Chairman VanZile is hosting Facebook Live briefings on COVID-19 every Friday at Noon. Watch the briefings on the Tribe's Facebook page.

By Ayomi Wolff, Madison365.com

Growing Up Ojibwe: The Game, in which players can both engage with and learn about Ojibwe practices and tradition, is now available to download on Android devices, and is also playable on any web browser.

Players can choose to play as either Tommy or Annie Sky, two Ojibwe youth, as they embark on a journey through northern Wisconsin to learn about their heritage. The game is based on a children’s book series of the same name.

Eleanore Falck is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and the artist, programmer, and developer of Growing Up Ojibwe: The Game. She designed the game during a summer internship with the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC).

By Li Cohen, CBS News

TikTok, the mobile application that quickly became a defining cultural aspect of 2020, is most known as a platform where dances and comedy videos go viral. But Native and Indigenous individuals are also using the app to challenge stereotypes about their cultures, and let the world know they are "not just relics of the past."

Over the past few months, the hashtag #NativeTikTok has racked up more than 1.3 billion views. One popular creator is James Jones, a performer, artist and cultural educator from Alberta, Canada, who identifies as Cree. Jones, who is known as @notoriouscree to his 2.4 million TikTok followers, told CBS News his goal is to use the platform to show the world that Native and Indigenous individuals are "still here."

"I think a lot of people, especially here in North America, are just being reminded that Indigenous people are still here, and we're not just relics of the past," Jones told CBS News. "That's one of the really good things I like about TikTok is that you get to see a lot of Indigenous creators, artists ... just in their everyday life. You get to see them doing everyday things."

He said his account is dedicated to putting a "cultural spin" on trending content. In his first viral video, Jones dressed in traditional regalia and showcased hoop dancing to the song "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd. The video, posted on April 1, has been viewed more than 2.4 million times, and Jones said he gained roughly 100,000 followers from that post alone.

In several videos, Jones explains the hoop dance is done to tell stories and "for those in need of healing."

"We tell stories with our hoops using the teachings of Mother Earth," the text reads on one video. "We're all in this together, and we're only going to move forward by supporting and helping each other."

The National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the National Council for the Traditional Arts, will present “The Culture of America: A Cross-Country Visit with the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows,” on March 4th at 8:00 pm (Eastern time).

Join storyteller Queen Nur as she hosts a virtual trip across the country, taking viewers into the homes and communities where the 2020 National Heritage Fellows live and create. The pre-recorded virtual presentation will be webcast free to the public at https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage. No RSVP needed.

As part of this one-hour presentation, viewers can:

The White Earth Land Recovery Project and the Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute are excited to host the 18th Annual Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference and 4th Annual Indigenous Hemp Conference together this year virtually on March 5th thru March 7th.

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For more information, contact Donna Vodar, Director of Human Resources, at 715-478-7663.

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