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Thursday, June 28, 2018

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Women Are Sacred. Advocates at the 2018 Women are Sacred conference discuss issues in their communities including missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. (Art by Waya’aisiwa Gary Keene)

Advocates say work is beginning in the Northwest to address missing and murdered Indigenous women

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Yakama Nation tribal sovereignty case involving transporting goods

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

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Advocates, tribal leaders and youth at the 2018 Women Are Sacred conference focus on ending violence against women. (Art-Joanne Brings Thunder)

Native advocates seek to close gaps in Violence Against Women Act up for reauthorization

U.S. Department of Justice announces grants to address crime victims in Indian Country

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

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Cheyenne and Arapaho artist Harvey Pratt’s “Warriors’ Circle of Honor” design selected for the Smithsonian’s National Native American Veterans Memorial. (Image courtesy-NMAI)

Government statistics show high rate of incarcerated Indigenous youth in Canada

Tribal leaders in the West share concerns about Interior Department reorganization

Crow Tribe cannot account for federal money intended for transportation improvements

Cheyenne and Arapaho artist Harvey Pratt’s design selected for Native veterans memorial

 

 

Monday, June 25, 2018

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The Lifeguard Group and community members organize a search in Missoula, Montana for 23-year-old Jermain Charlo. (Image-The Lifeguard Group, Facebook)

Alaska Native leader says immigrant family separation reopens painful memories

Community members search for missing Native American woman in Montana

Federal prosecutors will not seek charges in triple homicide on Crow reservation

Friday, June 22, 2018

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Mary Sattler Peltola, executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission testifies to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs about subsistence resource management (Photo: screenshot)

Tribes in Wisconsin are working with the state Department of Public Instruction to improve communication and educational outcomes for Native youth

Advocates for Alaska Native subsistence fishing are pushing for shared resource management with federal and state wildlife officials

A Navajo man is suing a county in Utah to be reinstated on a ballot claiming he was attacked for his race and political views

 

Thursday, June 21, 2018

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The opening of the 29th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council. The International Indian Treaty Council condemns the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from the U.N. group (Photo: the United States Mission Geneva via Flickr C/C)

An advocate for recognition of indigenous people condemns the U.S. withdrawal from the U-N Human Right Council

A federal agency makes an unexpected recommendation in support of a controversial pipeline in Minnesota

The Bureau of Indian Affairs held the first of a series of consultations this week on its reorganization

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

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NCAI President Jefferson Keel addresses the 2018 Winter Executive Session. Keel compares the U.S. policy of separating immigrant children from families to “a dark period for many Native American families.” (Photo: NCAI Twitter)

The National Congress of American Indians condemns the separation of children from their undocumented families

Supporters and opponents of a proposed oil pipeline pack meetings this week in Minnesota

Tribes want the supervisor of Yellowstone National Park to remain in place until a wild bison relocation program takes effect

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

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Tesuque farmer Gailey Morgan. According to the USDA, data collection can help Native farmers and producers show the value and importance of agriculture.  (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

USDA statistics service shows Native Americans underrepresented

Attorneys file motion in Native American voting rights case in Utah

Electricity restored to two Manitoba First Nations impacted by fires

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to focus on subsistence issues

 

Monday, June 18, 2018

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A video shared online shows an incident involving a Tohono O’odham tribal member and the U.S. Border Patrol. Leaders of the Tohono O’odham Nation say there’s an investigation into the incident. (Screenshot)

Some Western lawmakers feel Indian Country substance abuse issues may be going unaddressed with opioid attention

Tohono O’odham Nation leaders say tribe’s investigating incident involving tribal member and U.S. Border Patrol

Navajo Nation leaders oppose challenge to San Juan River settlement agreement by group of New Mexico legislators

 

Friday, June 15, 2018

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The Blackfeet Nation and the Interior Department implement a water rights settlement for the Montana Tribe. (Photo-Indian Affairs, Twitter)

South Dakota Supreme Court rules in case involving Keystone XL Pipeline

High school in Maine to remove Indian mascot logo, but keep Warrior name

San Francisco board to hold rehearing over statute Native people want removed

Blackfeet Nation and Interior Department implement water rights settlement

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