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Please see below various stories and events of interest concerning the Native American community. View in browser | ictnews.org March 1, 2024 Greetings, relatives: Let’s take a moment to catch up on the news that made headlines in February. We start with one of our most-read topics this month. The death of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old transgender student from [...]
FEBRUARY 2024 FOOD FOR TRIBAL FAMILIES PROGRAM
Tribal Offices, Tribal Land, Avenida Central, La Grange, Ca. 95329 On Wednesday, February 28th, 2024, the California Valley Miwok Tribe made the Food For Tribal Families delivery to Program Director Mildred Burley. This is the program's second delivery of the year and was plentiful in abundance, with many variances of food included in this delivery. Almost into [...]
FEBRUARY 2024 USDA FOOD DISTRIBUTION
Tribal Offices, Tribal Land, Avenida Central, La Grange, Ca. 95329 The California Valley Miwok Tribe's second monthly distribution of the year was held on Tuesday, February 20th, 2024. We are appreciative to the United States Department of Agriculture, the Tule River Tribe and its Food Distribution Department for being our program providers so that we are able [...]
JANUARY 2024 FOOD FOR TRIBAL FAMILIES PROGRAM
Tribal Offices, Tribal Land, Avenida Central, La Grange, Ca. 95329 On Saturday, January 27th, 2024, the California Valley Miwok Tribe (Food For Tribal Families) delivery was made to Mildred Burley, the program's Director. This was an auspicious start to the new year for this program, with a very well socked selection of items in this initial delivery. [...]
JANUARY 2024 USDA FOOD DISTRIBUTION
Tribal Offices, Tribal Land, Avenida Central, La Grange, Ca. 95329 The California Valley Miwok Tribe's first USDA Distribution of the year was held on Monday, January 22nd, 2024, at the tribal offices located in La Grange, California. This begins our 15th year of offering this service in working with the United States Department of Agriculture and the [...]
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, tribal sovereignty is knocking, are you home?
The correspondence attached to this story was sent to Secretary of the Interior's office in relation to yet another attempt of tribal theft by local BIA. The correspondence sent November 29th, 2023, has yet to be answered, or even acknowledged by the Secretary's office at the posting of this story. It was addressed to the current Secretary, (Deb Haaland) in [...]