Diversity Management, News and Updates
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 500,000 Americans have died due to opioid overdoses over the last decade, with an overwhelming number of those deaths occurring within the country’s Native and Indigenous populations. And now, a new $75-million lawsuit settlement struck between the Cherokee Nation…
During Women’s History Month, DiversityInc is honoring a series of woman innovators and history makers like Wilma Mankiller, who are often overlooked in mainstream media coverage and history books. Check back throughout March to learn about more important figures. Born: Nov. 18, 1945, Tehlequah, Oklahoma Died: April 6, 2010, Adair County,…
Contractors with white ancestry earned $311,000 two years ago — as a minority-owned company, the Los Angeles Times reports. When the St. Louis, Missouri mayor announced the contract the town made with a Native American-owned company to demolish an old shoe factory, the community welcomed it. The area was still…
Kimberly Teehee has now been appointed as the first delegate from the Cherokee Nation to join the U.S. House of Representatives. Her nomination was approved by the tribe’s council Thursday. The Treaty of New Echota that created the nonvoting position was established in 1835, but until now, the spot has…
