by Heather Steinberger | Feb 22, 2021 | Indian Country News
“As the state doubles down in its effort to scuttle the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s digital billboard project on Sunrise Highway, it’s drawing the ire of a Southampton resident who is providing moral and financial support to the tribe: Pink Floyd co-founder...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 22, 2021 | Indian Country News
“If she wins Senate approval, Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico will become the first Native American Cabinet secretary. But perhaps more importantly, as secretary of the Interior, the enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna would also become the first...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 16, 2021 | Indian Country News
“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department will start consultations with Native American tribal leaders next month on COVID-19, economic security, racial justice and climate change, part of efforts by President Joe Biden to get more tribal input...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 15, 2021 | Indian Country News
“In his first week in office, President Joe Biden appointed three Indigenous members to his roster, including attorneys Robert Anderson (Boise Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe) and Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska) to the Interior...
