November 9, 2023 | Category:
NewsTo celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we are sharing all the favorable outcomes of the 82nd Legislative Session. As all our relatives become more engaged in civic matters, please know that the bill which “Revises the membership of the Committee on Emergency Medical Services,” is now a law. (BDR 40-22) Existing law establishes the Committee on Emergency Medical […]
November 8, 2023 | Category:
NewsTo celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we are sharing all the favorable outcomes of the 82nd Legislative Session. As all our relatives become more engaged in civic matters, please know that the bill which expanded “Existing law that establish the channel clearance, maintenance, restoration, surveying and monumenting program which provides grants to local governments in Nevada […]
November 7, 2023 | Category:
NewsTo celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we are sharing all the favorable outcomes of the 82nd Legislative Session. As all our relatives become more engaged in civic matters, please know that the bill which “Requires city and county clerks to schedule meetings with Tribes located in whole or part of their county, no later than August of […]
November 6, 2023 | Category:
NewsTo celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we are sharing all the favorable outcomes of the 82nd Legislative Session. As all our relatives become more engaged in civic matters, please know that the Assembly Bill which “Provides a right of public-school pupils to wear certain adornments at school graduation ceremonies” is now a law: (BDR 34-440) […]
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NewsCarson City, Nev. – The Truckee Parks and Recreation Community Center opened a new traveling art exhibit called “We Remember Your Sacrifices; You Are Not Forgotten: The Story and Art of the Stewart Indian School.” This new display is a partnership between the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum; Nevada Indian Commission; Visit Carson City; and […]
Melissa currently lives in Hungry Valley, Nevada working as a professional artist, founder of the Great Basin Native Artists (GBNA) art collective and gallery curator for the Great Basin Native Artists Gallery at the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum. Her works are a part of the permanent collections of the Autry […]
The award acknowledges the advances made in voter access with indigenous citizens Last week, Nevada Indian Commission Director Stacey Montooth was presented with the NASS (National Association of Secretaries of State) Medallion Award by Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske. This award was in recognition of her work with the SOS office and the Tribal […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, released statements following Senate passage of eight pieces of legislation involving Indian Country. The legislation includes: H.R. 441, the Don Young Alaska Native Health Care Land Transfers Act of […]
December 13, 2022 | Category:
NewsNo one knows for sure the origins of string figures, but they once were known to nearly all Native inhabitants of East Asia, Australia, Africa, the Arctic, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands, according to the International String Figures Association. Some designs are believed to be ancient, perhaps dating from the Stone Age, though their […]
