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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

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The 10th Circuit Court ruled the city of Riverton, Wyoming is not inside the Wind River Indian Reservation boundary. The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes want the case to go before the Supreme Court. (Screenshot)

Wyoming tribes want U.S. Supreme Court to hear tribal border case

Group on Pine Ridge reservation receives Bush Foundation award

Monday, November 13, 2017

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Merrick Kohn in character as Hot Cheeto Man at the 2017 Indigenous Comic Con 2 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Photo-Tara Gatewood)

Wisconsin investigators release report on shooting death of Native teen

South Dakota reservations could be impacted by depleting water source

Indigenous comics, movies and games celebrated at event in New Mexico

 

 

Friday, November 10, 2011

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Lakota elder Marcella LeBeau is among the WWII veterans being honored with a banner in Rapid City, South Dakota. (Photo courtesy Bill Casper)

U.S. Supreme Court denies an Arizona request to review ICWA

Military veterans in South Dakota honored through banner project

Haskell Indian Leader student newspaper celebrates 120 years

Thursday, November 9, 2017

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Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Chairman Dave Flute testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Flute urged for tribal consultation on health care.  (Screenshot)

People return home to their First Nation reserve after being away for years

Tribal leaders urge for federal consultation on health care and other issues

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

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Lakota men and women are part of the 10-month Thunder Valley CDC Workforce Development program, which offers hands-on learning. (Photo-Jerry Matthews)

State of Change: Native organization focuses on workforce development for Oglala Lakota people

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to examine bill to stop sale of sacred items

Leader of Hopi Tribe in Arizona expresses disappointment in mining proposal

 

 

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

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(Photo: John Campbell via Flickr/CC)

Documents suggest inadequate treatment before a patient’s death contributed to the “Immediate Jeopardy” status assigned to to the Pine Ridge Indian Health Service hospital

The Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin aims to sue over a proposed mine on its namesake river

Child welfare rates in Canada bring calls of humanitarian crisis

Friday, November 3, 2017

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Students and a teacher at the STAR School in Arizona take part in a water quality lesson on a decommissioned school bus, which is retrofitted with a filtration unit.  School officials plan to take the bus to nearby Navajo communities to filter well water. (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

Alaskans testify before a Senate committee for and against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Arizona school promotes water first and pursues improved water quality for nearby Navajo communities

 

Thursday, November 2, 2017

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Thunder Valley’s Second Language Coordinator Christina Giago (right) sits in on an active language use play session being taught by Grace Giago. (Photo-Jerry Matthews)

Youth Lakota language preservation effort aims to build resiliency on Pine Ridge reservation

Interim report released on Canada’s investigation into missing and murdered Native women

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

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The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is hearing from families, leaders and organizations across Canada. (Photo-National Inquiry MMIWG, Facebook)

Family of Inuk woman testifies in Canada’s investigation into missing and murdered Native women

Descendants of Cherokee Freedmen hear from Cherokee Nation about enrollment and benefits

Navajo Nation lawmakers vote down legislation for development of the Grand Canyon Escalade

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