All About America explores American culture, politics, trends, history, ideals and places of interest. Apache. Lakota. Chinook. Iroquois. These are not only Native American tribes that once fought for their land against the U.S. military. They are also the names of U.S. Army helicopters. The convention of naming choppers after America’s Indigenous people is believed […]
Washington, DC – For the first time ever, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has favorably reported a bill to right a historical injustice made when five Alaska Native communities were omitted from the 1971 settlement of indigenous claims in Alaska. The bill, the Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act, amends the Alaska […]
SEATTLE – During a visit Thursday with the Lummi Nation in Bellingham, Washington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox, announced more than $278 million in funding for American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages to improve water infrastructure. “The Lummi Nation’s Gooseberry Point Wastewater Treatment Plant is a great example of […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led a roundtable discussion, titled “Native Priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization,” to hear directly from Native agricultural experts and leaders on their communities’ priorities as Congress begins […]