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Rainbow palettes in colors of the sunset and sky come together with a pop of contemporary art in the vibrant Indigenous-owned cosmetics company, Prados Beauty, a growing enterprise that is drawing national recognition.
The New Mexico-based brand has been selected to appear in more than 600 JCPenney stores across the United States by the end of 2023, and the national retailer has dubbed owner Cece Meadows, Xicana, Yaqui and Comanche, a “beauty entrepreneur.”
Prados is currently the #1 selling beauty brand in the chain’s color category. The word “prados” means meadows in Portuguese.
Its products were also featured in several fashion shows during Santa Fe’s Indian Market this year, and the company has hosted several pop-ups across the country. READ MORE. — Sandra Hale Schulman, Special to ICT
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Jessica Intermill knew it was time to take action.
And so the Minneapolis attorney signed up for a 2021 webinar hosted by the Native Governance Center, a nonprofit that seeks to strengthen tribal sovereignty. During the presentation, titled “Beyond Land Acknowledgement,” Lower Sioux Indian Community President Robert Larsen talked about his tribe’s efforts to regain ancestral homelands in Minnesota.
A few days later, Intermill – who has spent 15 years practicing federal Indian law – contacted Larsen to pitch an idea: a voluntary tax that would benefit his tribe.
Two years later, the Mni Sota Makoce Honor Tax was launched. READ MORE. — Kevin Abourezk, ICT
Seven years ago, a Google search sparked an idea in Genevieve Skidmore’s mind. Her desire to help homeless children through Native American ministry led to the creation of the Oglala-based NAOMI House.
Skidmore, an Oglala Sioux Tribe citizen, didn’t always know what her calling was. As an adult, she moved to Arizona, where she said she felt drawn to ministry. This is how she found a little House in the Navajo Nation, a shelter for Indigenous children called the Native American Outreach Ministries (NAOMI) House.
Growing up, Skidmore experienced many of the same struggles that Indigenous youth face every day.
Youth ages 10-19 account for the highest percentage of Pine Ridge’s population at 21 percent, followed by 0-9 year-olds at 20 percent. Of those under 18, 55 percent live below the poverty line, more than four times the U.S. average of 12.6 percent. READ MORE. — Amelia Schafer, ICT + Rapid City Journal
What does a healthy economy look like? That depends who you ask. An economist might point to charts and data about where jobs are or how money is being spent. A politician would have a different answer, pointing to a program that’s designed to improve lives … or cut taxes for others.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences took a different approach. The Commission on Reimagining the Economy asked, what if the economy was measured, and considered, based on how people are doing?
“An economy should be judged not only on its efficiency and productivity but on its ability to improve people’s well-being,” said the commission’s report, Advancing a People-First Economy. “A lack of economic security and opportunity fosters distrust of the political and economic system, a distrust that threatens the nation’s social fabric, its institutions, and the ability of those institutions to provide security and opportunity for Americans.” READ MORE. — Mark Trahant, ICT
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Salish Kootenai College in Montana boasts a graduation rate of 64 percent – the highest of all 35 accredited tribal colleges nationwide. But it comes at an ongoing price of vigilance and boots-on-the ground teamwork.
Easy to talk about – teamwork – but harder to fulfill in the real world of struggling, diverse college students whose lives are complex.
“There are so many people that contributed to the work that went into this effort,” said SKC President Sandra Boham, Confederated Salish and Kootenai. “It was a big job and we had to stop and think about everything that we do to support students here and get them to graduation.” READ MORE. — Renata Birkenbuel, ICT
- Muscogee (Creek) Nation sues Tulsa over traffic offenses: The tribe says Tulsa can’t prosecute Native Americans over incidents within reservation boundaries.
- Cherokee artist fuses culture, art to educate: Cherokee National Treasure Harry Oosahwee learned from mother about how Cherokees utilized clay and drawing Native-inspired sketches.
- Report: land theft, colonization amplify climate crisis for Natives: The report concludes that Indigenous self-determination is a key climate solution — if the federal government can get behind it.
- Fossil fuel interests a murky presence at climate talks: Nearly 400 people connected to fossil fuel industries attended last year’s United Nations climate talks in Egypt, AP analysis finds.
- Osages offer mixed reviews of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: Some credit director Martin Scorsese for working with tribe in making the movie. Others criticize him for not telling the story from a Native perspective.
- He Opened a Pizza Restaurant to Serve the Native American Community. It Was So Successful He’s Opening 20 More.
- Climate change report highlights impacts to Alaska infrastructure, security, health, livelihoods.
- Native American history that goes beyond tragedy.
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