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In 2016 the Vatican, recognizing the need to understand Indigenous religious protocols, invited Indigenous spiritual leaders from around the world to Rome. On May 4, eleven leaders met outside of Rome to prepare for their visit with Pope Francis. JoDe Goudy, as chairman and a longhouse spiritual leader of the Yakama Nation, began with a song and prayer to honor his peers and the occasion. Each leader followed with a similar honoring and mission: revoke the Doctrine of Discovery. The Doctrine of...

Tribal nations ramp up, reflect on language preservation efforts after American Rescue Plan allocation Nancy Marie Spears - Gaylord News Justin Neely, director of language for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, grew up among elders who told him that if the Potawatomi language is lost, so are the Potawatomi people. Now, the tribal elders who speak those Native American languages are dying from COVID-19 and COVID-complications at much higher rates than white populations. Neely compared the death of a...

Mobile dining room, Gladys Knight, virtual dance marathon: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama © Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Actress Julie Andrews sent a personal letter to Prattville Christian Academy theater students after the death of their director Joey B. Fine. Prattville: Mary Poppins is well-known for swooping in unexpectedly to lift the spirits of young people in need – just what the woman who played her in 1964...

The December 31, 2020 Livingston County News article, “Horseshoe Solar Removes Acreage to Protect ‘Culturally Significant’ Sites,” made extensive use of a Horseshoe Solar Energy LLC. (HSS) news release and

MAHNOMEN, Minn. (AP) — The only Minnesota county located entirely within the borders of...

Mahnomen Countys vaccination rate is one of the best in the state. Written By: Dan Gunderson / MPR News | 12:00 pm, Feb. 20, 2021 × White Earth Tribal Chair Michael Fairbanks is given a coronavirus vaccine by Sarah Snetsinger, a registered nurse with the White Earth Home Health Department. (Courtesy Anishinaabeg Today) MOORHEAD, Minn. — Ever since Minnesota began distributing coronavirus vaccines to the public, Mahnomen County in northwestern Minnesota has consistently run ahead of...

Gerald Torres, professor of Environmental Justice at the Yale School of the Environment, weighs in on the nomination of New Mexico Representative Deb Haaland to be the next Department of the Interior Secretary.

Bash Doran, Larissa FastHorse, Robert OHara, and Alan Poul Join Playwrights Horizons Board They come to their new roles as the institution begins its 50th anniversary year (2020-21).by BWW News Desk Playwrights Horizons today announced that four wide-ranging and award-winning artists have joined its Board of Directors: Helen Merrill Playwriting Award-winning playwright, TV scriptwriter, and producer Bash Doran (Kin at Playwrights Horizons, The Mystery of Love & Sex); 2020 MacArthur Fellowship-...

$33 trillion. >> you are saving us money, right? >> single-payer system saves money. >> sarah smith running for congress and washington state takes on 11 term incumbent democrat adam smith in the primary next week. jillian: elizabeth warren would not be allowed in the newly proposed autonomous native nation in california according to the cofounder of the plan. >> he was a before and, unless the native people of the area said she is welcome. >> he is a native person. >> doesnt matter what she sai...