The U.S. Department of Interior just canceled grazing leases for hundreds of bison on federal land in Montana. Many tribes say such actions jeopardize efforts to restore the animal that is intrinsically associated with Native Americans from the Great Plains. Tune in live later at 1-2pm EST.
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#BisonRestoration #SaveTheBuffalo #TribalNations #EnvironmentalJustice #TribalSovereignty
Raquel Montoya-Lewis says law school initially felt disconnected from the community-centered storytelling she was used to, but that experience ultimately helped shape the framework she brings to her work today.
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#RaquelMontoyaLewis #NativeLeadership #NativeVoices #IndigenousExcellence #SupremeCourt
Raquel Montoya-Lewis built an impressive legal career that led her to become the first Native American to serve on the Washinton State Supreme Court. Montoya-Lewis is the Native in the Spotlight. Tune in live at 1-2pm EST.
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#RaquelMontoyaLewis #NativeLeadership #NativeVoices #IndigenousExcellence #SupremeCourt
Patty Ferguson-Bohnee says the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision weakens Native American voters’ ability to have their voices heard adequately in the political sphere.
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#NativeVote #VotingRights #SupremeCourt #NativeRepresentation
Recent court decisions weakening key protections in the Voting Rights Act, along with state efforts to redraw districts, are raising concerns among Native voting advocates about diminished political representation. Tune in live at 1-2pm EST.
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#NativeVote #VotingRights #SupremeCourt #NativeRepresentation
Dr. Victoria Sutton says much of what researchers know about the current cruise ship hantavirus outbreak has origins in a key collaboration between the Western medical establishment and traditional knowledge shared by Navajo elders during the 1993 outbreak.
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#Hantavirus #NativeHistory #NavajoNation
New infections aboard a cruise ship have thrust the hantavirus into the global spotlight. We’ll look at the history of the hantavirus and the current efforts to prevent its spread. Tune in live at 1-2pm EST.
#Hantavirus #NativeHistory #NavajoNation
Tribal business owners say rising fuel costs are taking a major toll on their bottom lines.
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#GasPrices #HighCosts #FuelCosts #NativeBusiness
The cost of fuel is a major expenditure for farmers, commercial fishermen, long-haul truckers and dozens of other businesses. The persistently high cost of gas since February’s start of the Iran War is eroding the profit margin for those businesses. Tune in live at 1-2pm EST.
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#GasPrices #HighCosts #FuelCosts
Michael Bird says the Native Urban Elder Needs Assessment Survey is a valuable tool for finding effective ways to help a population whose unique needs are often ignored.
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#NativeHealth #NativeWellness #NativeElders
The most recent Native Urban Elder Needs Assessment Survey aims to fill a void of information about the needs of Native American elders — the vast majority of whom live in cities. The survey is among the efforts to better understand and provide effective services for Native elders. Tune in live at 1-2pm EST.
(Photo credit: Illustration from the Native Urban Elder Needs Assessment Survey, courtesy the Coalition on Urban Indian Aging)
#NativeHealth #NativeWellness #NativeElders
Indigenous chefs, flavors and foods took over the popular cooking competition show, Chopped. We talked with Diné chef and Chopped winner, Justin Pioche, about the competition.
Also on today’s episode of The Menu, our regular feature on Indigenous food news, we talked about how some participants of the Native Food for Life program found health success by adopting a plant-based diet.
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