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Friday, January 6, 2017

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Retiring tribal college library technician Gloria Graves (Center) encourages Native Americans to pursue higher education. (Photo: Rhonda LeValdo)

Bad River tribal council passes resolution to deny easement and remove old pipeline

More snow and extreme temperatures in forecast for reservations on Northern Plains

Library tech encourages Native people to pursue higher education, praises tribal college

Thursday, January 5, 2017

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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and tribal leaders talk during a luncheon. (Photo-Governor Doug Burgum, Facebook)

Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation leader optimistic about relations with North Dakota 

Navajo Nation lawmakers vote to remove the person in charge of the tribe’s finances

Former U.S. Attorney talks about asking Obama to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier

Correction: In our story we said Peltier was tried in Iowa, when in fact it was in North Dakota.

Wednesday, January 4, 2016

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The Oceti Sakowin Camp in North Dakota. (Photo-December 2016, Antonia Gonzales)

New North Dakota governor calls on people opposing Dakota Access Pipeline to vacate main camp

Group of neighbors in Minneapolis discuss protection of nearby lake after visit to Standing Rock

Top prosecutor in Peltier case urges President Obama to grant clemency to imprisoned activist

Revenue sharing agreement between tribe and state may help schools replace Indian mascots

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

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American University decided to remove the Leonard Peltier statue on its grounds (Photo: Leonard Peltier Statue Project/Instagram).

Joint tribal-state court in Alaska accepts participant and will take more cases soon

Demonstrators opposing Dakota Access Pipeline march at end of Rose Parade

American University announces removal of Leonard Peltier statue outside museum

Monday, January 2, 2017

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Veteran Willard Jackson, Sr. at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in December. (Photo-Daysha Eaton)

Exhibit explores significance of horses among Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people

Alaska Native veteran travels to Standing Rock to show support to demonstrators

Friday, December 30, 3016

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Bullet holes mar the petroglyphs at Gold Butte. Supporters are praising President Obama’s designation of the area as a national monument. (Justin McAfee/Friends of Gold Butte)


Tribal leaders reflect on Obama’s legacy and prepare for next administration

Native Americans applaud declaration of Gold Butte National Monument

Agreement in Wisconsin to help tribal college students earn education degree

Thursday, December 29, 2016

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Bears Ears sunrise. (Photo-Tim Peterson)

Navajo Nation among tribes to celebrate Bears Ears National Monument designation

First Nation’s marry out, stay out policy faces the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Cheyenne River Youth Project announces the creation of Lakota youth art institute

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

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Minnesota’s White Earth MOMS program has been honored for its work with pregnant mothers and new parents to fight drug addiction.(mn.gov/dhs)

Tribal leaders stand with Montana elected officials in opposing threats from white nationalists

Canadian government’s new education agreement to give Manitoba First Nations more control

Native American composer selected for music residency with South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

Minnesota Department of Human Services honors some agencies helping Native Americans

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

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The traveling Native Voices exhibit, like this one at the Trickster Art Gallery in Schaumburg, Illinois utilizes storytelling to explore Native medicine (Photo: National Library of Medicine)

The U.S. Justice Department expands tribal access to a national criminal database

Quebec begins a probe into how police and other officials treat indigenous people

An exhibit uses story-telling to discuss Native medicine and healthcare

Monday, December 26, 2016

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Bedushia Nicholi traveled to North Dakota to demonstrate against the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Photo-Bedushia Nicholi)

A Yup’ik woman shares her experience at Standing Rock

Some young Lakota poets dispel stereotypes about poetry

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