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Friday, December 1, 2017

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Tribes and environmental groups set to sue over any changes to Bears Ears by Trump administration Bad River Band plans community walk to help heal from recent shooting death of 14-year-old boy Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico says its popular Laguna burgers can now be found off pueblo

State of Change: Youth mentors on Pine Ridge

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Alejandro Rama loves basketball and is a mentor with Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation’s mentorship program. When Rama was growing up he would frequently turn to his coach for answers about the game, school, or whatever was on his mind. At 16, Rama now understands how important it is to have a role model when you are young.

Thursday, November 30, 2017

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Youth mentors on the Pine Ridge reservation are part of grassroots efforts to create positive change Cheyenne River Sioux chairman calls on President Trump to leave office after code talker event Full U.S. Senate passes Native American languages legislation and eight other Native American bills

Advocates to Trump: Racial slur harmful to Native women

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Women’s advocates call President Donald Trump’s use of the name Pocahontas as a jab at U.S. Senator Elisabeth Warren disrespectful to tribes and harmful to Native women.  Advocates point to the story of Pocahontas, a Pamunkey Indian, as being romanticized too often. Advocates add the Pocahontas story is in fact about kidnap and rape and sadly resonates with modern-day Indigenous women.

“To dismiss, minimize that story (Pocahontas) or to make her invisible from who she is as a human, to explain to people why that’s inappropriate is very exhausting,” said Amber Kanazbah Crotty, an advocate and Navajo Nation lawmaker.

Navajo Nation asks White House for apology and to keep word to Navajo Code Talkers

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Navajo Nation tribal leaders respond to a White House event honoring Navajo Code Talkers by calling the contributions of code talkers invaluable, but cultural insensitivity shown by President Donald Trump after Trump made comments about Pocahontas. 

“The statement by President Trump was disrespectful and rude,” said Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan Nez on Tuesday in response to President Trump’s comments.  “Our Navajo Code Talkers fought for courage and honor and that same respect should have been given to them yesterday at the White House. Instead that event will be remembered for entirely different reasons.”

Friday, November 24, 2017

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Native American advocate honored with leadership award by Nevada Indian Commission South Dakota new state epidemiologist seeks to reduce health disparities among tribes Alaska Statewide Suicide Prevention Council works to lift taboo of talking about suicide

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