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She’s running for Miss Illinois Teen USA to mark the Native community in Chicago on the map and illuminate Indigenous issues across the country.

Jack C. Jackson, Jr., Diné, who was born and raised on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, in April was appointed by the Biden-Harris administration as tribal liaison in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor.

The Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education introduced newly appointed Assistant Superintendent Maria Carmen-Moffett to staff and stakeholders on April 5.

The Arizona Community Foundation’s Board of Directors recently elected Monica Nuvamsa, Mitch Menchaca, and Anthony Sharett to the board.

Indigenous leader Angel Charley, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, testified on March 3 before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.