Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ First COVID-19 cases detected in Nova Scotia First Nation— Two cases of COVID-19 were found in Sipekne'katik Firs...

+ 'This is our home': photo contest highlights coastal regions of James Bay— Organizers of a photo contest focused on the marine re...

+ Pikangikum First Nation gets broadband from SpaceX Starlink— A remote community in northwestern Ontario may be the ...

+ Housing plan creates 20-year blueprint to solve issues in Nibinamik First Nation— One remote community in northwestern Ontario says it h...

+ Indigenous Services minister acknowledges Liberals won't meet promised drinking water target— Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller confirmed tod...

+ COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: outbreaks continue on the Prairies— The number of new and active COVID-19 cases on First N...

+ Stuck in a hotel during a Christmas pandemic, Neskantaga members wait for water crisis to end— More than 40 days after they evacuated their community...

+ B.C. hospital cuts 4 B.C. Indigenous health workers' jobs during racism probe— Four unionized Indigenous health and wellness workers ...

+ External report says Nunavut RCMP struck Kinngait man with vehicle by accident— A patrol truck skid on ice when stopping and hit a Kin...

+ Ontario Human Rights Commission to look at anti-Indigenous racism in lacrosse— The Ontario Human Rights Commission says it plans to a...

+ Nibinamik First Nation gets 'new' fire truck from Nipigon, Ont.— A remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario will soo...

+ Martha Martin lost her daughter during a police wellness check. Now she's grieving her son, too— The mother of Chantel Moore, a young woman fatally sho...

+ Indigenous artists and craftspeople go online to connect with holiday shoppers— Indigenous artists are selling their beadwork, crafts,...

+ Sask. athletes start podcast to showcase Indigenous talent and stories— Best friends River Thomas and Raymond Fox created Foxi...

+ Shamattawa First Nation seeking military aid for COVID-19 outbreak— A COVID-19 rapid response team is on the ground in a n...

+ Ehattesaht First Nation members struggling in wake of COVID-19 outbreak and repeated power outages— An outbreak of COVID-19 cases, compounded by repeat po...

+ Sipekne'katik councillor charged with vessel infraction during fishery tensions— A Sipekne'katik band councillor has been charged with ...

+ Investigation finds widespread racism and discrimination against Indigenous peoples in B.C. health-care system— Racism, stereotyping and discrimination against Indige...

+ Nunavut mother tests positive for COVID-19 days after giving birth in Winnipeg hospital— A new mother from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, was put in inte...

+ Lori Campbell hopes award will inspire young Indigenous, Black and LGBTQ women— The winner of the 2020 Women of Inspiration Indigenous...

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+ Celebrating Joy: Good News from Indian Country— [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]

+ Chili Yazzie 'The Averted Demise of America the Great'— [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]

+ MOHAWK NATION NEWS: MYTH BUSTERS IN MONTREAL Audio— [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]

+ MOHAWK NATION NEWS: 'TORONTO' IS ON ROTINOSHONNI LAND— [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]

+ Navajo Council recognizes frontline workers, as virus cases spike to 226 on Thursday, Nov . 26— [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]

+ Chief Arvol Looking Horse: Become individual leaders and protect the Sacred during dark time of sickness — [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]

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+ Obituaries for Dec. 3, 2020—Rena H. Bates Rena H. Bates REHOBOTH, N.M. — Graveside service for ...

+ State rep admitted into hospital for COVID-19—WINDOW ROCK Arizona State Rep. Arlando S. Teller, D-Chinle, admitted ...

+ In numbers: COVID-19 Across the Navajo Nation—Coronavirus cases on the Navajo Nation grew by 242 to 15,862 on Nov. 2...

+ Nation’s top librarian turns the page on an epic chapter—WINDOW ROCK If you were to make a list of the world’s most exciting ca...

+ Letters: Why not pump water from southeast U.S.?—I have a question that could be a possible solution to the drought we ...

+ Water on its way to To’hajiilee!—By Colleen Keane Special to the Times ALBUQUERQUE As volunteers passed...

+ Businesses lose out due to deadline snafu—WINDOW ROCK Numerous Navajo Nation businesses owners who were applying...

+ Navajo-Hopi relief group seeks funding to sustain services—WINDOW ROCK At a time when COVID-19 cases are surging and lockdowns li...

+ Diné photographer recognized for pandemic work—CHINLE Navajo Times photographer Sharon Chischilly has received a gran...

+ Stars align for offensive lineman: Brandon Vincent Nalnishi-Shirley helps Flagstaff High to first playoff game in 14 years—CHINLE Brandon Vincent Nalnishi-Shirley helped the Flagstaff High foot...

+ New archaeology movie will feature familiar faces—CHINLE A movie about a pioneering female archaeologist being filmed on...

+ From babyhood to college, Diné kicks balls—WINDOW ROCK Long before she could remember, Justus Manuelito liked to ...

+ Delayed sentence handed down for burglar—LOS ANGELES A Gallup woman was sentenced Thursday for her roll in a re...

+ A ‘motor’ that never stops: Diné resilience pays off for Florida athlete—CHINLE David Descheene is a high school senior who loves playing vario...

+ Tuba City cowgirl wins first buckle—WINDOW ROCK Shilah Williams knew this day would come. The Tuba City Bo...

+ 50 Years Ago: New chairman relatively unknown to Time’s staff—Dick Hardwick, the editor of the Navajo Times, questioned employees of...

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+ Listen to Indigenous Podcasts—Expand your understanding of Native history issues beyond the fourth T...

+ Debra White Plume, Defender of Her Tribe, Is Dead at 66—She championed the rights of the Oglala Lakota in South Dakota and was...

+ The Myth of North America, in One Painting—How Benjamin West remade a bloody battle as a founding romance. [Categ...

+ A Push Emerges for the First Native American Interior Secretary—An expanding coalition of Native Americans, liberal activists and Demo...

+ Lesson of the Day: ‘The Thanksgiving Myth Gets a Deeper Look This Year’—In this lesson, students will learn how some Native Americans are re-e...

+ Should We Rethink Thanksgiving?—In year of a pandemic, racial reckoning and a tense election, how shou...

+ Book Review: ‘Oak Flat,’ by Lauren Redniss—In her latest work of graphic nonfiction, Lauren Redniss recounts what...

+ The Thanksgiving Myth Gets a Deeper Look This Year—For many Native Americans, the Covid toll and the reckoning over racia...

+ A Copper Mine vs. Sacred Apache Land: The Story in Words and Images—In her latest work of graphic nonfiction, Lauren Redniss recounts what...

+ Lockdowns, Round 2: A New Virus Surge Prompts Restrictions, and Pushback—California and Michigan moved to shut down indoor dining, and Philadel...

+ How to Do Thanksgiving With Less Waste—For environmental advocates, it includes small measures like reusing i...

+ Sky Hopinka: Songs of the Earth and the Road—The Indigenous American artist and filmmaker is the subject of two con...

+ What Places Are Hardest Hit by the Coronavirus? It Depends on the Measure—By different metrics, all sorts of locations in the United States are ...

+ What Places Are Hardest Hit by the Coronavirus? It Depends on the Measure.—By different metrics, all sorts of locations in the United States are ...

+ Before Kamala Harris, This Vice President Broke a Racial Barrier—Charles Curtis, who served as vice president from 1929 to 1933, grew u...

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