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Thursday, April 12, 2018

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NCAI Vice President Aaron Payment testifies before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee about President Trump’s proposed 2019 budget, April 11, 2018.

Tribal leaders criticize Trump’s proposed budget for severe cuts to BIA programs

The Navajo Nation files suit over opioid addiction

Minnesota lawmakers seek to study the problem of missing and murdered Native women

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

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A large male Chinook salmon returns to a California creek to spawn. (Photo: California Sea Grant Flickr)

The Yurok Tribe awaits a decision in California federal court that could affect vulnerable salmon populations

A Wisconsin tribe joins the growing list of tribes suing over opioid drug addiction

Maine lawmakers reject a tribal gaming proposal

On Equal Pay Day, advocates highlight bigger wage gap for Native women

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

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Tohono O’odham leaders meet with Trump administration officials to discuss border issues. (Photo-Tohono O’odham Nation, For the People, Facebook)

Southeast Alaska tribes gain allies in opposition of Canadian mining

Tohono O’odham leaders say no troops will be deployed to their land

Legislation signed in Arizona to designate Native American Day

Native women to host inaugural business summit in New Mexico

Senators pay tribute to Native Hawaiian Senator Daniel Akaka

 

Monday, April 9, 2018

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Members of the Leech Lake Band of the Ojibwe harvest rice on Mud Lake in Minnesota in this 2015 photo. Tribes oppose proposals to do away with rules to protect wild rice waters (Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers via Flickr/CC).

Federal officials are investigating after three eagles were found with gunshot wounds

Officials in Canada want more time to work on the inquiry into Missing and Murdered women.

Bills to do away with wild rice protections move through the Minnesota legislature

Friday, April 6, 2018

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Santo Domingo Pueblo librarian Cynthia Aguilar teaches a computer class at the tribe’s library. Aguilar says the library is the main place people in the community come to access the internet. (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

Pueblos work to bring high-speed internet to their libraries

White Mountain Apache voters elect their first female chair

Thursday, April 5, 2018

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Herring eggs are a subsistence food in Alaska.  Concerns were raised after a disease outbreak in Canada. (Photo-Sitka Tribes of Alaska, Facebook)

Concerns about Alaska herring eggs after disease outbreak in Canada

Denise Juneau selected as superintendent of Seattle Public Schools

Attorneys in North Dakota Native American voter ID case claim victory

Muscogee Nation files lawsuit against opioid makers and distributors

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

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Tribal representatives join Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker as he signs bills into law. (Photo-Ho-Chunk Nation, Facebook)

John Graham loses appeal in murder case of Anna Mae Aquash

Attorneys and tribe claim victory in Havasupai education lawsuit

Burial sites and tribal ID bills signed into law in Wisconsin

National Indian education group supports Oklahoma teachers

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

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Navajo Code Talkers attend a ceremony in Gallup, New Mexico. (File Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

Pebble Mine opponents concerned review process rushed

Navajo Code Talker posthumously honored for service

U.S. Senate resolution recognizes Indigenous women

Monday, April 2, 2018

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The American Indian College Fund and Pendleton release two new blankets honoring Chief Sitting Bull. (Photo-Future of the Plains blanket)

Native group plans to protest Chief Wahoo mascot at home opener

Native artist encourages students to pursue higher education goals

Two new Pendleton blankets honor Lakota leader Chief Sitting Bull

 

Friday, March 30, 2018

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The FCC is in the process of creating a task force to advise the agency on improving broadband access on tribal land.

The Navajo Nation is suing the federal government for wrongful death in the 2016 shooting of a Navajo woman in Winslow, Arizona

The Penobscot Nation criticizes Maine’s Attorney General for siding with another state against tribal fishing rights

The FCC taps new task force members to look at how to improve internet access in tribal communities.

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