Indigenous Voices of Nevada
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Empowering Nevada's Native communities from the ground up 🌱 By us, for us. Amplifying Indigenous Voices for change.
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Today is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. It symbolizes how much longer Native women have to work to earn the same amount white men earned the previous year. Native women are paid $.52-$.58 on the dollar compared to white men, and over their careers lose out on an average $1 million...
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Today is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. It symbolizes how much longer Native women have to work to earn the same amount white men earned the previous year. Native women are paid $.52-$.58 on the dollar compared to white men, and over their careers lose out on an average $1 million...
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Tribal Nations are sovereign govt's with inherent authority over their lands and citizens—a political status that predates the U.S. and continues to be recognized today. Understanding Tribal sovereignty, citizenship, and the U.S. trust responsibility is essential to justice:
About: Tribal Nations, Tribal Citizens, and the United States - Native American Rights Fund
Tribal Nations are sovereign governments with inherent authority over their lands and citizens. This is a political status that predates the establishment of the United States and continues to be…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Tribal Nations are sovereign govt's with inherent authority over their lands and citizens—a political status that predates the U.S. and continues to be recognized today. Understanding Tribal sovereignty, citizenship, and the U.S. trust responsibility is essential to justice:
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How much does a special session cost? How long will it last? We answer some of the most common questions you may have as the Nevada Legislature heads to Carson City this week.
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/what...
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/what...
What happens during a special legislative session? - The Nevada Independent
The Nevada Independent has compiled a list of questions surrounding the upcoming special session to provide Nevadans with what you need to know.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
How much does a special session cost? How long will it last? We answer some of the most common questions you may have as the Nevada Legislature heads to Carson City this week.
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/what...
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/what...
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In honor of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth we will be showcasing an Indigenous Nevadan every week 🪶 Starting us off is the icon herself, Sarah Winnemucca 🌸
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In honor of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth we will be showcasing an Indigenous Nevadan every week 🪶 Starting us off is the icon herself, Sarah Winnemucca 🌸
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Seventeen Native children taken to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the late 1800s have finally returned home. Read about this important step toward truth, justice, and healing after the devastating legacy of the federal boarding school era: buff.ly/N1zhl15
#BoardingSchoolHealing
#BoardingSchoolHealing
The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
The latest round of exhumations of Native American students from a cemetery at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania resulted in the remains of 17 students being repatriated to…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Seventeen Native children taken to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the late 1800s have finally returned home. Read about this important step toward truth, justice, and healing after the devastating legacy of the federal boarding school era: buff.ly/N1zhl15
#BoardingSchoolHealing
#BoardingSchoolHealing
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Privacy is a team sport! Protect yourself and your community:
🔐 Use encrypted chat apps
👩💻 Check EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides
🗺️ Help map police tech in your area
Together, we can take back CTRL.
takebackctrl.org/reclaim-you...
🔐 Use encrypted chat apps
👩💻 Check EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides
🗺️ Help map police tech in your area
Together, we can take back CTRL.
takebackctrl.org/reclaim-you...
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Privacy is a team sport! Protect yourself and your community:
🔐 Use encrypted chat apps
👩💻 Check EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides
🗺️ Help map police tech in your area
Together, we can take back CTRL.
takebackctrl.org/reclaim-you...
🔐 Use encrypted chat apps
👩💻 Check EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides
🗺️ Help map police tech in your area
Together, we can take back CTRL.
takebackctrl.org/reclaim-you...
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This November, we honor Native American Heritage Month and the rich cultures of Nevada’s Indigenous communities. With more than 28 federally recognized tribes including the Washoe, Paiute, Shoshone, and Mojave peoples, we honor your history, resilience, and our shared future.
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This November, we honor Native American Heritage Month and the rich cultures of Nevada’s Indigenous communities. With more than 28 federally recognized tribes including the Washoe, Paiute, Shoshone, and Mojave peoples, we honor your history, resilience, and our shared future.
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Five Tribal Nations have announced the formation of the new Chuckwalla National Monument Intertribal Commission: a historic step in ensuring that the management of these ancestral homelands reflects Indigenous leadership, values, and stewardship.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/2xtBIAf
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/2xtBIAf
October 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Five Tribal Nations have announced the formation of the new Chuckwalla National Monument Intertribal Commission: a historic step in ensuring that the management of these ancestral homelands reflects Indigenous leadership, values, and stewardship.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/2xtBIAf
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/2xtBIAf
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A typhoon devastated Alaska Native communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, including the Yup’ik villages of Kwigillingok and Kipnuk. Here are some places to donate:
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
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October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A typhoon devastated Alaska Native communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, including the Yup’ik villages of Kwigillingok and Kipnuk. Here are some places to donate:
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
Funds: Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund (Alaska Community Foundation) alaskacf.org/westernalaska
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Our thoughts are with the communities across Western Alaska—from Kwigillingok to Kotzebue—that are dealing with the devastating impacts of Typhoon Halong. The unprecedented storm resulted in record flooding and has destroyed homes, displaced families, and damaged infrastructure: bit.ly/47lXrBd
October 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Our thoughts are with the communities across Western Alaska—from Kwigillingok to Kotzebue—that are dealing with the devastating impacts of Typhoon Halong. The unprecedented storm resulted in record flooding and has destroyed homes, displaced families, and damaged infrastructure: bit.ly/47lXrBd
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Feels like the world’s on fire half the time, but workers keep showing up. We are the backbone holding communities together, and that’s why our fight for fair pay and dignity can’t be ignored.
September 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Feels like the world’s on fire half the time, but workers keep showing up. We are the backbone holding communities together, and that’s why our fight for fair pay and dignity can’t be ignored.
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After 43 years, the Gathering of Nations Powwow will come to a close. Each year in the so-called "Albuquerque, NM", it unites 3,000+ dancers from 500+ Tribal Nations, making it Turtle Island’s largest powwow. The “final dance” is set for 2026.
For more info, visit: www.gatheringofnations.com
For more info, visit: www.gatheringofnations.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
After 43 years, the Gathering of Nations Powwow will come to a close. Each year in the so-called "Albuquerque, NM", it unites 3,000+ dancers from 500+ Tribal Nations, making it Turtle Island’s largest powwow. The “final dance” is set for 2026.
For more info, visit: www.gatheringofnations.com
For more info, visit: www.gatheringofnations.com
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As water scarcity deepens across the West, Tribal Nations must be able to protect their water rights—not only against threats on Tribal lands, but also from off-reservation users and polluters. Read this article by NARF Staff Attorney Wesley James Furlong and Lori E. Blumenthal: buff.ly/26qpv8Q
August 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As water scarcity deepens across the West, Tribal Nations must be able to protect their water rights—not only against threats on Tribal lands, but also from off-reservation users and polluters. Read this article by NARF Staff Attorney Wesley James Furlong and Lori E. Blumenthal: buff.ly/26qpv8Q
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#Monumental Block Party and volunteer cleanup happening September 27th from 8AM - 12:30PM at Freedom Park. Celebrate the 9th annual #NVPublicLandsDay with prizes, free food, and baby goats 🐐 🚮 tinyurl.com/NVPLD2025
Nevada Public Lands Day · Native Voters Alliance Nevada
Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer event dedicated to public lands.
Our 9th annual Nevada Public Lands Day will be held at Gary Reese Freedom Park, near the proposed East ...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#Monumental Block Party and volunteer cleanup happening September 27th from 8AM - 12:30PM at Freedom Park. Celebrate the 9th annual #NVPublicLandsDay with prizes, free food, and baby goats 🐐 🚮 tinyurl.com/NVPLD2025
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Washoe County Library Board considers $2.5 million in cuts, potentially eliminating up to 20 staff and reducing services. Acting Director Stacy McKenzie called the cuts “devastating.” Board also moving to hire a new director.
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August 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Washoe County Library Board considers $2.5 million in cuts, potentially eliminating up to 20 staff and reducing services. Acting Director Stacy McKenzie called the cuts “devastating.” Board also moving to hire a new director.
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#thisisreno #renonews #reno
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#thisisreno #renonews #reno
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A new high school sport is officially coming to Nevada for the 2026-27 school year.
NIAA officially sanctions new sport, announces upcoming steps
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association voted to add a new sport that will be played beginning in the spring of the 2026-27 school year.
www.reviewjournal.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A new high school sport is officially coming to Nevada for the 2026-27 school year.
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As tribes respond to state and federal regulations of two-spirit and LGBTQ+ people, organizations and communities are focused on providing information and resources to protect those in Indian Country, even from the president. Via @kffhealthnews.org
Tribal groups assert sovereignty as feds crack down on gender-affirming care • Nevada Current
ELKO, Nev. — At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid federal and state rollbacks of transgender protections and gende...
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July 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
As tribes respond to state and federal regulations of two-spirit and LGBTQ+ people, organizations and communities are focused on providing information and resources to protect those in Indian Country, even from the president. Via @kffhealthnews.org
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Hey #Nevadans! Start your weekend off right with5️⃣ feel-good climate stories from right here in the Silver State!
👇 Drop a comment with your favorite one!
#Nevada #HappyNews #Environment #Climate #GoodNews
👇 Drop a comment with your favorite one!
#Nevada #HappyNews #Environment #Climate #GoodNews
August 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Hey #Nevadans! Start your weekend off right with5️⃣ feel-good climate stories from right here in the Silver State!
👇 Drop a comment with your favorite one!
#Nevada #HappyNews #Environment #Climate #GoodNews
👇 Drop a comment with your favorite one!
#Nevada #HappyNews #Environment #Climate #GoodNews
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California BLM has approved St. Cloud Mining's plan to drill 43 exploration holes near Ash Meadows, despite widespread opposition and serious concerns over groundwater impacts.
Amargosa Conservancy will respond. Stay tuned and stand with us.
Read more in the Nevada Current: https://loom.ly/3uezcEk
Amargosa Conservancy will respond. Stay tuned and stand with us.
Read more in the Nevada Current: https://loom.ly/3uezcEk
Feds approve mine drilling in Amargosa critical environmental area • Nevada Current
The mining exploration project proposed by St. Cloud Mining Company will drill 43 boreholes on public lands just west of the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in search of mineral zeolite – a clay-like material used in water filtration, odor control, and soil conditioner.
nevadacurrent.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
California BLM has approved St. Cloud Mining's plan to drill 43 exploration holes near Ash Meadows, despite widespread opposition and serious concerns over groundwater impacts.
Amargosa Conservancy will respond. Stay tuned and stand with us.
Read more in the Nevada Current: https://loom.ly/3uezcEk
Amargosa Conservancy will respond. Stay tuned and stand with us.
Read more in the Nevada Current: https://loom.ly/3uezcEk
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It’s a good day to be Indigenous.
…. Well, every day is!
…. Well, every day is!
June 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
It’s a good day to be Indigenous.
…. Well, every day is!
…. Well, every day is!
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Hundreds of goats will mow down dead vegetation across hilly terrain in Reno over the next month in an effort to reduce wildfires in an area prone to burning.
Goats assigned to Reno wildfire prevention work • Nevada Current
Hundreds of goats will mow down dead vegetation across hilly terrain in Reno over the next month in an effort to reduce wildfires in an area prone to burning. Buildup of dead vegetation in Evens Creek...
nevadacurrent.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hundreds of goats will mow down dead vegetation across hilly terrain in Reno over the next month in an effort to reduce wildfires in an area prone to burning.
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As of today the federal minimum wage has now been $7.25 for 16 years.
July 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As of today the federal minimum wage has now been $7.25 for 16 years.
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The County Clerk does NOT issue citations. People should NOT pay if they receive this fraudulent notice.
Beware of a scam recently announced in Clark County, Nevada.
Citation Scam Alert
Beware of a scam recently announced in Clark County, Nevada.
clarkcountybar.org
July 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The County Clerk does NOT issue citations. People should NOT pay if they receive this fraudulent notice.
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As fire season continues, enjoy these reminders from our friend Smokey Bear! 🐻💛
July 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As fire season continues, enjoy these reminders from our friend Smokey Bear! 🐻💛