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Crow Tribe looks to ‘reset the clock’ on blood quantum requirements, expand enrollment
December 05, 2025
The proposed legislation would alter things so all existing members would be considered as having 100% Crow “blood.”
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Cherokee Nation celebrates cemetery acquisition where historic leaders were laid to rest
December 04, 2025
The cemetery is located in Tahlequah, near the capital of the Cherokee Nation.
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Haines mayor proposes borough ‘return Tlingit Park to the Tlingits’
December 03, 2025
The land would come with a caveat, according to Morphet’s plan. The trail through the park would remain open to public use.
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Interactive mapping tool helps tell the story of California’s Tribal resistance
November 26, 2025
To visualize the history of Indigenous activism among the Maidu and Pit River nations, UC Davis scholars mapped areas of the North State’s mountainous terrain that have been successfully reclaimed by Tribes after previously being held by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
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Delta barn where Emmett Till was slain is bought as a ‘sacred site’
November 24, 2025
The injustice of the killers getting away with murder helped propel the modern civil rights movement.
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What happens when wolves leave Yellowstone
November 16, 2025
The National Park Service has two chief goals: preserving and protecting natural systems, and visitor enjoyment. Wolves figure into both.
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In Rocky Ford, watermelons, ditches and the Arkansas River tie a community to its past and inform its future
October 21, 2025
The longest-running fair in Colorado has provided tax dollars and identity to a region that has struggled economically. But recent projects in the works have the town’s future in mind while borrowing from the past.
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Ohio teacher who was suspended for having LGBTQ+ books in her classroom loses her court case
October 16, 2025
Cahall, who has taught in the small Southwest Ohio village for over 30 years, filed a lawsuit against the district challenging her suspension.
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For the first time, Montana officially celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 13, 2025
While Indigenous Peoples’ Day is not a federal holiday, Montana joins a growing list of more than a dozen states and at least 200 cities that officially recognize the day.
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Gilbert’s Restaurant in Chatham, once a safe haven for Black travelers, was almost torn down. Then it received national and state historic designations.
September 19, 2025
The restaurant, which opened in 1945 and served famous faces and local patrons alike, was approved for a state historic marker this year.
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Annual TCLL field trip connects students to Lingít culture through foraging and language
September 12, 2025
This is part of a longstanding field trip for students at Tlingit Culture, Language and Literacy, a Lingít language immersion school.
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Nanticoke Tribe overcomes fundraising woes, gears up for annual powwow
September 03, 2025
This momentum for the Delaware tribe stands out amid federal funding cuts for tribal organizations.
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Mainland Living Native Hawaiians Asked to Contribute to Boarding School Oral History Project
August 29, 2025
The collection is the first of its kind in the U.S. and is composed of oral history interviews from federal Indian boarding school survivors. It will be permanently housed in the Library of Congress within the next few years.
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Goodman Mountain: A civil rights pioneer’s enduring legacy in the Adirondacks
August 21, 2025
In its trail description, Protect the Adirondacks also advocates using the time to take a broader view of the fight for social justice.
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Grand Canyon megafire portends troubled future for national parks
August 13, 2025
Former National Park Service director says Trump proposals ‘lessen our ability to protect and preserve these lands’
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