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State of Colorado endorses changing the name of Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky

[Denver, Colo., March 3, 2023] —  After more than two years of advocacy efforts, the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes and the Mestaa’ėhehe coalition earned a major victory this week when Colorado Governor Jared Polis endorsed renaming Mount Evans as Mount Blue Sky to honor the tribes’ Indigenous peoples. The move

Chickasaw Cultural Center's film festival set March 11

Acclaimed First American actors, filmmakers to attend SULPHUR, Okla. – “Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher” will be in the spotlight Saturday, March 11, as the Chickasaw Cultural Center’s Holba' Pisachi' Native Film Festival returns. The Holba' Pisachi' (“Showing Pictures”) Native Film Festival provides a dynamic avenue to

Cherokee Nation Businesses recognized for financial reporting

Tribe’s business arm earns another clean year-end financial audit TULSA, Okla. – Cherokee Nation Businesses’ annual year-end audit shows the tribe’s economic engine ended fiscal year 2022 by surpassing $1 billion in revenue for the seventh consecutive year. The tribally owned company recently received another clean, or unmodified, financial

The Thunder signing Lindy Waters III to a main roster deal was a shrewd decision

Waters III was added to the main roster after Eugene Omoruyi was waived earlier this week By J.D Tailor On Tuesday afternoon, Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that Lindy Waters III has agreed a two-year deal with the Thunder and will now finally be added to the main

Native Americans seized Wounded Knee 50 years ago. Here's what 1 reporter remembers

By Rachel Treisman It's been exactly 50 years since hundreds of Native American activists seized the South Dakota town of Wounded Knee, kicking off a monthslong occupation that helped galvanize the movement for indigenous rights across the U.S. On Feb. 27, 1973, some 200 members of the

A celebration of the Cherokee cosmos through cultural concepts, creature names, stories, and reflections

Cherokee Earth Dwellers: Stories and Teachings of the Natural World by Christopher B. Teuton and Hastings Shade' SEATTLE, WA— Ayetli gadogv—to "stand in the middle"—is at the heart of a Cherokee perspective of the natural world. From this stance, Cherokee Earth Dwellers offers a rich

Comanche Cache Casino Appoints New General Manager

Longstanding team member Shandi Tahhahwah selected to operate gaming property LAWTON, Okla., (March. 1, 2023) – Comanche Cache Casino has announced the appointment of longtime team member Shandi Tahhahwah, who is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation and has spent the entirety of her 15-year career with Comanche Nation Entertainment,
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