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Native leaders brace for shift in energy, broadband funding after Trump victory
The Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy visits an energy project on the Moapa River Indian Reservation in Nevada. (Photo: Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy)
Federal funding that has powered unprecedented broadband and clean energy development across Indian Country faces an uncertain future following Donald Trump’s election victory this week. President-elect Trump’s full-throated promise to support fossil fuels and his pledge to stop renewable energy projects on “day one” of his …
Honoring Heritage in Uniform: Native American Soldier Granted Religious Accommodation to Grow Hair, Embrace Lakota Identity
Specialist Moses Brave Heart, a member of the South Dakota Army National Guard's 235th Military Police Company, has recently been granted a religious accommodation to grow his hair long, honoring his Oglala Sioux heritage. This decision marks a significant step in acknowledging and respecting the cultural practices of Native American service members within the U.S. military.Growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Brave Heart was deeply rooted in Lakota …
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Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel, Sr. Walks On at 107
The Navajo Nation is mourning the loss Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel, Sr., who passed away in his sleep on Saturday. Mr. Kinsel was 107.Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren expressed heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Navajo Code Talker and ordered all all flags on the Navajo Nation to be flown at half-staff from sunrise on Sunday, October 20, until sunset on Sunday, October 27.“On behalf of the entire Navajo Nation, our Navajo veterans and service men and women…
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Trail of Tears: The Tragic Death of Over 3,000 Native Americans.
Davy Crockett Opposed Indian RemovalFrontiersman Davy Crockett, whose grandparents were killed by Muscogees and Cherokees, was a scout for Andrew Jackson during the Creek War (1813-14). However, while serving as a U.S. congressman from Tennessee, Crockett broke with President Jackson over the Indian Removal Act, calling it unjust. Despite warnings that his opposition would cost him his seat in Congress, where he’d served since 1827, Crockett declared, ‘I would sooner be hone…
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