Two commissioners on the Iowa City Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission, or TRC, resigned within two months, citing numerous concerns. The commissioners, Sikowis Nobiss and Marie Krebs, are the only commissioners on the TRC who identify as a part of the Indigenous community. While Krebs cited time constraints due to the unpaid role, Nobiss’.
More than 100 Iowa City residents placed nonbinary flags, flowers, and lanterns on the steps of the Old Capitol at a Friday night vigil in remembrance of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old nonbinary teenager who died just a day after a physical altercation in the bathroom of their Oklahoma high school. Benedict, a 10th grader at.
The Great Plains Action Society is visiting Quincy to talk about Indigenous issues and Indigenous Power Building at several scheduled events on December 7.
City of Iowa City news release Sikowis Nobiss, founder and executive director of the Great Plains Action Society, will discuss the erosion of Indigenous