Political junkies and technophiles alike might enjoy this archive of a recent webinar conducted by the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) as part of their ongoing campaign to promote Native American voter participation within mainstream US politics. Known as Native Vote, organizers regard Indian Country [as] … an increasingly powerful voting bloc. In recent […]
You might never have heard of Mayor Bloomberg of New York City or care about anything he might have said. In fact, the most you might ever see of NYC would be on a screen or through a window landing at or leaving JFK International. But what if the Governor of NY State sought the […]
Once again, Elouise Cobell’s land trust fight has been pushed back, this time to Oct. 15, 2010. Uh-huh. In my ongoing account of the Cobell case (“War & Trust & the Waiting Game,” June 5, 2010; “How slow can it go?” Aug. 1, 2010), I’ve mentioned that there is opposition within Indian country (and among […]
The Chief of the Point-au-Chien Tribe of Biloxi-Chitimacha Indians is keeping a nervous eye on his community after news that oil from a massive spill has reached the coast of Louisiana. Pointe-au-Chien is about an hour and a half’s drive southwest of New Orleans, LA. Chief Charles “Chuckie” Verdin told mediaINDIGENA in a phone call this […]
Very cool piece in the New York Times on how one small, indigenous-run, hospital in Tuba City, Arizona, has “outperform[ed] richer, more prestigious institutions when it comes to keeping Caesarean rates down, which saves money and is better for many mothers and infants.” The article partly attributes the success of the Tuba City Regional Health […]
