Today, catch up on some of the stories we’re following from Indian Country. The National Indian Health Board writes a letter calling for Atlanta’s baseball team to change the harmful nature of their continued use of Native-inspired imagery, leaders of all 574 federally recognized tribal nations have the chance in mid-November to address the White House on key issues, policies, and goals for Indian Country, and more in this week’s News You Can Use from all over Indian Country!

White House announces new tribal nations summit date
For two days tribal nations will gather to discuss Indian Country’s issues, policy initiatives and goals

Learn More About Native American Heritage With PBS Wisconsin - PBS Wisconsin
Every November, Americans celebrate Native American Heritage Month – recognizing the culture, accomplishments and contributions of our country’s original inhabitants....

Native American groups capitalize on record donations to confront chronic hardship
Increased attention to Native needs is bringing internet, electricity and running water to Indigenous communities, reports The New Humanitarian

National Indian Health Board Calls on the Atlanta Braves to Drop the Name and Tomahawk Chop
On Monday, the first day of Native American Heritage Month and a day before Atlanta Braves won the World Series, the National Indian Health Board wrote a letter calling for the Atlanta baseball franchise to change its name and calling for the team to acknowledge the harmful nature of the continued u…

Textbook that asked if treatment of Native Americans was ‘exaggerated’ is recalled
Hodder Education, the publisher of the textbook, said it was removing the book from sale and would conduct a review of the content.

Why do First Nations people continue to be history’s outsiders?
Western methods of preserving history have excluded Indigenous stories. How can we include Indigenous narratives and their methods of maintaining history?
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