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Future leaders learn and grow at national summit

WASHINGTON — There is a short window between being a youth leader and stepping into an elected position. This is why Native youth say it’s important to be present at the White House Tribal Nations Summit.

This is the first year that the Center for Native American Youth has brought young people but it isn’t the first time youth have been present at the summit.

Sam Schimmel, Siberian Yupik and Kenaitze, was brought to the summit by his tribe and CNAY. He is in law school at Georgetown University. He said the summit has fallen short in a few areas.

“You saw (Wednesday), tribal leaders standing up and saying, ‘You’re saying a lot of things but you’re not doing a lot.’ You’re saying, ‘We respect your treaties,’ but then not actually respecting treaties. You’re saying that, ‘We’re going to come and transition from consultation to consent,’ but you’re not doing that,” Schimmel said.

Tribal leaders met with federal officials over the two-day summit at the Interior Department. There they heard directly from President Joe Biden and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. READ MORE — Pauly Denetclaw, ICT

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WASHINGTON — Throughout Indigenous history, which is also American history, the federal government contested what department would have “control of the Indian bureau.” Was it the War department or Interior department? It depended on the situation.

White men led these bureaus and, most of the time, had hostile relationships with Indigenous leaders and nations.

Fast forward hundreds of years, more than 300 Indigenous leaders sat in one room with the highest officials in the federal government at the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit, organized by Indigenous staff at the White House and other federal agencies.

Indigenous leaders sat on panels with federal officials, such as Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, who is the first Native American to serve as cabinet secretary.

Some Indigenous leaders asked officials for a more personal engagement and expressed frustration, and others listened and learned, but many applied the networking opportunity to their nation-building visions. READ MORE — Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, ICT

Troy Lomavaya, Hopi, drove more than four hours one-way to be at the Nov. 16 game when the Phoenix Suns debuted the City Edition uniform honoring the 22 tribes in Arizona. The team was hosting the defending NBA champions, the Golden State Warriors.

Lomavaya bought the jersey the first day it went on sale. Like many Native Americans, he appreciates the effort the Suns’ organization put into making this jersey to honor the tribes.

“It means everything,” he said. “I think it’s the best looking City Jersey within the NBA, there’s no other, there’s nothing like it.” He was especially thrilled with the word “sun” printed on the jerseys in the 22 different languages. He also liked the 22 feathers in the shape of the medicine wheel that’s on the basketball court. “I think it’s great. It’s awesome.”

He bumped his way out of the team shop as people looked at the bright turquoise jerseys, t-shirts and other items that featured the 22 feather design. Sales were brisk.

Native and non-Native fans seemed to agree, the jerseys are a slam dunk. READ MORE — Patty Talahongva, ICT

WASHINGTON – More than a thousand miles from home, Oklahoma tribal leaders found themselves in Washington this week as tribes from every corner of the United States assembled in one room to hear President Biden deliver new commitments on co-stewardship of federal lands and waters, implementation of the Indian Energy Purchase, and much more.

Joseph Byrd, chairman of the Quapaw Tribe, headquartered in far northeastern Oklahoma, said the state’s own Indian Country was represented well, with tribal leaders from the east to the west of the state experiencing the summit together.

“When you’re sitting in that room, with representation of 574 tribal nations across the country. It’s… extremely powerful. I would go ahead and say it’s a synergy, not an energy but a synergy in the room, of this commitment by the Biden-Harris administration. It can’t really be depicted through video,” Byrd said. READ MORE — Gaylord News

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Ethel Aanwoogeex’ Lund, an Alaska Native leader and health care pioneer, died Nov. 11. She was 91.

Lund was known throughout Southeast Alaska and across the state for her work which spearheaded bettering health care for Alaska Native people during a period when it was difficult to obtain.

Originally from Wrangell, she found her passion for Alaska Native and health care issues, and throughout the 1970s Lund was one of the founders and later the president of SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, now known as one of the largest Native-run healthcare organizations in the country.

She also served as a member of the Sealaska board of directors, executive vice president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska, chair of the Alaska Native Health Board, vice chair of the National Indian Health Board and vice president of the Healing Hand Foundation along with numerous other achievements and service.

Lund’s work has been applauded across Juneau — and the state — throughout her decades of public service. READ MORE — Juneau Empire

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