Keynotes Podcast: Our Work with The Mountain Ute Tribe Last month we launched our podcast, Keynotes: Stories of Collective Impact, to share the stories of people coming together to develop long-lasting solutions to difficult policy obstacles. To kick off the podcast, we published a four-episode series about our work with the Ute Mountain [...]
Keystone Partners with Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to Offer Pandemic Support American Indian Tribes were already navigating stressed systems – from education to infrastructure to health care – that are now only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ernest House, Jr., director of Keystone’s American Indian/Alaska Native Program, details the steps some [...]
KUNC Talks to Keystone, Highlights Repatriation Effort in Series on Stolen and Returned Art in Colorado Much of the world’s stolen art and artifacts already reside in museums as many culturally sacred pieces that originally belonged to Native American tribes and other indigenous communities were taken by curators, reports [...]
Keystone Offers Insight to Boulder City Council About Tribal Consultation The director of Keystone’s American Indian/Alaska Native program, Ernest House, Jr., offered a presentation on Feb. 11 to the Boulder City Council on conducting tribal consultations with federally recognized American Indian Tribes and Nations. The full presentation is available below. [...]
Lieutenant Governor, Keystone Partner to Conduct Series of Mental Health Listening Sessions Ernest House, Jr., director of Keystone's American Indian/Alaska Native program, leads a listening session on mental health at the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. Photo courtesy of Lindsay J. Box. Keystone Policy Center is partnering with the office of the [...]
(VIDEO): Denver 7 speaks to Keystone about Colorado’s history regarding land and Native American tribes Ernest House, director of Keystone's American Indian/Alaska Native Program, is interviewed by Denver 7 about displacement, reparations, and the acknowledgement by one neighborhood association of Colorado's history regarding land and Native American tribes. Watch the [...]
Keystone Thoughts from the 2019 National Tribal Energy Summit Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes speaks in the closing session of the 2019 National Tribal Energy Summit in Washington, DC. Keystone Policy Center attended the 2019 National Tribe Energy Summit (NTES), which was hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy [...]
As we roll into fall, Next 100 Colorado is focused on launching a museum exhibit and a pilot mentorship program. Keep an eye out for additional detail in upcoming newsletters! EVENTS October 2019 October 23-26: National Wilderness Workshop Bend, Oregon The National Wilderness Workshop (NWW) will take place in Bend, Oregon from October [...]
Keystone Policy Center Convenes Summit on Energy Development Near Tribal Lands Panelists who participated in Keystone Policy Center's tribes/energy summit included (from left to right): Troy Eid, Greenberg Taurus LLP American Indian Law Practice Group; Ernest House, Keystone Policy Center American Indian Alaska Native Program; Elia Quintana, American Petroleum Institute; John Echohawk, [...]
