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(GRAND RONDE) Stephanie Craig, citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde, runs her own business, Kalapuya Weaving & Consulting. Besides teaching traditional basket weaving, she consults museums and galleries on basket designs and materials. That includes helping with exhibits and identifying woven pieces. She wants to see the British Museum. Not so much to explore its exhibit halls or visit its shops, but to set a few things straight with its Indigenous collection.
“I would love to go to the British Museum and look at everything that they have from Oregon and Northern California and Southern Washington because a lot of things are misidentified,” said Craig. “It’s not until you look at the actual belonging itself and doing research where you can really determine where the belonging comes from.”
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Historically, museums and galleries have taken a detached, outdated, and Eurocentric view of Indigenous peoples. Many Indigenous communities have been wary of outside scholars, due to a history of anthropologists and historians’ portrayal of them as primitive, defeated and extinct people. Over the past decade there has been a push by Native advocates and their supporters to decolonize or Indigenize museums and galleries. READ MORE — Underscore News
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Indigenous women, two-spirit and non-binary students 25 and older may apply with the grant sponsor, the Jeannette Rankin Foundation, a national leader in making higher education accessible.
A $300,000, two-year Synchrony Foundation and an anonymous donor fund the grant. The program awards up to 90 $2,500 grants. The unrestricted grant funds, awarded directly to students, can be renewed for up to five years.
“The unrestricted nature of Rankin Foundation’s grants provides the support necessary for expenses beyond tuition and books. This impact is felt through a Scholar’s entire family especially when you are a single mom with children going to school and working,” said Sherri Jeckering, VP, client oversight program leader at Synchrony.
Students who fit the above demographic, experience financial need and who pursue a technical or vocational certificate or their first associate or bachelor’s degree are eligible. Applicants must be enrolled in a tribal college, proof of tribal affiliation and Pell/SNAP eligibility.
Grant administrators advise students to start their application in mid-January, as the application takes about one month to prepare. To apply for the National Tribal College Scholar Grant program, visit rankinfoundation.org. READ MORE — Renata Birkenbuel, ICT
Awards season is officially underway after the Golden Globes were held on Jan. 7, where Lily Gladstone became the first Native woman nominated for and winner of the award for best actress in a dramatic film for their role in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Gladstone, Kainai (Blood), Amskapi Piikani (Blackfeet) and Niimiipuu (Nez Perce), has now been officially nominated for best leading actress in a motion picture in the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
This award show in particular is often looked at as a precursor to the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, for who may win the coveted golden statuette in the industry’s biggest award ceremony in March.
Gladstone is nominated along with; Annette Bening (“Nyad”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”), Margot Robbie (“Barbie”) and Emma Stone (“Poor Things”).
Stone and Gladstone are thought to be the frontrunners for the award.
The SAG awards show will be hosted on Feb. 24 and streamed live on Netflix. — ICT
Around the world: An Aboriginal woman became her Australian community’s first graduate in 36 years, First Nations University in Prince Albert is awaiting federal funding update, Nepal’s traditional healers advocate for recognition and licensing of ancient practices, Māori food gatherers receive training to reduce drowning incidents, and an NGO in Cambodia supplies books to disadvantaged children.
AUSTRALIA: Community’s first graduate in 36 years
Melissa Andrews-Wurramarrba has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first person from her remote Northern Territory community to earn a university degree in more than 30 years, the National Indigenous Times reported January 5.
Her aspiration to become a teacher inspired her to attend university in Adelaide, where she successfully realized her dream. READ MORE — Deusdedit Ruhangariyo, Special to ICT
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MINNEAPOLIS — Love it, hate it or yawn at it, Minnesota is set to get a new state flag this spring that echoes its motto of being the North Star State, replacing an old flag that brought up painful memories of conquest and displacement for Native Americans.
During the monthslong selection process, some publicly submitted designs gained cult followings on social media but didn’t make the final cut. They included: a loon – the state bird – with lasers for eyes; a photo of someone’s dog; famous paintings of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln; and an image of a rather large mosquito.
Instead, the flag design adopted in December includes a dark blue shape resembling Minnesota on the left, with a white, eight-pointed North Star on it. On the right is a light blue field that to those involved in the selection process symbolizes the abundant waters that help define the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
The new state seal features a loon amid wild rice, to replace the image of a Native American riding off into the sunset while a white settler plows his field with a rifle at the ready. The seal was a key feature of the old flag, hence the pressure for changing both. READ MORE— Associated Press
- Federal judge orders new legislative district for 2 tribes: The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe brought the lawsuit in early 2022
- Alaska Native mutual aid network tackles climate crisis:The Smokehouse Collective invests in ‘our resilience as Native peoples to persevere in our cultures despite the global impacts we are facing’
- Voting rights at center of tribal dispute with city: The Oglala Sioux Tribe, with help from the South Dakota ACLU, is seeking records related to voting rights from the City of Martin
- DeSantis and Haley to face off in final Republican debate before Iowa caucuses
- Tribal flags celebrated at South Dakota Capitol, but one leader sees more still to do
- More delays for NASA’s astronaut moonshots, with crew landing off until 2026
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