For 50 years Lionel Bordeaux led and shaped Sinte Gleska University. It’s a tribal college on the Rosebud Sioux tribal lands in South Dakota. Bordeaux died earlier this month at 82. Cheryl Crazy Bull worked for Bordeaux for many years. She’s now the president and CEO of the American Indian College Fund and tell us about his legacy that includes helping create the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and the American Indian College Fund. Bordeaux was known as the, “Dean of the Tribal College movement.”
For Frank Buffalo Hyde art was first a hobby for him. He began showing his artwork at 18 years old as a hobby. Now the Onondaga visual artist is well known for his art career. He features unusual subjects such as buffalo and Native Americans. He tells us about some of his 2022 exhibitions and what’s coming up in 2023.
Kathryn Treder started her Rugby career as a student at Stanford University. There she was a stellar athlete for the Cardinal. She’s continued her career and just played in her first rugby world cup appearance in New Zealand. She also recently received a “15 Under 30” award from the U.S. Women’s Rugby Foundation.
A slice of our indigenous world
The White House Tribal Nations Summit kicks off this week. It’s one of the largest gatherings for leaders of Native nations to meet with high level officials. Dacoda McDowell Wahpekeche has the story.
Mary Peltola has won a full term in the House of Representatives. She is the first Alaska Native elected to Congress from the state of Alaska. Peltola is Yup’ik. The results of the ranked choice election in the state were announced late last week. During the campaign, she portrayed herself as a coalition builder, and emphasized a desire for more civility in politics. She says her priorities for the new term include getting costs down for working families.
The Havasupai Tribe is applauding the name change of a popular campground located in the Grand Canyon. The site has been renamed to Havasupai Gardens. The “U.S. Board on Geographic Names gave unanimous approval for the action. The old name, Indian Garden, was a painful reminder of a history of displacement. In 1928 the park service forcibly removed the last Havasupai resident from the area on the South Rim. Officials from the tribe said renaming the sacred place finally righted the wrong and called the action something that was long overdue.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved an application to put land-into-trust for the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes. It’s an historic acquisition of land and means the federal government holds the land for the benefit of the tribe which experts say is essential for self-determination. This is just the second fee-to-trust acquisition since the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971.
In India’s eastern state of Odisha, the Indigenous Adivasis people continue to follow their cultural practices in spite of a lack of support. The Adivasis follow a belief system that shares common threads with many ancient religions. India’s government does not recognize them and tribal leaders say formal recognition would help preserve their culture and history in the wake of the slow erosion of Indigenous people’s rights. One advocate says he worries about how the six recognized faiths wholly assimilate Indigenous people. Now with the election of the first Indigenous woman to serve as India’s president, many are hopeful change is on the way.
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