The Phoenix Indian Center is offering support to urban Native families to help build community and promote healthy choices. Kennedy Slowtalker-Begay is the manager of its Prevention Program.
Virginia is home to seven federally recognized tribes and 11 state recognized tribes. A new position at the University of Virginia is hoping to create a more straightforward path for Native students to attend UVA. In late July, the University announced it hired Kody Grant as its first tribal liaison.
Native Vote Washington is on a mission to get Indigenous people to run for office and to support those candidates by getting out the vote. Kady Titus is the senior manager at Native Vote Washington.
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs has recognized the Gila River Indian Community’s participation in its Tribal Representation Expansion program. That makes Gila River only the second tribe to earn this status, beside the Navajo Nation. Gila River veterans can now get help with benefits and pension claims.
The California-based automaker Tesla is opening up showrooms on tribal lands to sell electric vehicles directly to consumers. The Mohegan Sun will open a showroom with a sales and delivery center in Connecticut.
The Pala Band of Mission Indians made history there last month when it signed the first emergency services mutual aid agreement with the state. Kitty Alvarado from KPBS in San Diego was there.
A decorated Indian cowboy has died. Shoshone-Bannock citizen Jack Edmo died on July 23 in Billings. In the 1970s, he had a storied career as a cowboy winning over 170 belt buckles. He was a founder of the Rocky Mountain Indian Rodeo Association and helped organize the Indian National Finals Rodeo.
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