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Friday, August 3, 2018

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Tasha Kahele, Native Hawaiian, opened Aloha Poke Stop in Alaska. In May, she received a letter from a Chicago-based chain demanding she change her restaurant’s name. (Photo-Emily Russell)

Native Hawaiian restaurant owner discusses cultural appropriation

Legislation introduced to enhance penalties for NAGPRA violations

Portland State University announces Indigenous studies major

Thursday, August 2, 2018

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee introduces the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. (Photo-Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee, Facebook)

Family of missing Native woman confirms her body was found

Former President Obama endorsed Deb Haaland for Congress

Democrats push to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act

Navajo council committee approves bill involving enrollment

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

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Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, San Felipe Governor Anthony Ortiz and Congressman Steve Pearce discuss tribal housing needs at San Felipe Pueblo in New Mexico. (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

HUD Secretary Ben Carson tours housing at San Felipe Pueblo

Wisconsin tribe reaches settlement over plans to produce hemp

Bill introduced to address human trafficking in Indian Country

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

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The United Tribes of Bristol Bay recently released polling results of local concerns about the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska. (Screenshot)

Poll asks Bristol Bay residents where they stand on Pebble Mine

Ancient Iroquois village discovered in Montreal by archeologists

 

Monday, July 30, 2018

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Havasupai tribal landscape. The tribe has declared an emergency after flooding. The reservation attracts visitors for its natural beauty and waterfalls. (Photo-Havasupai Tribe)

St. Croix Band and Wisconsin reach agreement over hemp business

Flooding devastates Havasupai Tribe at bottom of Grand Canyon

Bank offers manual to help tribes improve home ownership

Friday, July 27, 2018

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Kris Beecher recently held a voter registration drive for Navajo people living in the Phoenix, Arizona area. (Photo-Kris Beecher, Facebook)

Tribal leaders and U.S. lawmakers address barriers to voting

Navajo man holds voter registration drive for urban Navajos

Army Corps moves ahead with Pebble Mine environmental review

Thursday, July 26, 2018

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Perry Bellegarde has been reelected as the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. (Photo-Assembly of First Nations, Facebook)

Canada’s largest Native organization reelects national chief for second term

Activist facing rape charges in New Mexico arrested in Phoenix

Pueblo woman says more still needs to be done after Entrada canceled

Navajo committee approves bill to request medical staff at tribal jails

Gaming funds in Michigan to help projects remove offensive Indian imagery

 

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

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Native women, children and their allies demonstrate at the Conference of Western Attorneys General annual meeting in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. (Photo-Shereena Rose Baker)

Native women say no to fracking as officials meet in New Mexico

Santa Fe group to cancel reenactment of Spanish conquistadors

Hunger relief group focuses on food insecurity in South Dakota

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

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Some lawmakers and the White House are currently seeking changes to the Endangered Species Act. (Screenshot)

How could changes to the Endangered Species Act impact tribes?

U.S. lawmakers to examine closely watched land into trust bill

Authorities raid three gaming operations in North Carolina

Monday, July 23, 2018

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Utah Diné Bikéyah board member Mary Jane Yazzie greeted the bear totem in Salt Lake City on its way to Bears Ear Summer Gathering then to the Southern Ute Museum (Photo: Our Shared Responsibility: A Totem Pole Journey Facebook).

The state of North Dakota wants the federal government to reimburse $38 million in law enforcement costs related to the Dakota Access Pipeline opposition.

The Trump Administration aims to fast-track the environmental review for oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Lummi carvers present a totem to a Bears Ears coalition

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