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Native American News Roundup July 16-22, 2023

By Cecily Hilleary | VOA News on Jul 24, 2023   Featured, National, National/World, Rural  

Native American News Roundup July 16-22, 2023

Here are some Native American-related news stories that made headlines last week: Treasury secretary addresses poor access to cash, credit in Indian Country The U.S. Financial Literacy Commission met Thursday to discuss barriers to financial stability in Indian Country. “One of those main barriers is financial literacy – the understanding of concepts like saving, investing […]

After 132 Years, Wounded Knee Artifacts Come Home

By Cecily Hilleary | VOA News on Jan 23, 2023   Featured, National, National/World  

After 132 Years, Wounded Knee Artifacts Come Home

Part 1 of this series looked at the circumstances leading to a massacre of Lakota men, women and children at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on December 29, 1890. In November, a museum in Barre, Massachusetts, repatriated more than 150 objects believed to have been looted from the massacre site. VOA dug through historic records and […]

Lakota Descendants Remember Ancestors Killed at Wounded Knee

By Cecily Hilleary | VOA News on Jan 21, 2023   Featured, National, National/World  

Lakota Descendants Remember Ancestors Killed at Wounded Knee

WASHINGTON — Lakota from reservations across South Dakota gathered at the Wounded Knee Cemetery on the Pine Ridge Reservation to commemorate ancestors massacred by the U.S. Cavalry in 1890. On top of 2-foot snowdrifts at the cemetery on December 29, 2022, lay a collection of cardboard boxes containing artifacts and items of clothing believed to have […]

Biden Administration Highlights New Initiatives for Tribal Nations

By Cecily Hilleary | VOA News on Dec 1, 2022   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Biden Administration Highlights New Initiatives for Tribal Nations

U.S. President Joe Biden drew enthusiastic applause from tribal leaders attending day one of a two-day White House Tribal Nations Summit in Washington, where Biden announced new policies for improving tribal consultation across federal agencies. “Consultation has to be a two-way, nation-to-nation exchange,” he said. “Federal agencies should strive to reach consensus among the tribes, […]

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