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May 5 is the national day of awareness; it will now be locally recognized. The governor signed three bills in late April in an effort to confront the MMIP crisis in Montana, the governors office said in a release. The three bills provide the state and the tribes resources to follow data, raise awareness and step up interagency partnership to protect indigenous persons in Montana, the release continued. HB 35 creates the Missing Indigenous Persons Review Commission at the Montana Depart...

Schatz leads Indian Affairs oversight hearing to examine federal COVID-19 response in Native education systems American Rescue Plan played critical role in mitigating federal shortcomings that left Native students and schools exposed to severe COVID-19 impacts Author: News Release U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Yesterday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led an oversight hearing, “ Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native...

Montana leaders gather to mark signing of bills on missing, murdered indigenous people and last updated 2021-04-22 21:40:55-04 HELENA — Montana leaders gathered in Helena Thursday to mark their continued efforts to address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous people. Gov. Greg Gianforte held a ceremony for the signing of a suite of bills aimed at showing the state is committed to continuing the dialogue about how to deal with what has been called an “epidemic.” The missi...

Schatz leads Indian Affairs oversight hearing to examine COVID-19 response in Native communities Native health systems have worked hard over the past year to fight the pandemic in their communities with limited federal resources Author: (Image: United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs YouTube) Native health systems have worked hard over the past year to fight the pandemic in their communities with limited federal resources News Release U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Yesterday, ...

(Statewide, WY) – The Wyoming Arts Council is pleased to announce a new initiative: a Native Art Fellowship. For years, the Wyoming Arts Council has hosted annual fellowships for the visual, literary, and performing arts that are merit-based and juried by professionals from outside the state. Advertisement This year, the Arts Council is also offering a Native Art Fellowship. Structured similarly to the other fellowships, the Native Art Fellowship is an unrestricted $3,000 award that is open t...

Nurses Travel Hours to Vaccinate SD Native Communities Feb. 25, 2021 -- Health care workers in South Dakota are traveling thousands of miles across Native communities to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, according to ABC News. Molly Longbrake, a nurse, and her team of health care providers have administered 4,000 doses and plan to vaccinate about 12,000 people, often in places where only one hospital or a small clinic is available. Cherry Creek Clinic in South Dakota, for instance, is usually staffed ...

Israeli tech turns air into water for Native Americans Crowdfunding campaign is underway to supply four Watergen GEN-M water generating machines to Native American communities in need. Photo by Manki Kim on Unsplash Israeli technology is set to convert air into clean drinking water for Native American communities in the United States as part of a collaboration between Israeli and American enterprises. The GEN-M atmospheric water generator requires no special infrastructure except for electricit...

The statistics show that Indigenous communities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. A Wednesday dialogue with tribal leaders from the Flathead and Fort Peck Indian reservations emphasized their response — enacting stay-at-home orders, closing lands, taking school online, reinventing youth and health services, distributing federal CARES Act money, and planning their own vaccination rollouts. “Indigenous leaders have stayed ahead of the curve,” said Dr. Cora Neumann, the m...

Montana’s Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force met Tuesday, with a focus on the future of the program.

Indigenous Cacataibo of Peru threatened by land grabbing and drug trade The Santa Martha Indigenous territory is one of the nine Indigenous Cacataibo communities between Huánuco and Ucayali in Peru. Increasing numbers of outsiders are invading the territory and deforesting large swaths of Indigenous land, largely to grow coca which is used to make cocaine. Residents report they are often subject to intimidation, threats and even murder attempts if they speak out about the incursions. Already u...