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News Source: Indian Country Today

Photo by Darsha Dodge, Rapid City Journal

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day 2024

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a way to reflect as a country how we have treated Indigenous Peoples and strive for a better future. Celebrate Indigenous resilience and strength with events near you!

Oregon language institute celebrates 25 years

From Indian Country Today (by McKayla Lee) – 2022 marks the 25th year of the Northwest Indian Language Institute and its work to revitalize the Pacific Northwest’s endangered Native Languages.

New Indigenous children’s series brings language to life

From Indian Country Today (by Miles Morrisseau) – With his ‘Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak’ series of books, Rocky Cree author William Dumas hopes to keep his peoples’ language and stories alive.
Side profile of a woman in a feathered hat and a red blanket.
Still of Ammin Acha-ur in The Headhunter's Daughter, winner of the Short Film Grand Jury Prize in the 2022 Sundance Film Festival's Awards.

Indigenous film takes top honors at Sundance

From Indian Country Today (by Carina Dominguez) – Among nine Indigenous-made pieces selected for the Sundance Film Festival, Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan’s film “The Headhunter’s Daughter” received the Short Film Grand Jury Prize.

Celebrating Pride Month

From Indian Country Today – A daily digest of Indigenous news and culture, here featuring an interview with a leader in the gay and drag communities, Vee Newton, Diné.

The First Indigenous Caldecott Medal Winner

From Indian Country Today – “We Are Water Protectors” a children’s picture book by two Indigenous women won the American Library Association’s Caldecott Medal.

Natives Help Natives in Online Marketplace

From Indian Country Today – a new virtual marketplace creates a space for Indigenous artisans impacted by COVID-19 restrictions to showcase their work online.

Community Spotlight: American Presidents Series

Voices Staff – A collation of Alysa Landry’s series for Indian Country Today on United States presidents in anticipation of the 2020 election. Covering George Washington to Barack Obama.

96-year-old Navajo woman becomes an internet hit

From Indian Country Today – Annette Bilagody is selling her beadwork online with her granddaughter by her side and the demand is overwhelming.

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