Indigenous news outlets, nonprofits drive deeper coverage

By Katie Oyan PHOENIX (AP) — Kiowa tribal member Tristan Ahtone remembers just getting started in journalism over a decade ago and pitching ideas on…

Dictionary.com anoints allyship word of the year for 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Allyship, an old noun made new again, is Dictionary.com’s word of the year. The look up site with 70 million monthly…

Indigenous gamers advocate for representation and education

(RNS) — Marlon Weekusk, a member of the Onion Lake Cree Nation from Saskatoon, in central Canada, is known by his icon: a howling white…

Governor apologizes for Nevada’s role in Indigenous schools

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) —When it was time for Winona James to return to school, her family hid her in brush near their home in…

Manitoba premier says Orange Shirt Day may become a provincial statutory holiday

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is considering whether to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation _ also known as Orange Shirt Day _…

Penobscots don’t want ancestors’ scalping to be whitewashed

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Most Americans know about atrocities endured by Native Americans after the arrival of European settlers: wars, disease, stolen land. But they…

Indigenous papal visit postponed to 2022 over concerns about Omicron COVID 19 variant

OTTAWA — Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors will not travel to the Vatican as planned this month to meet with Pope Francis because of…

No evidence Liberals knew appeal over residential school payments was dropped: Miller

OTTAWA — Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says the federal government will soon release some of the residential school records it’s been criticized for withholding to…

New retrospective explores the 50 year career of First Nations artist Robert Houle

TORONTO — The half-century long career of renowned Saulteaux and Anishinaabe artist Robert Houle is the focus of a new major retrospective at the Art…

Native American confirmed as head of National Park Service

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Charles “Chuck” Sams III as National Park Service director, which will make…

Opioid deaths doubled among First Nations people in Ontario amid pandemic: report

The number of First Nations people who died from opioid-related deaths in Ontario more than doubled during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s…

At Alcatraz Island, Haaland highlights Indigenous progress

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Saturday said progress has been made by Indigenous people during a visit to Alcatraz Island,…

AFN urges B.C. to respond to First Nations impacted by floods and landslides

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has called for the Government of Canada to send emergency funding directly to the First Nations Emergency Services Society…

Native American confirmed as head of National Park Service

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Charles “Chuck” Sams III as National Park Service director, which will make…

COVID 19 vaccine for children to arrive in Manitoba First Nations this week

WINNIPEG — A group in charge of overseeing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for Manitoba First Nations says shipments of a pediatric vaccine will go out…