indian students, providing an average of 6000 scholarships annually for students seeking…
Business & Gaming Briefs & Summary’s
Jemez Pueblo Submits Application Again For Casino WSLS By: | AP LAS CRUCES, NM (AP) The Jemez Pueblo and its partner are hoping their third attempt at applying for an off-reservation casino with the US Interior Department is a go…
Museum & Exhibit Briefs & Summary’s
Native Voices at Autry Offers Two Plays in Repertory with Robert Owens-Greygrass Westside Today … through the “ghostlands”—on and off the streets of contemporary “America.” Native Voices at the Autry, a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), is made possible in part by grants and support from the Department of Cultural…
Nedra Matteucci Galleries Santa Fe Announces Schedule of Exhibitions for 2012 DigitalJournal.com (press release) Michael Naranjo-Inner Vision, from September 15 – October 13, 2012, will feature a collection of limited edition bronzes produced from 1970 through 2010 by Native American artist, Michael Naranjo. Created without the use of his sight….
Exhibition spotlights a unique development in native American art history with … Art Daily A new movement of Native American painting emerged in the Pueblo communities of the southwestern United States in the early 20th century. Encouraged by anthropologists and teachers to record past and current scenes of their daily life on paper…
Court & Legal Briefs & Summary’s
Delaware law enforcement officials, victim advocates urge … The Republic Law enforcement officials and advocates for victims of domestic violence told … to prosecute both Indian and non-Indians charged with domestic….
State bill would allow tribes federal jurisdiction in civil, criminal matters Kingston Community News Robert T. Anderson, professor of law and director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington, wrote a paper that was used in the workgroup session. Anderson wrote that states generally have jurisdiction over Indians “outside….
lawmakers try to resuscitate Meditech project SouthCoastToday.com By MATT MURPHY SouthCoast lawmakers are trying a different tactic to jumpstart a stalled development in Freetown, pushing new legislation to allow the medical software company Meditech to expand on historical Native American land….
State Appeals Court: Ojibwe mother may seek to regain custody of son Minneapolis Star Tribune A Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe mother with a history of substance abuse may petition to regain custody of her son, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. The court cited the high threshold of the Indian Child Welfare Act in reversing….
Critics see US apathy on Indian crimes Minneapolis Star Tribune Indian reservations have for years grappled with chronic rates of crime higher than all but a handful of the most violent US cities. But the Justice Department, which is responsible for prosecuting most violent crimes on reservations, files charges…
People in the News Briefs & Summary’s
Celebrating Language Warriors Huffington Post (blog) Meg Noori, a Native American linguist from Minnesota, delights in broadcasting her ancestral tongue, Anishinaabemowin (also called Ojibwe), in any available medium. She texts it, posts on social media, writes poetry, and sings it to anyone who…
Assorted News Briefs & Summary’s
Indian artifacts hold up transportation building WFXL FOX 31 It would come out of the stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. They’re looking at the three acre plot of land that is currently a parking lot behind the Judicial Building and the fire department along Roosevelt….
Fullersburg Woods puts on sweet program The Doings Oak Brook According to Bertram, the process of gathering tree sap began when Native Americans began cutting into the trees of the Great Lakes region hundreds of years ago during the season of “Sinzibukwud.” “Native Americans looked for this time….
US Women’s Boxing Olympic Trials Day 6 — The Kalispel Tribe Huffington Post “There was only one phone line for the whole tribe,” recalls Albert Thomas, who drove me out for a visit to the reservation. “The well water was orange. You could make green Kool-Aid and it would still be orange.” Facing bankruptcy, the elders made…
Events & Activity Briefs & Summary’s
Cherokee Phoenix celebrates 184 years Cherokee Phoenix Also, Boudinot, his brother Stand Watie, John Ridge and Elijah Hicks, all leaders in the tribe at that time, raised money to start the newspaper. In 1829, the newspaper name was amended to include the Indian Advocate at the request of Boudinot….
New online source for Native news unveiled KAJ18 Kalispell Montana News The website does the work for the readers as an aggregator combs through hundreds of mainstream media and tribal news websites daily to find the stories relevant to Native America. The headlines are listed on Buffalo’s Fire with a link to the….
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