tribal nations summit
Posted Nov 18, 2021, 12:42 pm
Shondiin Silversmith
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden pledged during the opening of the White House Tribal Nations Summit to be the first president to work with the tribes to comprehensively incorporate tribal ecological knowledge into the federal government’s scientific approach to fight climate change. ... Read more»
Posted Nov 16, 2021, 10:07 am
Shondiin Silversmith
/Arizona Mirror
State, federal and tribal leaders came together during the White House Tribal Nations Summit on Monday to talk about commitments towards Indian Country and highlight the importance of the nation-to-nation relationship between tribal nations and the U.S. government.... Read more»
Posted Nov 16, 2021, 9:18 am
Jacob Fischler
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden on Monday said the administration will move to prevent oil and gas development for two decades near Chaco Canyon, an area in northwestern New Mexico that’s culturally significant to the area’s Native American communities and important for biodiversity.... Read more»
Posted Nov 16, 2021, 8:40 am
Shondiin Silversmith
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden signed an executive order at the White House Tribal Nations Summit directing federal agencies to create a strategy that will improve the public safety and justice for Native Americans, as well as address the crisis of missing or murdered Indigenous peoples.... Read more»