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Friday, August 6, 2021

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The Canadian Government and First Nations agree to record $8 billion settlement over drinking water

Canadian government and First Nations reach an agreement to settle two class action lawsuits over drinking water advisories

U.S. Interior and Justice departments open commission nominations and plan tribal consultations for next steps in Not Invisible Act progress

Thursday, August 5, 2021

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Protesters hold signs opposing exploratory drilling for a proposed gold mine near Death Valley National Monument by K2 Gold (Photo: from Friends of Inyo Facebook)

The Passamaquoddy tribe hopes new solutions can help address longstanding water problems

The public comment period opens for a controversial mining project in California

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

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The Rocky Boy Bison Project secured additional funding to restore bison herds from Yellowstone Park (Photo: John Carr, USFWS via Flickr/CC)

D.C. Circuit Court rules Indian Health Service wrongfully withheld funds from Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes

Rocky Boy secures additional funding to bring Yellowstone bison back this fall

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s first tribal research coordinator aims to build partnerships with Indigenous communities

Monday, August 2, 2021

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The World Eskimo Indian Olympics celebrates culture and althleticism (Photo: Screenshot)

A federal judge grants tribes’ motion to join lawsuit to stop lithium mine development at Thacker Pass

The state of Idaho claims hunting and fishing rights don’t apply to Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation

Skill and tradition honored at 60th anniversary World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Fairbanks, Alaska

Friday, July 9, 2021

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At a press conference New Democratic Party MP Mummilaaq Qaqqaq calls for an inquiry into crimes against Indigenous people at Canadian residential schools (Photo: APTN screenshot).

An indigenous Canadian lawmaker is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate former residential schools

An Israeli company is testing a generator on the Navajo Nation that draws clean drinking water from air

National Public Radio is criticized for referring to the Declaration of Independence as ‘flawed with racist language’

Monday, June 14, 2021

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The city of Victoria, British Columbia has cancelled Canada Day celebrations in light of the discovery of remains of 215 children on the grounds of a B.C. residential school.

At least one Canadian city has canceled Canada Day celebrations following the discovery of the remains of 215 native children at a former residential school

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says the US needs to address its own troubled history of Native American boarding schools

Friday, June 11, 2021

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An investigation finds faults with jails run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Photo by nizz7 via Flickr)

Nineteen people have died at jails overseen by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs since 2016

A group of Native American contractors is calling for an end to protests over the Line 3 pipeline

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