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Groups make final push on Norfolk casino vote

NORFOLK, Va. – With Election Day just over two weeks away, groups both for and against the proposed casino are making their final pushes. The Pamunkey Indian Tribe wants to build a casino near Harbor Park, but voters in the city have to approve the idea for it to happen in a referendum vote. On[...]

October 19, 2020

University grad student bridges Native American communities and solar energy

Bob Blake’s solar installation company and nonprofit foster self-reliance, energy sovereignty in Red Lake. Bob Blake, the founder and CEO of Solar Bear Solar Panel Installation Services, poses for a portrait by his hybrid car parked at an electric vehicle charging station at the Como Lakeside Pavilion on Sunday, Oct. 11. He started Solar Bear[...]

October 19, 2020

Pamunkey Tribe announces architecture hires for Norfolk casino

Leaders chose the international entertainment venue architecture group HKS, and the Richmond-based architecture group Baskervill, to lead the project. Click here to view original article at www.13newsnow.com

October 19, 2020

Navajo Nation moves to shut down hemp farms amid claims of marijuana growing

Leaders on the Navajo Nation have cracked down on one of its members who they say has used immigrant labor to transform 400 acres of crop land into hemp farms in the reservation’s northeastern corner. The crops — illegal under Navajo law — have pitted residents and reservation officials against entrepreneur Dineh Benally, who has[...]

October 19, 2020

First Peoples Fund CEO to speak at virtual arts conference

Lori Pourier Lori Lea Pourier, president and CEO of First Peoples Fund, will be a keynote speaker for the 2020 South Dakota State Arts Conference. Pourier grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. She has been involved in the arts, social justice and community development[...]

October 19, 2020

Yurok election: Ray wins third term, cannabis measure passes

The Yurok Tribe on Wednesday held its primary election for three seats on its Tribal Board and asked voters for their opinion on the tribe establishing a cannabis marketplace. The cannabis referendum, needing 50% plus one vote to pass, passed narrowly with 53.85% of the vote. The referendum does not immediately change the tribe’s constitution[...]

October 19, 2020

Quinault Nation plans “holistic” addiction clinic in Aberdeen

The Quinault Indian Nation plans to open a wellness clinic in the former state Work source building at 511 W. Heron St. in Aberdeen to treat opioid and other addictions. The project will be funded by the Quinault Nation and is expected to cost from $10 million to $12 million. It would be used by[...]

October 19, 2020

THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE’S SAGE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WILL LAUNCH ITS VIRTUAL TALK SERIES – FOR GENERATIONS TO COME: ANPETU WI DIALOGUES FROM STANDING ROCK – ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020 AT 2:00 PM EST

TOPIC: MODELS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY LEADERSHIP ON NATIVE LANDS Fort Yates, ND, Oct. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (via NGO Wire ) The Conversation Will Be Free and Open To The Public The conversation will be moderated by Sophie Hirsh, Senior Editor of Green Matters. Panelists will include: Christopher C. Deschene (Navajo Nation), former Director[...]

October 19, 2020

Yurok Tribe Awarded $2.2 Million State Grant to House Homeless in Eureka Motel

Press Release from the True North Organizing Network: On Oct. 15 the Yurok Indian Housing Authority and the Arcata House Partnership were notified that they had been approved for a $2.2 million grant through California’s Project Homekey to purchase an 18-unit motel in Eureka.This funding would provide $1.8 million in development and renovation, and $400,000[...]

October 19, 2020

Norfolk Casino Will Raise Millions For Virginia Indigenous People’s Trust

On the first recognised Indigenous People’s Day in the Commonwealth of Virginia (Monday 12 October), the planned $500 m Norfolk Resort & Casino will raise between $3.5 m and $4 m per year for the Virginia Indigenous People’s Trust Fund, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe announced this week. In 2020, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation[...]

October 19, 2020

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