Read about how different tribes distributed CARES Act funding across their communities, learn about a new $1.6 million grant to preserve Indigenous oral history, a youth group taking a stand on the Dakota Access Pipeline, and more in this week’s News You Can Use!
New relief bill includes $20B for tribes
‘Tribal advocates, tribal leaders have done a tremendous job of conveying the priorities that ongoing need for relief in Indian Country given the disproportionate impacts in our communities’
How tribes spent COVID relief funds
‘That’s one of the biggest goals of why people get involved with our tribe, is to help our people’
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$1.6 Million Grant Will Support Digitization of Native American Oral Histories
The newly announced funding will help universities make decades-old interviews widely available
Social media helps Native Americans preserve cultural traditions during pandemic
With the pandemic isolating elders and community leaders, Native Americans across the country are harnessing the power of the internet to share traditions like dancing and sheep shearing.
Standing Rock Youth Run 93 Miles to Pressure Biden to End Dakota Access Pipeline
CANNONBALL, N.D. — On Tuesday, several dozen youth from Standing Rock and Cheyenne River ran 93 miles from Timber Lake, S.D. to Cannonball River, N.D., adjacent to the Oceti Sakowin camp location just beyond the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, in sub-zero temperature to continue to pressure Presid…
