Kaili Berg

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Staff Reporter at Native News Online

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After 30 Years, Berkeley's Turtle Island Monument Foundation Will Be Built

5 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

After more than three decades of delays, erasure, and legal battles, Berkeley, California's Turtle Island Monument Fountain is finally close to being built. Artist Lee Sprague says the project won’t truly move forward until the City gives proper credit to the Indigenous artists who created it. Sprague, a citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi, commonly known as the Gun Lake Tribe, co-designed the monument with fellow Native artist Marlene Watson in 1992.
Health Equity Round-Up (June 2nd)

5 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Elyse Wild |Kaili Berg

In the past weeks, advocates and some lawmakers have continued to seek measures to protect Tribal health from Trump’s sweeping budget cuts; a reservation in North Dakota sounds the alarm about contaminated drinking water; and four Native American nursing students have made history in Minneapolis. Here is our roundup of health equity news from across Indian Country.
Chris Eyre's Jim Thorpe Documentary to Debut on The HISTORY Channel on July 7

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

The HISTORY Channel is set to premiere a new two-hour documentary on one of America’s most legendary athletes, Jim Thorpe (Sac & Fox/Potawatomi). Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning will debut Monday, July 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, shining a long-overdue spotlight on the Sac and Fox athlete who broke barriers in sports and society.
Muscogee Opera Soprano Kirsten Kunkle Stars in Tosca Production in June

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

This June, Mission Opera will close its seventh season with the production of Tosca. For the first time in the company’s history, all three principal roles in an evening cast are being performed by Indigenous artists. Presented by Mission Opera in Santa Clarita, California, the production features Kirsten Kunkle, a Muscogee Nation citizen, in the title role, alongside Tiwa tenor Hugo Vera as Cavaradossi and Chickasaw baritone Gabriel Manro as Scarpia.
Hocak Worak

1 week ago | hocakworak.com | Kaili Berg

A Ho-Chunk Nation candidate running for re-election says atribal member was left confused and frustrated after one of her campaign signswas removed from their yard by a police officer in Black River Falls.
The US Supreme Court Will Not Hear Case to Save Oak Flat

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

Breaking News. The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday announced it has declined to hear Apache Stronghold v. United States, a case that could have shielded the sacred Western Apache site of Oak Flat from being turned into a massive copper mine. The decision clears the way for the federal government to transfer the land to Resolution Copper, a company largely owned by the Chinese government through its shareholder, Chinalco.
Bad River Chairman: "Line 5 is a daily threat to our clean rivers and lakes, our fish, and our wild rice."

2 weeks ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

Leaders and environmental experts from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa recently delivered testimony urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny a key federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute. The Canadian oil company is seeking approval to build a new 41-mile pipeline segment that would cut around and upstream of the Band’s reservation in northern Wisconsin, where the current pipeline continues to operate in trespass.
4KINSHIP. Native Fashion Brand, Opening a Store on Friday, May 23 in Santa Fe

2 weeks ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

4KINSHIP, the Diné and women-owned sustainable fashion brand, is opening its first flagship store this Friday, May 23, in Santa Fe’s Siler Rufina Art District. The 2,440-square-foot space is more than just retail, it’s a studio, community hub, and home base for 4KINSHIP’s nonprofit, Indigenous Futures 4EVER. “This is the dream space I’ve been envisioning for years,” founder Amy Denet Deal told Native News Online.
Native News Online Hosts Drug Overdoses in Indian Country Live Stream

3 weeks ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

On May 15, Native News Online hosted a livestream event, Reducing Drug Overdose Deaths in Indian Country, bringing together tribal leaders, health advocates, and recovery experts to address one of the most urgent public health crises in Native communities today. The roundtable featured real stories, proven strategies, and calls for action, especially as key federal funding for opioid programs faces potential cuts.
Genoa Indian School Memorial Walk is Underway

3 weeks ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

A 125 mile remembrance walk is underway to honor the Indigenous children who endured the federal Indian boarding school system, and especially those who passed through the former Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School. The Genoa Indian School Memorial Walk, organized by the Native Youth Alliance, began with a sunrise ceremony on Monday, May 12, at the site of the Genoa school and will conclude on Friday, May 23, in Macy, Nebraska, on the Omaha Reservation.