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Texas Christian University baton twirler Haylee Chiariello will help rally the underdog Horned Frogs in their championship battle with No. 1-ranked Georgia on Monday, Jan. 9.
“I am so excited,” the 23-year-old Cherokee Nation citizen from Oklahoma City said. “I am just on cloud nine. It’s the most incredible thing to see, the transformation of our team. I’m so thrilled.”
TCU, ranked No. 3 after an undefeated season, beat No. 2 Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl for a spot in the national title game in what one CBS sports writer described as “the biggest upset in college football playoff history.” TCU is now one victory away from its first national title since 1938.
The championship game between TCU and the Georgia Bulldogs will take place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. READ MORE. — Cherokee Phoenix
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2023 promises to be a monumental year for Indian Country,
The U.S. Supreme Court will issue a ruling that will uphold or weaken the authority of Indigenous nations to make foster care and adoption decisions for their youngest citizens.
The U.S. Senate could vote to establish a Truth and Healing Commission to address the legacy of abuses at boarding schools, as documented by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.
About 90 Indigenous people are starting new terms in state legislatures and in Congress, including the first Native person to serve in the U.S. Senate in 18 years.
Tribal governments will continue to invest in climate adaptation strategies.
And the first Indigenous female astronaut will return to Earth after commanding a multinational mission to the International Space Station. READ MORE. — Richard Arlin Walker, Special to ICT
A lawsuit in Washington state and another case before the U.S. Supreme Court are part of a coordinated campaign that experts say is pushing once-fringe legal theories to the nation’s highest court and represents the most serious challenge to tribal sovereignty in over 50 years.
Maverick Gaming, which operates 19 card rooms in Washington and casinos in Nevada and Colorado, is challenging a 2020 law that allows sports betting only on tribal lands. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington state, claims the law created a “discriminatory tribal gaming monopoly.”
But it goes further, arguing gaming compacts between Washington state and tribes are based on race and therefore discriminate unconstitutionally against people who run non-tribal casinos. The argument takes aim at the inherent right of tribal nations to govern themselves and at centuries of U.S. law that recognizes tribal governments’ political parity alongside their state and federal counterparts. READ MORE. — Underscore News
For many Los Angeles residents, he was a feline movie star.
For the Tongva, he was called tukuurot, and was a reflection of their displacement.
The famous mountain lion, numbered and named P-22 by the National Park Service, roamed for a decade in the small nine-acre confines of Griffith Park near downtown Los Angeles.
He survived crossing two of the busiest highways in the country — the 405 and the 101 — and lived off wildlife such as deer and coyotes. He is believed to have killed at least two Chihuahua dogs and perhaps a koala at the Los Angeles Zoo. READ MORE. — Sandra Hale Schulman, Special to ICT
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When Sydelle Harrison was just two years old, her mother made her a handcrafted jacket from Pendleton blankets. The next year, Harrison’s mother passed away. That jacket was one of the final gifts she ever received from her mother.
Years later, a new mom herself, Harrison began sewing as a hobby to keep busy. She learned through watching videos on YouTube how to create purses and jackets using Pendleton blankets, fabric and leather fringe.
Then Harrison’s father surprised her with the jacket made by her mother all those years earlier. Holding the toddler-sized garment in her hands, she felt a renewed connection with her mother. She resolved to carry on the tradition by teaching her three young daughters how to sew.
The jacket and its connection to motherhood inspired Harrison’s clothing business, Kanaine. She set out to create unique heirloom pieces that families can cherish forever. READ MORE. — Underscore News
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- California trying to find, compensate sterilization victims:California in 2021 was the third state to approve a reparations program for forced sterilizations, joining North Carolina and Virginia.
- Brazil keeps protecting Indigenous land. It’s not stopping deforestation: Even with strict regulations, protected areas are losing forest to weakened environmental policies.
- Two years later, legislators remember government insurrection: The Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol still echoes in the halls of U.S. government as Congress is at a standstill following a week of failed votes for a House speaker.
- Joe Biden signs water bills benefiting tribes: The president has approved three bills that will improve access to water for three tribes in Arizona amid an unrelenting drought.
- Native tuition waiver program is off to a promising start: 140 students took advantage of ‘life-changing’ opportunity in its first year, and next year there will be more.
- President Biden signs new laws to support Native Hawaiian language schools, programs.
- Remains of ancient, Indigenous dogs found at Jamestown, as well as proof people ate them.
- Early All-American football player was a Chippewa Indian born and raised in North Dakota.
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