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When Shawnee Red Bear-Keith, Oglala Lakota, was looking for options after high school, she settled on going into the Marine Corps.
At 17, only six days after graduating, Red Bear-Keith left for basic training. Now, she serves as the Oglala Sioux Tribe Veterans Officer, working to provide community members with a bridge to help.
To celebrate the contributions of Native veterans, Red Bear-Keith helps to organize the annual Veteran Warriors Ride along with Redrum, an Indigenous motorcycle group.
A lot of veterans are motorcyclists, Red Bear-Keith said. Including her.
“The summer of 2020 during the pandemic, I needed to take up a hobby that would allow me to be myself,” she said. “I taught myself how to ride on the back roads of Pine Ridge.” READ MORE.— Amelia Schafer, ICT + Rapid City Journal
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The Native American Journalists Association’s name is no more after members voted to change the name at the organization’s annual conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
By a membership vote of 89-55, the organization is now the Indigenous Journalists Association.
The new name and logo were announced Friday, Aug. 11, during a membership luncheon.
President Graham Lee Brewer, Cherokee, said in a press release that Indigenous journalists have been inserting themselves into newsrooms across the world “as the rightful storytellers of their own narratives.” READ MORE. — Kolby KickingWoman, ICT
The impact of the fast-moving, destructive wildfires on Maui has expanded to neighboring islands as Native Hawaiian organizations have begun raising funds to help support families that lost homes and businesses in and around Lahaina.
Closer to Lahaina, for those who have lost their homes in the unexpectedly ferocious, wind-fueled wildfires, Maui Disaster Response and Recovery Support offers a Google document to fill out for help. Anyone offering to help may fill out the form, also.
On Tuesday night, an unprecedented, relentless wildfire in the foothills of West Maui caught the 12,000 Lahaina residents off-guard, forcing many to flee as the fire ravaged homes, businesses and streets into unrecognizable swaths of destruction. READ MORE. — Renata Birkenbuel, ICT
A surge in Native fashion is ramping up runway events at Santa Fe Indian Market, with more than a dozen Indigenous designers participating this year in some of the storied market’s biggest events.
Santa Fe Indian Market has already become ground zero for the convergence of fashion design, art, artists, actors and musicians, who play off each other’s talents during the weeklong event, which attracts more than 100,000 people.
This year’s market follows a recent announcement by the Southwestern Association for American Indian Arts that a first-ever SWAIA Native Fashion Week in the U.S. will launch in Spring 2024, and on an Instagram channel at @swaianativefashion. READ MORE.— Sandra Hale Schulman, Special to ICT
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A new restaurant in Renfrew, Ontario is getting great reviews.
The Manitou Bistro is serving up traditional First Nations dishes with a twist. On the menu is buffalo poutine, wild rice tacos and bannock pizza.
According to Suzette Foucault, the owner and chef, there’s already some favorites.
“Our top three sellers is the pow wow taco, which is bannock and chili – you know, the classic that we find at the pow wows, and we have our bison burger. It’s a 50 per cent bison, 50 percent ground beef, on a nice pretzel bun with maple bacon and provolone cheese,” said Foucault. READ MORE. — APTN
- Alaska Native nonprofit launches program to support teachers: ‘You are just increasing the chances of success when a teacher and student share the same life experiences.’
- Peru’s social media phenomenon fuses Quechua and K-pop: ‘Q-pop’ was born.
- Grand Ronde agreement with state could launch litigation: The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde can now issue hunting and fishing licenses to its citizens under a historic agreement with the state, despite opposition from other tribes who object to the agreement’s inclusion of Willamette Falls.
- Mi’kmaw nation, lobster harvesters suing feds for treaty violations: Mi’kmaw has a treaty right to earn a moderate livelihood from the fishery. It’s a right that was enforced by the Supreme Court of Canada. But Canada hasn’t moved to protect those rights – or fishers from benefiting from them.
- Cooking with culture, Oyul Fusion: Two Lakota and Laotian sisters are launching a new food business to combine cultural foods and flavors.
- New 2020 Census Rules Make It Harder to Navigate Native American Data.
- NDN Collective meets with President Biden on International Day of Indigenous Peoples.
- Parody of ‘Grease’ musical by all-Indigenous cast coming to Santa Fe Playhouse.
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