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Messages from the Drum Join conversations produced and hosted by Beverly Bushyhead on perspectives about all things Indigenous on this continent and across the globe.

https://wlos.com/news/local/eastern-band-of-cherokee-cyclists-set-to-complete-remember-the-removal-ride-in-oklahoma-trai...
06/18/2026

https://wlos.com/news/local/eastern-band-of-cherokee-cyclists-set-to-complete-remember-the-removal-ride-in-oklahoma-trail-tears-nation-950-mile-facebook-emotional-inspirational-indians-ancestors-georgia-tennessee-missouri-arkansas

Cyclists from the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee Nation participate in the Remember the Removal Bike Ride, which traced the route of the Trail of Tears.

The Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians had 6 cyclists who joined 12 others from the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma for the 950-mile "Remember the Removal Ride."

https://nativenewsonline.net/health/crow-nation-health-program-receives-national-evidence-based-designation/"Advice We R...
06/17/2026

https://nativenewsonline.net/health/crow-nation-health-program-receives-national-evidence-based-designation/

"Advice We Receive from Others" program on Montana Apsaalooke (Crow) Nation receives important recognition.

A chronic illness self-management program developed by and for the Apsáalooke (Crow) people of Montana has received an evidence-based designation from the National Council on Aging (NCOA). The program, called Báa nnilah — meaning “advice that we receive from others” in the Apsáalooke langua...

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/14/native-artists-share-how-residency-program-helps-them-preserve-traditional-art-...
05/15/2026

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/14/native-artists-share-how-residency-program-helps-them-preserve-traditional-art-forms

That's what makes us beautiful — is to have that cultural knowledge, those cultural teachings. Those are what make us who we are, uniquely as Native people.

During the Native American Artist-in-Residence Program at the Minnesota Historical Society, artists are financially supported and granted access to museums across the state to conduct research. Artists then create works based on their research.

Over the past 15 years, the Stillaguamish Tribe has purchased 2,000 acres of land for fish and wildlife habitat.
05/03/2026

Over the past 15 years, the Stillaguamish Tribe has purchased 2,000 acres of land for fish and wildlife habitat.

The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands with the hopes of restoring Chinook salmon.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/09/artemis-ii-astronaut-carries-indigenous-wisdom-to-the-moonIndigenous symbol sti...
04/09/2026

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/09/artemis-ii-astronaut-carries-indigenous-wisdom-to-the-moon

Indigenous symbol stitched onto Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s flight suit is drawing attention far beyond Cape Canaveral.

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s uniform patch commemorating the Seven Grandfather Teachings is a long-overdue moment of recognition for Indigenous knowledge, observers say. Hansen said they’ve guided him on this journey to the edge of human flight.

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