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Friday, August 25, 2017

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Valley of the Gods and Cedar Mesa in Utah, within Bears Ears National Monument (photo: Bob Wick, U.S. Bureau of Land Management)

Interior Secretary recommends President Trump shrink Bears Ears National Monument

The Osage Nation hires a lobbyist in its effort to open a casino in Missouri

A Texas mother challenges a school district’s decision to reject her son for having long hair

An author many say falsely claims Native American heritage is nominated for a national literary prize

Thursday, August 24, 2017

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The video Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL is nominated for a MTV Video Music Award in the newly-added Best Fight Against the System category. The video was recorded by Taboo of Black Eyed Peas and Native artists. (Screenshot)

Native people push for removal of colonial statues in San Francisco

Yale to remove carving of settler pointing gun at Native American

Federal officials clear Navajo housing agency of mismanagement

Pokanoket group occupies land owned by Brown University

Standing Rock #NoDAPL video up for MTV video award

 

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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People protest President Trump’s visit to Arizona Tuesday in Phoenix. (Photo-Carrie Jung, Twitter)

Native people oppose Trump’s Arizona visit, call for Indigenous rights

Greenpeace sued by company, which built the Dakota Access Pipeline

Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma to host Cobell settlement legal classes

 

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

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Amanda Ruiz discusses her research on “Identifying Additional Land Suitable for Food” at a recent Pre-Engineering Education Collaborative poster presentation at Oglala Lakota College. (Photo-South Dakota School of Mines and Technology)

Native group hosts event to oppose President Trump’s Arizona visit

Haskell students start school with solar eclipse educational event

Oglala Lakota College takes part in pre-engineering collaborative

Monday, August 21, 2017

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Judge Abby Abinanti in Yurok Country. A PBS documentary premiers August 21 featuring tribal judges in California working to restore communities and affirm tribal sovereignty. (Photo-Anne Makepeace)

People relocating to new Alaska village look forward to moving day

Documentary features tribal judges working to restore communities

Navajo people follow traditional practices involving solar eclipse

Friday, August 18, 2017

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Nicolai Chase, 16, gets ready to set up a net at a culture and science camp in Alaska. (Photo-Christine Trudeau)

Native young people set off on canoe journey to protest plans to replace oil pipeline

Native woman in New Mexico announces bid for Republican lt. governor seat

Culture camp in Alaska teaches both Native traditional knowledge and science

California bill signed into law for Native students to attend community college

Thursday, August 17, 2017

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One of Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation’s projects on the Pine Ridge reservation is the construction of a Regenerative Community.  It will include 21 single-family homes and Pow Wow grounds.

Native Americans protest docking of replica Columbus ships in Michigan

Native Americans and environmentalists see value in national monuments

North Dakota’s governor travels to reservations to meet with tribal leaders

Thunder Valley Community Development celebrates 10-year anniversary

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

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Confederate Memorial in Helena, Montana. Native American lawmakers are calling for its removal. (Photo-Wikimedia Commons)

Native American lawmakers in Montana call for the removal of Confederate memorial

Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women demand for reset of commission

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

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Heavy equipment is moving earth in the small Nebraska town of Whiteclay as preparations are made for the grand opening of a Family Dollar store. (Photo-Jim Kent)

Alaska court case claims jury selection discriminates against rural Native communities

Clean up continues in Whiteclay, Nebraska months after closure of town’s liquor stores

 

Monday, August 14, 2017

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KSUT Executive Director Tami Graham in the KSUT studio. The Southern Ute Tribe pledged $1 million in matching grants to the station for a new tribal media center (Photo: Jeremy Wade Shockley/The Southern Ute Drum)

A Muscogee Creek man going on trial for murder asks a judge to toss his case after a recent Oklahoma jurisdiction ruling

The Stillaguamish Tribe maintains sovereign immunity in a lawsuit over liability for a deadly landslide

The Southern Ute Tribe commits a million dollars to radio station’s plans for new tribal media center

Solar and wind power donation aids Ramapough Lenape Tribe in occupation of Mahwah prayer site

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