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After 350 years, the Rappahannock Tribe Gets Land Back

News: April 02, 2022
by JENNA KUNZE - On Friday, the Rappahannock Tribe celebrated a historic win: the reacquisition of 465 acres of their ancestral homeland at Fones Cliffs, a sacred stretch of bluffs on the eastern side of the Rappahannock River in eastern Virginia. “We have worked for many years to restore this...

American Indian College Fund 200-Mile Cycle Challenge

Events: Sunday, May 01, 2022, 12:00am -Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 11:59pm
The American Indian College Fund is kicking off its Facebook 200-Mile Cycle Challenge on May 1. The fundraiser benefits the College Fund’s mission to give Native students better access to higher education. Those who sign up will challenge themselves to bike 200 miles by the end of May. Participants...

Beyond Art: Respecting and Protecting the Sacred

Events: Monday, Apr 25, 2022, 07:30pm -Monday, Apr 25, 2022, 09:30pm
Many beings and cultural items are deemed by Native American tribes to be too sacred for public viewing. Even reproductions of these items can carry the power of the original. How does one know what these items are and how does one start to learn protocols about Sacred Beings and items? What should...

Higher Education Enrollment Down

News: April 12, 2022
Significantly fewer Native students have headed to higher education in the past 12 years. That’s part of a broader national trend — National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data show a steady decline in the overall number of American students entering higher education since 2012 — but the drop...

Red Dress Day at the Kluge-Ruhe

Events: Thursday, May 05, 2022, 10:00am -Thursday, May 05, 2022, 07:00pm
A day of awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Presented by Kluge-Ruhe and the Native and Indigenous Relations Community at UVA Installation of red dresses at Kluge-Ruhe, 10 am - 4 pm Lecture by Professor Kasey Jernigan followed by reception, 6:00-7:30 pm Doors open at 5:00 pm...

Native business, tribal leaders plan trade mission to Australia

News: April 25, 2022
A group of Native entrepreneurs, organizers and representatives from tribal enterprises will join the First Nations Trade Mission trip to visit with Indigenous Australians to open talks about trade opportunities and information exchange. The Trade Mission will send 10 delegates from a cross-section...