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Thursday, November 8, 2018

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After a count of absentee ballots, Republican Yvette Herrell (Cherokee, left) lost her lead to Democrat Xochitl Torres Small in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District race (Photos: campaign photos)

 

Alaska voters turn out an incumbent judge who signed off on a sexual assault sentence perceived as lenient

A Washington state tribe wants to upgrade its air quality designation

Absentee ballots turn the tide in a closely watched New Mexico congressional race

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

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Debra Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) following her victory in New Mexico’s First Congressional District (Photo: NNN staff)

Voters send two Native American women to Congress, a historic first

Jonathan Nez will preside over the Navajo Nation

The San Juan County commission in Utah now has a Navajo majority for the first time in its history

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

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Strong early voting numbers point to a possible record midterm election turnout

Canada’s prime minister reiterates an apology to British Columbia First Nations

The Navajo Nation continues its legal fight against Wells Fargo Bank

Monday, November 5, 2018

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Officials in regalia are prominently visible in the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s rally in Montana (Photo: screenshot)

Voters prepare for historic Native representation on ballots across the country

A court decision upholds a controversial voter ID law

A tribal chairman’s candidate endorsement generates concern

Friday, November 2, 2018

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Native vote field hearing. The Native American Rights Fund and partners release findings of field hearings and surveys on the state of the Native American vote on a new website.

South Dakota tribe battles Keystone XL route in court

Northwest tribes get federal dollars to address violence

Website shows findings of Native vote across the U.S.

Ponca Tribe opens casino on Iowa-Nebraska border

Thursday, November 1, 2018

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A documentary is in the works about basketball legend SuAnne Big Crow. (Kickstarter by Kris Kaczor)

Native voters in Nevada have access to more polling sites on tribal lands

Documentary in works on late-Native basketball legend in South Dakota

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

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Yakama Nation Chairman JoDe Goudy stands outside the U.S. Supreme Court after being denied entrance. (Photo-Yakama Nation)

Yakama chairman denied entry into U.S. Supreme Court over headdress

Hawaii Supreme Court approves Thirty Meter Telescope on sacred land

National history group honors Native American professor from Montana

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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Leonard Smith, clinic interim director, speaks to a group in a RiverStone Health building before the Billings Urban Indian Health and Wellness Clinic opening ceremony in Montana. (Photo- Kayla Desroches)

U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in tribal gas case

New clinic to serve urban Indian population in Billings

 

 

Monday, October 29, 2018

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Veterans march in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe during opposition of the Dakota Access Pipeline.  The ACLU recently filed a lawsuit against federal agencies after asking about training of local and state law enforcement to counteract protests. (File Photo 2016- Antonia Gonzales)

ACLU files suit against federal agencies in conjunction to Keystone XL project

Native groups advocate for reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act

Friday, October 26, 2018

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Matthew Campbell staff attorney with the Native American Rights funds speaks at the National Congress of American Indians convention about the Native vote. (Photo-Rhonda LeValdo)

Canada’s investigation into missing and murdered Indigenous women wraps up

Tribal leaders focus on voting and a number of issues at NCAI annual gathering

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