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On Monday, a small group of Native youth walked past the Michael Jordan Building at the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. One boy yelled out “Skoden.” As he sprinted to the front of the group, his long black braid swayed across his back with each stride. When they turned the corner, they were met by a sea of Native youth who make up the largest gathering of Native youth in Nike history.
More than 2,800 Native youth from Native Nations across the country gathered at Nike World Headquarters for The National UNITY Conference. The day was filled with presentations about Indigenous design from Nike staff and general manager and visionary of Nike’s N7 programs and founder of the N7 Fund, Sam McCraken, Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine. Youth also enjoyed field activities like golf and pickleball, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, a concert by The Halluci Nation and more.
The record breaking day was made possible by the United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc., the Nike Native American Network and the Nike N7 Fund.
“We collaborated with Nike, Nike N7 and the Native American employee network, to produce a day that focuses on our Native youth and all aspects of their well being – mental, spiritual, physical, and social,” said Mary Kim Titla, executive director of UNITY. READ MORE — Underscore Native News + Report for America
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RAPID CITY, S.D. – Downtown Rapid City was alive during the last weekend of June with the return of Pride in the Park, the second annual Two-Spirit powwow and the 12th annual Native POP art market.
On Saturday and Sunday, Rapid City’s Main Street Square was engulfed in Indigenous culture as Native artists gathered to display and sell their artwork.
Artists came from all walks of life, mostly from local tribes and the Great Plains area in general.
“It started from a group of people who felt that there needed to be an art market on this side of the state,” said Raine Nez, Sicangu Lakota and the Native POP executive director. “Beforehand there was one in Sioux Falls and I don’t even know if that’s still running, so that makes it even more critical for us to keep going.”
One artist vending at the market, Tani Gordon, said she gains inspiration from her lived experience. The Sicangu Lakota painter represents her trauma, growth, self-love and resilience through her abstract colorful pieces. READ MORE — Amelia Schafer, ICT and Rapid City Journal
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The Supreme Court on Friday threw into question the future of climate and environmental regulation in the United States, scrapping a decades-old legal precedent that gave federal agencies leeway to interpret laws according to their expertise and scientific evidence. The impact of the decision to scrap the so-called Chevron deference will take years to become clear, but it could allow for far more legal challenges against regulations by agencies like the EPA and the Department of the Interior that have a huge role in the climate fight.
Federal courts have long deferred to federal agencies to interpret laws that are unclear and need further clarification. In 1984, a shorthanded Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that federal agencies have the final say on ambiguous policies, which allowed those agencies broad authority to make decisions without fear of judicial override.
In Supreme Court filings, the Biden administration said that overruling the Chevron deference would be a “convulsive shock to the legal system.”
Environmental organizations also condemned the decision. READ MORE — Grist
- ‘Monty Mania’: Brandon Montour makes history with $50M hockey deal: The Six Nations player becomes the highest-paid Indigenous hockey player ever with his seven-year deal with the Seattle Kraken
- How Native nations forced federal investment in salmon reintroduction: Work above the Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams has proven that salmon will return home, pressuring the government to uphold obligations to Upper Columbia United Tribes. With further litigation on hold, the federal government has committed more than $200 million for salmon reintroduction efforts led by Native nations
- Superintendent placed on leave following offensive comments: Rapid City Area School Board reprimanded the superintendent for comments made in the Office of Civil Rights Resolution Letter
- Tom Cole reminds subcommittee of tribal sovereignty over trust lands: The longtime Oklahoma lawmaker has legislation that ‘will correct this egregious wrongdoing, and restore the sovereign rights of all federally recognized tribes to put land into trust’
- Tribe members rejoice after fish populations return for first time since ‘historic’ dam removal: ‘It’s been a long time coming’
- Inside the art of the Indigenous prayer run
- Fundlaunched for Indigenous students in STEM following missing professor’s death in Cache County
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