This Friday, catch up on some of the stories we’re following from Indian Country. Tribal citizens are being encouraged to call their elected officials in Congress to ask them to protect their freedom to vote; tribes in Louisiana are evaluating the damage done by Hurricane Ida; the Delta variant’s impact continues to unfold, and mandatory mask-mandates are re-emerging, and more on this week’s News You Can Use from Indian Country.
Tribes ‘still feeling effects’ of Hurricane Ida
‘The damage in our tribal communities is overwhelming and we do not yet have a full grasp on the impacts’
The disturbing history of how conservatorships were used to exploit, swindle Native Americans
Conservatorships have been a legally sanctioned way for people in this country to control others for years
Native Americans grapple with record missing persons
As the special, weeklong NBC News series The Vanished, focusing on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, continues, Morgan Radford travels to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana to talk to one family whose 3-year-old daughter went missing four months ago and still has not been…
Covid spike reignites sovereignty debate among Native Hawaiians
The crises of Covid-19 and over-tourism have brought attention to a contentious decades-old campaign for federal recognition of a Native Hawaiian government.
Recommendations for Tribal Communities to Continue to Stay Safe from Covid-19
The National Indian Health Board released the following statement from its CEO, Stacy A. Bohlen on Friday afternoon. There has been a flurry of Covid-19 updates in recent weeks, but this one is essential. The highly contagious Delta variant continues to surge, and we must keep the Nati…
New Campaign Promotes Native Vote Protections
MISSION, S.D. — Four Directions Native Vote and Fair Fight Action, two advocacy organizations that promote election protection, have released a 30-second video that encourages tribal citizens to call their elected officials in Congress to ask them to protect Native Americans’ freedom to vote.
