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Native American News Roundup Oct. 16-22

By Cecily Hilleary | VOA News on Oct 25, 2022   Featured, General News  

Native American News Roundup Oct. 16-22

WASHINGTON —Here is a summary of Native American-related news around the U.S. this week: First Native American Woman in Space Addresses Native Media, Youth Fighting the effects of low gravity, her feet tucked under a bar, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann answered questions from Indigenous media Wednesday during a live video interview moderated by The Associated […]

Indigenous North Americans Speak Out on Papal Apology

By Cecily Hilleary | VOA News on Jul 29, 2022   Featured, National/World, World  

Indigenous North Americans Speak Out on Papal Apology

WASHINGTON — Pope Francis said he was “deeply sorry” for more than a century of abuses that First Nations, Métis and Inuit children endured in Catholic-run residential schools in Canada. He spoke Tuesday in Maskawacis, Alberta, which is home to four Cree Nations — the Ermineskin Cree Nation, the Louis Bull Tribe, the Montana First Nation […]

Native Americans: Federal Report on Boarding Schools a Start

By Cecily Hilleary | VOA News on May 14, 2022   Featured, National, National/World  

Native Americans: Federal Report on Boarding Schools a Start

 Chippewa citizen John Wallette was 20 years old in 1910 when he left his home on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Dakota and enrolled at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. There, he trained as a blacksmith, played left end on the school football team and spent at least three summers […]

How Native American Tribal Papers Are Forging a Path to Press Freedom

By Cecily Hilleary | VOA News on Mar 21, 2022   Featured, National, National/World  

How Native American Tribal Papers Are Forging a Path to Press Freedom

“John,” the editor of a small Native American tribal newspaper, asked that VOA protect his identity. His paper, like an estimated 72% of media outlets in Indian Country, is owned and funded by the tribal government. And because the government controls the purse strings, leaders say they have the right to control what gets printed. […]

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