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Late last month, the Department of Labor awarded $75 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds for On-the-Job Training, National Emergency Grants, and three federally recognized tribes were among more than 40 states that received awards. The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma received $850,357; the Orutsararmiut Native Council in Alaska received $286,387; and [...]
Native American Entertainment Network (NAE Network) announced on March 11 the launch of its Web site, which offers free video content that features Native stories and news. The site’s content is targeted to both Native and non-Native audiences, NAE Network said in a press release. Video categories include: news, government, sports, health and wellness, lifestyle, [...]
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) – Eleanor “Ellie” Hamilton Povah grew up in the 1920s and ‘30s spending every summer in Yellowstone National Park, and remembers watching her father trade with American Indians for beautiful baskets and beadwork in the family’s Hamilton Stores. “They used to come into the park, driving,” Povah recalled. Indians would bring beadwork, [...]
The U.S. government has settled a long-running lawsuit over royalties owed to American Indians. The Interior Department will distribute $1.4 billion to more than 300,000 tribe members to compensate them for historical accounting claims, and to resolve future claims. The department also will spend $2 billion to buy back and consolidate tribal land lost by [...]
First Nations Development Institute, located in Longmont, CO, is launching the fourth year of its Leadership and Entrepreneurial Apprenticeship Development (LEAD) program. The LEAD program’s overall goal is to develop a pool of qualified nonprofit leaders to meet the needs of the growing Native American nonprofit sector. This innovative program is an intensive one-year program [...]
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