- Native News Online
Preserving Cherokee Culture and Values Through Community Development
The beating heart of Cherokee culture is when we can interact face to face with other Cherokees, appreciating and learning from each other across generations. Cherokee Nation is devoted to keeping this culture alive, in part by making significant investments in rural community centers. The recent grand openings of new community centers in Marble City in Sequoyah County and Kenwood in Delaware County are cornerstones in our renewed effort to support Cherokee families where they live and work.
- Native News Online
Native News Weekly (June 9 2024): D.C. Briefs
In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently. This is a reminder than the Federal Communication Commmision’s (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) is requesting that states, political subdivisions, Indian Tribes, or villages or regional corporations submit information on their jurisdiction’s authority to collect 988 fees or charges, the amount of revenue collected from the 988 fee or charge, and how the revenue collected from the 988 fee or charge was used, covering the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. The 988 Act also provided that States, political subdivisions, Indian Tribes, or villages or regional corporations established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, may impose and collect a fee for 988-related services, including (1) efficient and effective routing of calls made to 988 to an appropriate crisis center; and (2) personnel and acute mental health, crisis outreach, and stabilization services to respond to 988 calls.
- Associated Press
Alvarez homers among his 3 hits and Brown throws 6 shutout innings as Astros defeat Angels 6-1
Yordan Alvarez continued his hot streak with three more hits, including a two-run homer, Hunter Brown tossed six shutout innings and the Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Angels 6-1 on Saturday night. Nolan Schanuel supplied the Angels' lone run with a solo shot to right-center in the seventh, the second time in three games the first baseman has homered. Alvarez, who also had two doubles, has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games.
