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Senate vote pending; $8 billion for tribes, $2 billion for agencies
Via: Kavika • Anishinaabe - The First People • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
The Senate and White House reached an agreement on the bailout funds for America, the largest in history. The $2 trillion relief package includes $8 billion for tribal governments and $2 billion for emergency supplemental funding for federal Indian programs. The Senate vote on the agreement is...
Beyond a statistic: When the virus hits home
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Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan: Someone feeling well could still be carrying the virus … “then you walk past the next Ron, my big brother, in public'Sad news posted on social media Sunday night when Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, White Earth, announced on Instagram that she had lost her brother to...
Native American tribe takes trailblazing steps to fight Covid-19 outbreak
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The Lummi Nation, a sovereign Native American tribe in the pacific north-west, will soon open a pioneering field hospital to treat coronavirus patients, as part of a wave of strong public health measures which have gone further than many governments. Tribal leaders have been preparing for...
Iditarod mushes on; fans being urged to skip finish in Nome - Coronavirus affecting the ''Last Great Race on Earth''
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — As Iditarod mushers drove their dog teams across Alaska on Saturday, race officials scrambled to make last-minute changes prompted by concerns over the new coronavirus, including asking fans not to fly to Nome for the finish. Officials late Friday night urged race fans,...
A changing story ... presidential response to coronavirus pandemic - Arc of Donald Trump's coronavirus comments defies reality
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In the course of a few weeks, President Donald Trump veered from confidently assuring Americans his administration had the coronavirus outbreak "very well under control" to declaring a national emergency and tweeting all-caps caution about the pandemic that has upended every...
Coronavirus should end the myth of 'American exceptionalism'
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans normally hear from President Donald Trump when he is opining on Twitter, riffing from a rally stage or otherwise improvising. This past week was different as he sat in the Oval Office with a script laid out for him to read on a matter grave enough for a prime-time...
Ancient Maya kingdom unearthed in a backyard in Mexico
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Associate professor of anthropology Charles Golden and his colleagues have found the long-lost capital of an ancient Maya kingdom in the backyard of a Mexican cattle rancher. Golden, in collaboration with Brown University bioarchaeologist Andrew Scherer and a team of researchers from Mexico,...
Cherokee among servicemen killed in Iraq rocket attack
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IRAQ – Cherokee Nation citizen Marshal D. Roberts was one of two American soldiers killed March 11 in a rocket attack in Iraq, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, which released his name March 12.Roberts, 28, of Owasso, was a staff sergeant in the Oklahoma Air National Guard assigned to...
Savanna’s Act and Not Invisible Act pass Senate
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Legislation addressing the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women gets unanimous approvalU.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, applauded the unanimous passage of two bills — directed to addressing the crisis of missing and...