Levi Rickert

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

This Day in History. On this day in history, May 28, 1887, one of the greatest athletes of all time, Jim Thorpe, was born near Prague, in what was then Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation mixed with Potawatomi blook, Thorpe would go on to become a symbol of excellence in sports and a trailblazer for Native American athletes in the United States.

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Shaun Griswold |Bella Davis |Levi Rickert

The cliff fendlerbush’s blooms offered countless nibbles for one hungry young deer. Its mother watched the feast from several steps away, on the other side of a nature path crossroad below Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Getting impatient, or perhaps not feeling worried, the elder deer headed off to the Animas River and left her child behind in the bush to find its own way. Sooner or later, all parents have to let their offspring go.

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Jocelyn Anderson |Levi Rickert

Kathleen DuVal, Ph.D. ’01, won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History for her book Native Nations: A Millennium in North America (Random House, 2024). Prize winners were announced on May 5. The announcement comes in addition to other prestigious awards DuVal has already received for the book, including the Bancroft Prize, the Cundill History Prize and the Mark Lynton History Prize. [Editor's Note: This article was originally published by USDavis. Used with permission.

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

Opinion. As we mark another Memorial Day, the flags will wave, the bugles will sound, and America will pause — if only briefly — to honor those who gave their lives in service to this country. On Memorial Day, we honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives in service to our country. On Veterans Day in November, we recognize and thank all who have served in the U.S. armed forces.

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Levi Rickert

Share Tags The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California have filed a groundbreaking 68- page lawsuit against the United States government, seeking justice for a long-overlooked tragedy: the creation and operation of the Federal Indian Boarding School Program. The Tribes are represented by the law firms DiCello Levitt, Selendy Gay, Fields Han Cunniff, and Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky.