Page 37 - Affiliated Tribes News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Native tribes need Biden’s bold plan to fix infrastructure The American Jobs Plan wouldn’t just fix roads and bridges. It would make vital investments in tribal nations, and in the future of the entire country. by In this photo taken Oct. 20, 2014, Mike Huff, left, director of the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek Hatchery, in Poulsbo, Wash., watches as salmon are transferred from a large net to a smaller holding net. The fish were used in an experiment where researchers placed live salmon in three tanks of water - unfiltered highway runoff, filtered highway runoff, and clear well water....

Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living is releasing $1.4 billion in funding from the American Rescue Plan for Older Americans Act programs, including programs to support vaccine outreach and coordination, address social isolation, provide family caregiver support, and offer nutrition support. It will also fund justice programs to ensure the safety and protection of older adults. The funding will be distributed as follows: $750 million for meals for older adults. With this funding for Older Americans Act nutrition programs, states will be ...

Tribes step in to fill a financial gap in Eastern Oregon Posted Apr 30, 6:40 AM Dave Tovey (left), Nixyaawii Community Financial Services chief operating officer, chief financial officer Becky Cain, and business development counselor Raven Manta in the institution’s new offices near the Wildhorse Resort & Casino. The community development financial institution serves the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. (Photo credit: Wil Phinney) Facebook Share By Wil Phinney, Underscore News When Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation leaders realized many members ...

The economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 outbreak has hit Indian Country particularly hard. Entrepreneurs are turning to small, local lending institutions in a region that’s often outside the reach of traditional banks.

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 Discovery is the institutional pillar and origin of systemic racism and the global oppression of In...