Dr. Ronald Graham - Haskell Indian Nations president (Ronald Graham Facebook) Haskell Indian Nations University has a new president. The Lawrence, Kansas, college will be led by Dr. Ronald Graham, who has an extensive history in education and law enforcement. Tony Dearman, director of the Bureau of Indian Education, made the
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Southeast Florida could see heavy rain, tropical-storm force wind gusts from disturbance
(NHC image) Southeast Florida, the Keys and the Bahamas could receive heavy rainfall and tropical-storm force wind gusts in the next day or two from a potential tropical or subtropical disturbance. Here's the National Hurricane Center Special Tropical Weather Outlook issued at 2:40 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 14, 2020, discussing
Brush fires rage in Hendry, Collier counties
The scene at a brush fire in Collier County on May 13, 2020. (Collier County Sheriff's Office/Facebook) Emergency personnel in Hendry and Collier counties are battling separate, but fast-moving brush fires today (May 13). A brush fire has caused road closures in Hendry County. The Hendry County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook
COVID-19 deaths reach 100 for Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez talks to CNN's John King on May 11, 2020. (CNN) The Navajo Nation reported that the number of its citizens who have died from COVID-19 reached 100 as of Sunday. The grim figure comes as the Navajo Nation, whose sprawling 17 million acres includes parts of Arizona,
Seminole Fire Rescue involved in wildfire battle
The Moon Fish Wildfire encompasses more than 27,000 acres in the Tamiami Trail region of the Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. (Big Cypress National Preserve photo) Seminole Fire Rescue as well as personnel from federal, state and local agencies are involved with the battle against the so-called Moon
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Funeral procession for Chief DiPetrillo to be held May 6
Seminole Tribe Fire Chief Donald DiPetrillo. (Tribune file photo) A funeral procession for Seminole Tribe Fire Rescue Chief Donald DiPetrillo, who died April 30, will be held May 6 starting from T.M. Ralph Plantation Funeral Home, 7001 NW 4th St. in Plantation. The procession is scheduled to begin between 11:15 a.m. and
Disbursement of billions in federal coronavirus relief money begins for tribes
U.S. Treasury building in Washington (Treasury photo). Nearly $5 billion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund is being dispersed to Native American tribes. U.S. Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced details of the distributions in a joint statement May 5, the same day the departments
UNITY names ’25 under 25′
UNITY's '25 Under '25' winners. (UNITY photo) Timothy Benally, Dine (UNITY/Facebook) MESA, Ariz. –Some of Indian Country’s top young talent has been recognized thanks to the United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc. UNITY announced on social media during the week of April 27 the fourth class of its “25 under 25 Native Youth
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo to serve second term
Miss Indian World Cheyenne Kippenberger and U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, shown here at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki-Museum’s lecture series Nov. 22, 2019, will both be back for second terms in their respective roles in 2020-21. (Photo Beverly Bidney) Joy Harjo (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) will serve a second term as the U.S. Poet