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Tribal Partners and Organizations Celebrate Inter-Tribal Bingo with BingoPalooza 2025

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Televeda invites American Indian or Alaska Native, and tribal partners and organizations across the country to join BingoPalooza 2025, a week-long virtual celebration of connection, learning, and joy taking place November 17–21, 2025. A major highlight of the week is Inter-Tribal Bingo, a special event honoring Indigenous partners and organizations on Tuesday, November 18, at 12:30 PM MT. Open exclusively to tribal participants, the celebration will feature two lively...
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Navajo Transitional Energy Company Issues Its Largest Ever Dividend Payment to the Navajo Nation

FARMINGTON, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) issued an annual dividend of $3,150,000 to its sole shareholder, the Navajo Nation today. This is the largest annual dividend for the company to date. The dividend is calculated based on NTEC’s fully consolidated financial performance, including operations on the Navajo Nation and in Wyoming and Montana. The dividend reflects the strong performance of NTEC and is in addition to the more than $128 million economic contr...
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Family Fishing Trip Leads to “One-in-a-Million” Fossil Discovery

MOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An Alabama family’s fishing trip turned into a once-in-a-lifetime discovery: a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle fossil....
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El Programa Posdoctoral de la NASA (NPP) está en búsqueda de científicos sénior y en etapa inicial para prestigiosas becas en sus sedes a lo largo de Estados Unidos

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--La NASA invita tanto a científicos en etapa inicial de su carrera como a investigadores sénior a explorar oportunidades de becas en su programa posdoctoral y a compartir la misión de la NASA: realizar avances en ciencia, tecnología, aeronáutica y exploración espacial. La fecha límite para presentar solicitudes en este ciclo es el 1 de noviembre de 2025. Obtenga más información o postúlese a las becas del Programa Posdoctoral de la NASA (NPP). ORAU gestiona el...
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NASA Postdoctoral Program seeks early career and senior scientists for prestigious fellowships at its locations across the U.S.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NASA invites both early-career and senior scientists to explore fellowship opportunities in its postdoctoral program and share in NASA's mission to develop advancements in science, technology, aeronautics and space exploration. The deadline to apply for this cycle of fellowships is Nov. 1, 2025. Learn more or apply for fellowships in the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP). ORAU manages the NPP for NASA. “The NPP provides scientific and technological fellowships o...
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Navajo Transitional Energy Company Completes First Federally Subsidized Home Solar Installation on a Remote Hogan on the Navajo Nation

FARMINGTON, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) is proud to announce the first of 125 home solar installations on the Navajo Nation, funded by NTEC and a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). The installation took place on a remote hogan in the Oljato Chapter of the Navajo Nation. More than 13,000 homes on the Navajo Nation are currently not connected to the electric grid, which limits access to adequate water,...
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Navajo Transitional Energy Company Marks the First-Ever Return of Land Leased for Coal Mining Back to the Navajo Nation

FARMINGTON, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) is proud to announce the return of a 2,211-acre parcel of Navajo land first leased for mining in 1957. This is an historic event since no other mining company has previously fully reclaimed coal mine land to today’s standards to allow for its proper release from Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) jurisdiction back to the Navajo Nation. The parcel is located at the north end of NTEC’s Navajo Mine, within the Nenahnezad Chap...
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Exchange Income Corporation Announces Commitment to Expand the Atik Mason Indigenous Pilot Pathway in Nunavut

WINNIPEG, Manitoba--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exchange Income Corporation Announces Commitment to Expand the Atik Mason Indigenous Pilot Pathway in Nunavut...
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VA Partners with Televeda to Expand Suicide Prevention Solution for Indigenous Veterans

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Televeda, a community engagement platform dedicated to reducing social isolation and loneliness, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pilot and expand its Hero’s Story Project (HSP), a culturally tailored suicide prevention program designed specifically for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) veterans. The Hero’s Story Project is a comprehensive initiative that integrates elements of traditional healing practices such as T...
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Renowned Indigenous Actors Wes Studi and Tantoo Cardinal Join You’re No Indian as Executive Producers

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--You’re No Indian, a highly anticipated documentary exposing the devastating human rights crisis of tribal disenrollment, today announced that legendary Indigenous actors Tantoo Cardinal and Wes Studi have joined the project as executive producers. Cardinal also lends her voice as the film’s narrator. Tribal disenrollment—the controversial practice of removing Indigenous people from tribal roles—has stripped more than 11,000 people of their citizenship, culture, and...