Tag Archives: Indian country
Native News Pick of the Month: The First Native American Cabinet Secretary
This month, PWNA President and CEO Joshua Arce offers his thoughts on our ‘Native News Pick of the Month’ about the first Native American cabinet. secretary.
Merry Christmas and Thank You!
Each year, we take time to reflect on the impact of our program partners and donors on Native communities… and to put it mildly, 2020 was unprecedented.
Recently in Native News
Check out this month’s most notable #NativeAmerican headlines, from next-generation students rebuilding communities amid COVID-19 to some of Justice Ginsburg’s memorable contributions to Indian Country.
Census Counts: Shaping the Future for Native Americans
Native Americans have been underserved, underrepresented and undercounted in the census for centuries… reports highlight the systematic marginalization…
Happy Holidays, and Thank You
PWNA serves approximately 1,000 reservation partners, focusing on health and nutrition, animal welfare, education, and emergency services, as well as holiday support.
Voting Challenges Faced by Native Americans
Many Native American Elders encourage tribal members to vote for change. As of right now, more than 1 million Native Americans who are eligible to vote are unregistered voters.
A High Impact Food Partner & Project in Indian Country
Food sovereignty has been a major focus in sustainable community development across Indian country.
Sharing the Good in 2014
We have written recently about NRC’s work with Native communities around the holidays. Now that tens of thousands of Christmas stockings and holiday meals have placed, we are taking a breather to reflect on what has been accomplished and learned in 2014. We are pleased and humbled that hundreds of partner agencies on reservations asked […]
Social Equity
Kelly mentioned “social equity” in her blog topic on Chaske Spencer and Native Americans Giving Back, and it got me to thinking, just what is social equity? Well, there are many broad definitions and there are many focused definitions. And although the definitions vary slightly based on the field of study or the context of […]
Obama’s Vision for Standing Rock & Native Youth
President Obama has a vision for the Standing Rock reservation youth to strengthen education and provide more job opportunities.