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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Oklahoma researchers find Native Americans underrepresented in CDC database
April 18, 2024
A new study says the CDC reclassified Native American participants who self-reported their race in a survey, causing the total number of Indigenous respondents to be underreported, affecting funding for health, social, and behavioral resources for Indigenous people.
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Wenatchi-P’squosa people demonstrate against proposed solar project
April 05, 2024
The Badger Mountain development in eastern Washington threatens cultural resources including Indigenous food and sacred sites on the mountain.
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Tribes call for apology from SD governor
March 22, 2024
During two recent town hall meetings, Gov. Kristi Noem accused tribal council members of “standing in her way,” failing youth and benefiting from drug cartel operations.
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The massive copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom
March 19, 2024
To fight climate change, the world needs copper. The third largest deposit on the planet is in Arizona, a site the San Carlos Apache say is “like Mount Sinai to us.”
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50 years later, Lakota girl still missing
February 26, 2024
Family remembers 12-year-old Delema Sits Poor on 50th anniversary of her disappearance from the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.
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A Native voting ecosystem in Nevada
February 21, 2024
Grassroots organizations, the state Indian commission, county governments and tribal nations work collectively to increase Native American voter engagement.
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Food and Environment Reporting Network
Tribal nations want more control over their food supply
February 21, 2024
Here’s how the farm bill could help.
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An Indigenous teen in Washington disappeared amid clear signs of danger. It took more than a year before police started investigating
February 14, 2024
Kit Nelson-Mora is one of 58 missing children and 128 missing Indigenous people in Washington. Kit’s disappearance is part of a much larger crisis, one that’s increasingly on the radar of state and federal officials.
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Can Montana mend its racial gap in foster care?
February 12, 2024
Native American children are dramatically overrepresented in the child welfare system. Experts say that trend is devastating for families and tribal nations, but difficult to solve.
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Tribes face uphill battle to defend sacred land against lithium mining
February 10, 2024
An analysis by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University found nine proposed lithium mines are within 10 miles of Native American reservations.
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FBI launches initiative to investigate Wyoming’s missing and murdered Indigenous people
February 08, 2024
After years of work at the state and local levels, the FBI is stepping in to gather more data on the scope of the MMIP problem here in Wyoming.
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Misplaced Trust
February 07, 2024
Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy.
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Top 5 takeaways of our investigation into state trust lands
February 07, 2024
A Grist investigation reveals how 14 public universities continue to benefit from extractive industries on stolen Indigenous land.
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Lithium mining’s untold threat to water
February 02, 2024
The coming electric battery revolution in America will require billions upon billions of gallons of water to mine lithium – and many of the new U.S. mines will be located in the drought-prone American West, an investigative report has found.
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California translocates beavers to aid population growth
January 18, 2024
For the first time in 75 years, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) moved a family of seven North American beavers.
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