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Alaska Natives want the US military to clean up its toxic waste
March 19, 2025
Now they’re turning to the UN for help.
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A $250M investment will help this lithium mine get up and running. That’s bad news for these tribes.
March 13, 2025
Tribes have tried and failed to stop the project in court. A new report says it violates Indigenous rights.
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Comunidades nativas americanas se manifestaron ante el Capitolio de Arizona: “Las mujeres tenemos 10 veces más probabilidades de sufrir violencia”
March 10, 2025
El centro del reclamo fue la muerte de Emily Pike, adolescente apache de San Carlos, en el condado Gila, quien apareció muerta luego de haber desaparecido en enero pasado.
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For Lumbee tribe, ‘the time has come’ to finally be federally recognized
March 10, 2025
Over 100 years. That’s how long the Lumbee have been denied federal recognition. Now, President Donald Trump is pushing for that to change.
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Peggy Flanagan hopes to be the first Native woman in US Senate
February 20, 2025
The Minnesota lieutenant governor officially kicks off her campaign.
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‘Finally Free’: Leonard Peltier heads home to North Dakota
February 18, 2025
The AIM activist was released from federal prison after gaining clemency from President Joe Biden. He spent 49 years behind bars in what he has long maintained was a wrongful conviction in the deaths of two federal agents.
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‘Life or Death Consequences’: Layoffs throw Indian Country into turmoil
February 14, 2025
A coalition of tribal organizations issued a sharp response to the ongoing layoffs of thousands of federal employees across Indian Country, expressing “grave concerns” about the “catastrophic” impact to Indian health services, education, law enforcement, fire suppression and other programs delivering services to tribal nations, citizens and communities.
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‘Losing our voice, losing our space’
February 07, 2025
The Trump administration’s sweeping orders could force some tribal colleges and universities to shut down, school leaders said.
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Biden commutes Leonard Peltier, sending him home to North Dakota to carry out life sentence
January 22, 2025
On his final day in office, President Joe Biden commuted Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old Turtle Mountain Chippewa man convicted of killing two FBI agents. Many Indigenous communities around the state and nation are celebrating the decision.
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Alaska Native leaders call to preserve Denali name for Mount McKinley
January 21, 2025
Activists argue that Indigenous values should take precedence over honoring of a pro-tariff president.
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Interior Secretary nominee questioned about stance on Native issues
January 17, 2025
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum faced a Senate committee Thursday that questioned related to his nomination as Secretary of the Interior including on issues affecting tribes.
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EPA takes unprecedented step to remove uranium waste from the Navajo Nation
January 17, 2025
The decision opens the door for new ways to manage uranium pollution on tribal land.
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Cherokee Nation receives federal grant to boost EV charging network
January 15, 2025
The Cherokee Nation has received a $10.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to install electric vehicle chargers across its reservation.
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‘A different standard’: Native Americans still searched at far higher rates by Washington State Patrol, new data shows
January 09, 2025
Though disparities for other races improved, InvestigateWest analysis reveals Native Americans five times more likely to be searched despite ongoing scrutiny.
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Hope in Turbulent Times: Native Leaders Take the Long View
December 15, 2024
Representatives from three tribes discuss how their communities have learned to endure by celebrating connections.
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