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Tuesday, July 19 2016

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Officials formally dedicate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in honor of Billy Frank, Junior (Photo-Congressman Denny Heck)

Officials formally dedicate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in honor of Billy Frank, Junior (File photo: courtesy Rep. Denny Heck)

Campaign officials plan minority outreach for Donald Trump

A proposal aims to change Navajo Nation governance

A South Dakota school district drops Native American imagery

Officials gather to formally honor Billy Frank Junior

Monday, July 18 2016

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The Republican National Convention gets underway this week. It's expected to end Thursday with the nomination of Donald Trump (File photo: Art Hughes)

The Republican National Convention gets underway this week. It’s expected to end Thursday with the nomination of Donald Trump (File photo: Art Hughes)

The GOP convention gets underway looking to highlight diversity

Arizona hiking guides wonder what’s next after new tribal ban

A Wisconsin tribe is assessing damage after severe floods

Friday, July 15 2016

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Cedar Mesa is one of the places within the Bears Ears area that is important to the Ute, Hopi and Navajo tribes and other Pueblo peoples (Photo: Jonathan Bailey)

Cedar Mesa is one of the places within the Bears Ears area that is important to the Ute, Hopi and Navajo tribes and other Pueblo peoples (Photo: Jonathan Bailey)

Significant progress on an appropriations bill for Indian Country programs

Bears Ears land protection moves ahead on several fronts

A popular powwow founder is thankful for support from a medical marijuana maker

Thursday, July 14, 2016

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Lakota student Alexis Torres filming her subject as part of Mitakupi Foundation’s Summer Arts Program on the Pine Ridge Reservation. (Photo- Kaitlyn Wayman-Dodd)

Tribal attorneys and wildlife officials hold meeting on Montana bison range

Lac du Flambeau council passes emergency ban after juvenile moose killed 

Summer arts program on Pine Ridge part of efforts to help prevent suicide

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

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Southcentral Foundation board members and staff turn soil in groundbreaking ceremony for construction of new children’s dental clinic and health services facility. (Photo-Joaqlin Estus)

U.S. lawmakers examine legislation to create tribal led boards to control Indian hospitals

Dental clinic and health facility in Anchorage to boost services for Alaska Native people

Head of Royal Canadian Mounted Police discusses partnership need with First Nations

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

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Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde. (Screenshot)

Wisconsin tribes and AmeriCorps partner to address substance abuse

Montana tribes to host meeting on National Bison Range transfer proposal

First Nations and Canada’s national police force agree to work together

Monday, July 11, 2016

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Susan La Flesche Picotte ("Doctor Susan") - Omaha, Ponca, Iowa, French, Anglo/American - was the first Native American doctor in the U.S. She graduated from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania at the top of her class on March 14, 1889. Public Domain

Doctor Susan La Flesche Picotte. (Image-Public Domain)

Proponents of a Grand Canyon heritage monument deliver petition to the White House

The new film “Medicine Woman” tells story of the first female Native American doctor

Hopi tribal leaders and law enforcement officials honor fallen Dallas police officers

Lumbee woman named replacement athlete to U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastic team

Friday, July 8, 2016

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Ivory Carver Dennis Pungowiyi poses for a picture at an art market in Anchorage, Alaska. He's known for carving walruses with a layered fat look. (File photo 2015- Antonia Gonzales)

Ivory Carver Dennis Pungowiyi poses for a picture at an art market in Anchorage, Alaska. He is known for carving walrus figures with a layered fat look. (File photo 2015- Antonia Gonzales)

Republicans reach out to Native voters on the Flathead Reservation

California’s ivory ban causes confusion about ivory market in U.S.

Thursday, July 7, 2016

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Lakota elder Marcella LeBeau stands beside the Wounded Knee Massacre Ghost Dance Shirt she helped return to the Lakota from Scotland’s Kelvingrove Museum in 1999. Courtesy Gerri LeBeau

Lakota elder Marcella LeBeau stands beside the Wounded Knee Massacre Ghost Dance Shirt she helped return to the Lakota from Scotland’s Kelvingrove Museum in 1999. (Photo-Gerri LeBeau)

Elder with Wounded Knee Survivors Association says rifles sold at auction should be returned to Lakota people

Drought map shows large section of South Dakota including reservation land dry and getting dryer

Native young people from New Mexico tribes seek to make positive changes in their communities

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

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Governor Kurt Riley of Acoma Pueblo talks about protecting sacred items. (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

New Mexico U.S. Senator unveils legislation to prohibit export of Native American sacred items

Alaska tribes can move forward with petitions to federal government to take land into trust

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