Northern Canada: We’ve spelled this Indigenous community’s name wrong for decades
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation recently emailed a notice asking certain news organizations to begin — please — to correctly spell “Dettah,”
Read more
Indian Affairs
Now at U.S. Indian Affairs, Indigenous Alaskan Tara Sweeney applauded at Federation of Natives convention
Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney was welcomed back to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention with loud
Read more
Tara Sweeney becomes first Indigenous Alaskan to head U.S. Indian Affairs
The U.S. Senate Thursday evening confirmed Alaskan Tara MacLean Sweeney to be the assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs. Sweeney
Read more
Committee approves nomination of Alaska’s Sweeney to U.S. Indian Affairs
Alaskan Tara Sweeney’s nomination to be Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs cleared a U.S. Senate Committee today with no
Read more
Senators tell Alaska’s Sweeney to be tough and ethical at U.S. Indian Affairs
Alaskan Tara MacLean Sweeney faced no resistance at a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday on her nomination to be assistant
Read more