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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

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Tribal officials, the LA Clippers and the NBA Development League pose for a picture after discussing the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario team name and tribal partnership. The new NBA D-League team is named after the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in California. (Photo-Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Facebook)

Indian Country leaders ask U.S. lawmakers to honor trust responsibilities

Tribal leaders and South Dakota officials to dedicate new visitor center

NBA D-League team named after Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians

Monday, May 15, 2017

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Vice President Mike Pence visits the Crow Nation in Montana. Pence toured the Absaloka Mine on the Crow reservation, which the tribe says provides revenue for tribal services. (Photo-Vice President Mike Pence, Twitter)

Vice President Mike Pence visits the Crow Nation’s coal mine

Cheyenne River Youth Project’s art festival finalist for award

Friday, May 12, 2017

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A rally against the Pebble Mine was held in Dillingham, Alaska on Thursday in anticipation of a lawsuit settlement between the developer and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo-United Tribes of Bristol Bay)

Alaska Native groups rally against the Pebble Mine in anticipation of lawsuit settlement

Cocopah Tribe receives National Weather Service designation as weather-storm ready 

Santo Domingo Pueblo unveils electric vehicle charging station off I-25 in New Mexico

Thursday, May 11, 2017

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Three members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hold an informal listening session to accommodate witnesses who traveled in from Arizona and Alaska after the committee’s business and legislative hearings were cancelled. (Photo-Navajo Nation Office of the Speaker)

Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds informal listening session after business affected by President Trump’s firing of FBI Director

Tlingit and Haida Tribes president seeks accountability from Alaska state lawmaker after comments made about abortions and rural villages

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

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Liquor stores in the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska are officially closed. Some Oglala Lakota people say more still needs to be done in order to address alcohol related problems on the nearby Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. (Photo-Bruce BonFleur)

Alaska Native leaders explore ways to advance priorities under Trump administration

Mixed reactions on Pine Ridge reservation about liquor store closings in Whiteclay

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

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The Eastern Shoshone Tribe recently welcomed a newborn bison on the Wind River Indian reservation in Wyoming for the first time in 130 years. (Photo-Eastern Shoshone Tribe Buffalo Restoration Program, Facebook)

EPA taking comments on uranium mine applications for the Black Hills

Bison born on Wyoming reservation for first time in more than a century

Senate passes land and water bills for Arizona and New Mexico tribes

Monday, May 8, 2017

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Community members gather to show support to students at the Salish School of Spokane in Washington after a classroom was vandalized. (Photo-Emily Schwing)

Advocate says Canadian government not meeting needs of First Nations children

Community members support Salish School of Spokane after classroom vandalized

USDA seeks information on ranching and farming trends including among tribes

Friday, May 5, 2017

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Walk for Justice for Victoria Eagleman, October 6, 2006 (photo: National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center)

 Oklahoma congressman says Republican healthcare plan won’t affect the Indian Health Service

Advocates observe National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

Halifax will reconsider public place names commemorating the city’s notorious founder

Thursday, May 4, 2017

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Known as Lake Calhoun for nearly 200 years,
Minneapolis’ landmark lake is a step closer to being called the Dakota name Bde Maka Ska (photo: Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board)

New police chief hired in Winslow, Arizona just over a year after the fatal police shooting of a Navajo woman

Landmark Minneapolis lake a step closer to changing name from Calhoun to Dakota Bde Maka Ska

Oregon country fair opts not to install a Native American-style totem pole

A Manitoba First Nation is returning home six years after floodwaters drove them out

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

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Beer trucks line up outside the Jumping Bull liquor store in Whiteclay, Neb. to remove product after the store’s liquor license expired over the weekend (Photo: Bruce BonFleur).

As Whiteclay, Neb. liquor stores close, the legal battles continue

At least two Native American Congressional candidates have their eyes on 2018 elections

A drive-in restaurant chain makes an advertising blunder

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