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Lakota veterans may have to travel 290 miles to receive health care as a result of the VA closure of some clinics in South Dakota. (Photo-Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Honor Guard, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)

Tribes on Umatilla reservation among those to benefit from federal land management settlement

Native veterans among those expected to be impacted by closure of some South Dakota VA clinics

Sisters in Spirit vigils planned across Canada to honor missing and murdered women and girls

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Chickasaw Governor Bill Anoatubby discusses the state of the tribal nation. (Photo-Chickasaw Nation)

Advocates call for sensitivity training at Montana school after students wear white power shirts

Chickasaw Nation leader touts tribal sovereignty, language initiatives and economic development

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Washington football team’s appeal involving trademarks

First Nations in Canada take part in British royal visit, which wrapped up over the weekend

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A dance group performs at the 2016 White House Tribal Nations Conference. (Photo-Bureau of Indian Affairs, Twitter)

Tribal leaders and federal officials focus on presidential transition

Northwest tribes celebrate bill, includes return of ancestor’s remains

Bill to establish commission on Native children heads to president

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Tribal leaders pose for a photo at the 2016 White House Tribal Nations Conference. (Photo-Navajo Nation Office President/Vice President)

Tribal leaders discuss budgets with members of Congress and federal officials

Canadian court approves settlement for former residential school students

Santa Fe city councilors approve recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day

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People gather for the 2016 White House Tribal Nations Conference. (Photo-National Congress of American Indians, Twitter)

Tribal leaders discuss sovereignty, see encroachment by federal government

Montana’s Indian health director outlines work to improve tribal health care

Lincoln city council votes to recognize Indigenous People’s Day in October 

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President Obama honored at White House Tribal Nations Conference. (Screenshot)

Tribal leaders express concerns about administration change after presidential election

First Nations in Canada among communities hosting members of British royal family

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U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell addresses tribal leaders. (Photo-Secretary Jewell, Twitter)

Obama administration MOU seeks to protect treaty rights

Weekend storms destroy homes on Pine Ridge reservation

Bill seeks to settle Hualapai Colorado River water rights 

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The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are among those opposing a plan for a bottled water plant in Oregon (Photo: Steven Depolo via Flilckr/CC)

Law enforcement officials launch an investigation into the use of attack dogs on protesters

Montana tribes revise their plan to take over management of bison range land

An Oregon woman is fasting to call attention to a disputed water-bottling plant

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Supporters of efforts to protect public land outside Grand Canyon National Park released a survey bolstering their cause (Photo: Jonathan Zander/CC)

Grand Canyon National Monument backers release a poll favorable to the idea

The Standing Rock Tribe appeals to the United Nations

Spokane, Wash., joins the list of cities declaring a day to support Indigenous peoples