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by Kaniehtonkie In a Utah desert charred seeds were found possibly representing the earliest-known human use of tobacco. In early October according to new research, some of the first people to arrive...

By Kaniehtonkie. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced in a news release Wednesday, saying it was based on guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

By Kaniehtonkie. President Joe Biden issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Friday, October 8th. The proclamation lends the most significant boost yet to...

By Kaniehtonkie Despite local efforts by MCA Community Health Program and SRMT Heath Services, COVID-19 cases have been rising steadily and mostly in Akwesasronon youth. The number of rising COVID...

By Kaniehtonkie Since 2000, Indigenous people have made up 21% of homicides in Wyoming, even though they are only 3% of the population. That’s according to a Wyoming state report released in...

By Kaniehtonkie On July 1, 2021, The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal filed an application for a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunction on Morris Oakes, Gabriel Oakes, William...

By Kaniehtonkie On June 24th, Cowessess First Nation announced the nation had located a suspected 751 unmarked grave sites on the Marieval property. Some of those buried may have been adults,...

By Kaniehtonkie. A dangerous variant of the coronavirus is spreading so quickly in the United States that it’s likely the mutant strain will become predominant in the nation within weeks, according...

By Kaniehtonkie At least one in three women have experienced either physical or sexual violence. Almost half of all murdered women are killed by intimate partners or family members. Women and girls ma...

By Kaniehtonkie New York State lifted mask and social distance restrictions on Wednesday, May 19. People in NYS, following CDC guidelines, who are fully vaccinated will no longer need to wear a mask...

By Kaniehtonkie The SRMT Tribe Election and Referendum Ordinance Board has certified and announced their official list of candidates. The SRMT held their Tribal Caucus on Saturday, May 1, 2021. The...

By Kaniehtonkie A former US senator and CNN political commentator has sparked outrage among Native Americans prompting calls for his dismissal. Rick Santorum told a group of students at a right wing...

By Kaniehtonkie. The trial of Derek Chauvin captured the attention of world. On May 26, 2020, Derek Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes and captured by then...

By Kaniehtonkie Recently two North Country youths have taken their lives in what appears to be from ongoing online harassment. Shylynn Dixon of Lisbon committed suicide on March 3 after suffering...

By Kaniehtonkie About a year into the global pandemic, as the worldwide death toll exceeds a dizzying 2.3 million and nearly half a million in the United States alone - hope has arrived in the form of...