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Norman Mayor Breea Clark discussed COVD-19, the importance of local government and her relationship with the state’s government in a mayoral forum hosted by OUs Student Government Association Wednesday evening.

There were no new teachers in Tucson who signed the pledge on Oct. 2, according to an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project.

The Irish Consulate in New York City hosted a discussion of Irish-Native American relations in June.

Alaskans Voice Opposition to Dunleavy Administrations Proposed Changes to Water Reservations System   Tuesday PM (SitNews) Juneau, Alaska - Tribes, fishermen and Alaskans have voiced extensive concerns over the Dunleavy Administration’s efforts to unduly restrict the rights of Alaskans in holding water reservations to protect our fisheries and water-dependent ways of life. Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources proposed major changes to the state’s water rese...

Montana Democratic Party announces first Democratic Tribal Committee The first state party in the country to establish a Democratic Tribal Committee elects Maria Vega and Lance Four Star as Chair and Vice-Chair Author: Montana Democratic Party The Montana Democratic Party is now the first state party in the country to establish a Democratic Tribal Committee. At 11:30 am on February 25th, the Fort Peck Democratic Tribal committee elected Maria Vega and Lance Four Star to its leadership team.  W...

1:27 A startup called Alaska Tribal Spectrum received a $100,000 grant from the Denali Commission to register as many Alaska Native Tribes during the final months of last year’s application period. The initiative has signed up nearly 70 Tribes. “We created a website and an application process to make it very, very simple to join a consortium application and get as many people, as many Tribes to grab a hold of for this free asset before, before the window closed,” said Jim Berlin who h...

Commentary: The unique landscape of Bears Ears must be protected Members of the Mormon Environmental Stewardship Alliance support the restoration of the national monument. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Two buttes that make up the namesake for Utahs Bears Ears National Monument are shown on Dec. 28, 2016, in southeastern Utah. With Joe Bidens capture of the White House comes the likelihood that Utahs two big national monuments will be restored to their original boundaries, reopeni...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Some of the COVID-19 graphic...

Photo via College of the Redwoods. Press release from College of the Redwoods: The College of the Redwoods Basic Law Enforcement Academy Advisory Committee has released its findings. The committee, comprised of local law enforcement leadership as well as representatives from Native Tribes and Black, LGBTQ, and Latinx interest groups, was convened in November to take a comprehensive look at the Law Enforcement Academy’s curriculum in order to address potential racial bias. Some of the recommen...