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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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Deb Haaland testifies during her confirmation hearing for Secretary of the Interior. (Screenshot-Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources)

Haaland promises to work for everyone if confirmed Interior Secretary

NCAI President Fawn Sharp says state of Indian Nations is strong

South Dakota bill seeks to close gap in missing Indigenous person cases

Monday, February 22, 2021

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Community groups are calling for charges to be dropped against Indigenous people who toppled a statue of Junípero Serra. (Photo-Decolonizers Defense, Instagram)

Groups call for charges to be dropped against Indigenous people who toppled Serra statue

Apache Stronghold files appeal as Oak Flat land swap scheduled to take place in March

Friday, February 19, 2021

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A truck from the Choctaw Nation is loaded with drinking water to be delivered to communities across southeastern Oklahoma. (Photo-Charles Clark, Choctaw Nation)

Hopi tribal leaders are encouraged by slight drop in COVID-19 cases

Oklahoma tribes provide assistance after weather impacts communities

Skills learned on reservation help Native businesswoman living in Texas

Thursday, February 18, 2021

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Paper bag luminaries represent missing and murdered Indigenous women in Montana. (2019 photo-Aaron Bolton)

Fort Belknap Indian Community law enforcement join Montana’s MMIP Task Force

Lawmakers pledge to work with Indian Country on economic and business initiatives

Federal judge temporarily stops sale of National Archives building in Seattle

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

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The Cherokee Nation’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. (Photo-Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, Facebook)

Cherokee Nation helps conserve energy as winter weather hits state

Confirmation hearing scheduled for Haaland for Interior Secretary

Navajo Nation woman sworn into Arizona State Legislature

Colleen Echohawk reflects on growing up in small town in Alaska

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

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The statue of Junipero Serra in Sacremento before it was toppled by protesters. Legislation by a Native California legislator proposes erecting a monument to the state’s tribes at the same location (Photo: Nathan Hughes Hamilton via Flickr/CC)

A bill banning Native American mascots in public schools now moves to the full House of Representatives in Washington State

Legislation in California to erect a monument to Sacramento tribes in place of a toppled statue of Fr. Junipero Serra gains momentum

A new project aims to digitize thousands of Native American oral histories

Monday, February 15, 2021

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Events all over the U.S. and Canada honored missing and murdered Indigenous women on February 14 (Photo: a previous MMIW memorial march in Vancouver, CA, courtesy February 14 Women’s Memorial March DTES Vancouver Facebook page).

A federal judge will not stop a copper mining project that threatens a sacred site for Apaches and other tribes

Events on Sunday honored missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in the United States and Canada

The Biden Administration names a former chief and chairman of the Tanana Chiefs Conference to a federal COVID-19 task force

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

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A group in Omaha urges President Biden to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Photo-Jason Shald, Ní Btháska Stand Collective)

Navajo Nation administers nearly all its COVID-19 vaccines, anticipates shipment

Native people push back as Republican lawmakers oppose Haaland’s nomination

Standing Rock Youth Council run urges Biden to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline

 

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