Singing Feather Ministries

Grateful that my California Indian Freedom Act of 2026, AB 1881, was approved last week and now will be heard in the state Senate. It will allow Native Americans access to state lands for the practice of their religion, including gathering of Native plants, holding ceremonies, and other religious traditions. Read more on my website by copying this link in your browser: https://ramos.asmdc.org/press-releases/20260601-ramos-bill-protecting-native-american-religious-freedom-heads-senate. You can also find the YouTube link to my floor presentation by copying the link onto your browser. YouTube link to copy is https://youtu.be/nlAMph9BeW4.

Free Leonard Peltier will stream on Netflix

Netflix has announced that Free Leonard Peltier was among four festival documentaries heading to the platform following this year’s festival circuit. The Jesse Short Bull and David France documentary follows Leonard Peltier and the decades-long movement surrounding his imprisonment.

The award winning film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and is scheduled to begin streaming Oct. 12.

“It’s a privilege to give them a home on Netflix so audiences can keep discovering and loving great works like these.” — Adam Del Deo, Netflix VP of Documentaries.

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Will you be watching Free Leonard Peltier when it releases?

Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Getty Images

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For the first time in roughly a century, spring-run Chinook salmon are swimming in the North Yuba River.

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Sharing info from Native Americans in Philanthropy on the Indigenous Tomorrows Fund (ITF). Applications have opened today!

This grant is for:
- Native-led and Native-serving 501c3 organizations & collectives
- Federally and state-recognized Tribal Nations, and their affiliated/sponsored/chartered entities and governmental programs or initiatives
- Fiscally sponsored projects of a 501c3 organization that are Native-led and/or Native-serving

Applications close on July 14.

For more info, or to apply, visit https://nativephilanthropy.org/blog/upcoming-itf26

A Saskatchewan mother’s Facebook post is resonating across Turtle Island after she shared photos of her son Ryland building his own grass dance regalia out of cardboard because he wanted to dance.

“My son really wants an outfit. He wants one so bad he started making his own out of cardboard,” Darcellyn Sapp-Baptiste shared.

Community response quickly followed.

Powwow dancers, artists, families, and community members began offering bells, moccasins, beadwork supplies, mentorship — and even full outfits — to help Ryland step into the circle.

Others also honored the cardboard regalia itself, with one commenter calling it “the kind of ingenuity our ancestors would have praised.”

Days later, Darcellyn shared that enough support had come in to help outfit Ryland, including a synthetic roach, aprons, beadwork supplies, a concho belt, and a donated grass dance outfit.

As for the cardboard regalia — Ryland says he’s keeping it.

“He said, ‘I’m gonna show my future kids my masterpiece,’” Darcellyn wrote.

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Source: Darcellyn Sapp-Baptiste / Facebook

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Redding Rancheria pushes forward with major healthcare project Redding Rancheria held its annual State of the Tribe event Wednesday, highlighting plans for a $230-million Tribal Health Village near the casino that's expected to serve more than 22,000 patients

Amongst the ponderosa pines in California’s Butte County, Maidu women light fires not to destroy but to heal — restoring an ancient garden, and themselves.

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