Category Archives: Tribal Leadership

Remove the Stain Act Re-Introduced: Bill Would Revoke Medals of Honor Awarded for Wounded Knee Massacre

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United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Congressman KaialiÊ»i Kahele (D-Hawaii) reintroduced the Remove the Stain Act. The bill would revoke the Medal of Honor from the soldiers who perpetrated the Wounded Knee massacre on December 29, 1890, when U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children-most of them unarmed-on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Continue reading →

School District staff made a high priority, given Covid-19 vaccine by Tulalip Tribes by Micheal Rios

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During the week of January 27, an incredible act of graciousness occurred as the Tulalip Tribes leadership chose to offer every single teacher and support staff of Marysville School District (MSD) an opportunity to circumvent Governor Inslee’s priority list and receive the potentially lifesaving Covid-19 vaccine. Continue reading →

Leading National Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Call for Swift Confirmation of Congresswoman Debra Haaland as U.S. Secretary of the Interior

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As the foremost national coalition of organizations dedicated to civil rights and racial justice, we call upon the United States Senate to swiftly confirm Congresswoman Debra Haaland as this country’s 54th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) – and the first American Indian or Alaska Native to serve as a cabinet secretary in this nation’s history. Continue reading →

Grassroots Native Orgs Urge Biden to Tap Rep. Haaland for Secretary of Interior

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November 16, 2020 (BEMIDJI, M.N.)-Over 35 grassroots Native American organizations affiliated with the Indigenous Environmental Network sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden advocating for New Mexico Representative Deb Haaland to be appointed Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Continue reading →