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A century after Native Americans got the right to vote, they could put Trump or Harris over the top
Read full article: A century after Native Americans got the right to vote, they could put Trump or Harris over the topIn the waning days of the presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are courting Native American voters in states where their vote could swing some of the most hotly contested counties in the country.
Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribes
Read full article: Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribesPresident Biden is expected to issue an historic apology Friday for the 150-year government effort to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools.
President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy
Read full article: President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policyPresident Joe Biden says he will formally apologize on for the nation's role in forcing Indigenous children into boarding schools, where for more than 150 years many were physically, emotionally and sexually abused, and more than 950 died.
Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the election
Read full article: Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the electionMany Native Americans across the U.S. are coming together for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their history and culture and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they face with a focus on the election.
MacKenzie Scottโs millions boost Native American nonprofits
Read full article: MacKenzie Scottโs millions boost Native American nonprofitsThe billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scottโs no-strings, no-hassle giving approach has proven particularly valuable to Native American nonprofits, whose history with private philanthropy has long been marked by a lack of trust and paltry funding.
'We were expendable': Downwinders from world's 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
Read full article: 'We were expendable': Downwinders from world's 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their storyNot many people know the world's first detonation of an atomic bomb was on U.S. soil.
House Democrats dig in amid ongoing fight in Congress over compensation for US radiation victims
Read full article: House Democrats dig in amid ongoing fight in Congress over compensation for US radiation victimsA top Democrat in the U.S. House says it will take a shift of power in Congress to ensure that legislation is finally passed to extend and expand a compensation program for people exposed to radiation following uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out by the federal government.
Americans are 'getting whacked' by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new book
Read full article: Americans are 'getting whacked' by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new bookSupreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is out with a new book in which he says ordinary Americans are โgetting whackedโ by too many laws and regulations.
Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest protect their drumming tradition
Read full article: Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest protect their drumming traditionWhen a small-town Minnesota high school banned its Native American drum group from performing at graduation, the hurt reverberated across Indigenous communities in the Upper Midwest.
Senator wants Washington Commanders to pay tribute to an old logo that offends many Indigenous
Read full article: Senator wants Washington Commanders to pay tribute to an old logo that offends many IndigenousMany Native Americans thought a bitter debate over the U.S. capitalโs football mascot was over when the team became the Washington Commanders.
Move over grizzlies and wolves: Yellowstone visitors hope to catch a glimpse of rare white buffalo
Read full article: Move over grizzlies and wolves: Yellowstone visitors hope to catch a glimpse of rare white buffaloThe recent appearance of a rare white bison calf has excited wildlife watchers in Yellowstone National Park.
Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations
Read full article: Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nationsA report published by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of Indigenous homelands in Colorado, quantifies the value of the land and resources taken and outlines the state education systemโs omission of that history in its curriculum.
US Catholic bishops approve outreach to Native Americans and acknowledge boarding school 'traumas'
Read full article: US Catholic bishops approve outreach to Native Americans and acknowledge boarding school 'traumas'U.S. Catholic Bishops convening for a two-day meeting approved a new, multifaceted program of outreach to Native American Catholics.
Fight over constitutional provisions to guard against oil, gas pollution moves ahead in New Mexico
Read full article: Fight over constitutional provisions to guard against oil, gas pollution moves ahead in New MexicoA New Mexico judge has cleared the way for a landmark lawsuit to proceed over allegations that the state has failed to meet its constitutional obligations for protecting against oil and gas pollution.
100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states
Read full article: 100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing statesAn act of Congress a century ago guaranteed citizenship to wary Native Americans in an age of forced assimilation and marked the outset of a long journey to secure voting rights.
Ned Blackhawkโs 'The Rediscovery of America' is among books honored by the Lukas prize project
Read full article: Ned Blackhawkโs 'The Rediscovery of America' is among books honored by the Lukas prize projectAn exploration of racism on social media and a history of Native Americans are among the winners of J.
Arizona legislation to better regulate rehab programs targeted by Medicaid scams is moving forward
Read full article: Arizona legislation to better regulate rehab programs targeted by Medicaid scams is moving forwardA Navajo state senator in Arizona says she's hoping for final approval of her bill to tighten regulations for rehab facilities amid widespread fraud that has bilked hundreds of millions in Medicaid dollars.
Christian-nation idea fuels US conservative causes, but historians say it misreads founders' intent
Read full article: Christian-nation idea fuels US conservative causes, but historians say it misreads founders' intentLarge numbers of Americans believe the founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation.
New Mexico legislators seek endowment to bolster autonomous tribal education programs
Read full article: New Mexico legislators seek endowment to bolster autonomous tribal education programsNew Mexico legislators want to create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, including efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages.
Two Native American boys died at a boarding school in the 1890s. Now, the tribe wants them home
Read full article: Two Native American boys died at a boarding school in the 1890s. Now, the tribe wants them homeWhen two Native American boys from Nebraska died after being taken to a notorious boarding school hundreds of miles away, they were buried there without notice.
The tribes wanted to promote their history. Removing William Penn's statue wasn't a priority
Read full article: The tribes wanted to promote their history. Removing William Penn's statue wasn't a prioritySome of the Native Americans the National Park Service was supposed to consult with say moving a statue of Pennsylvania's founder William Penn from a Philadelphia historic site isn't a priority for them.
The checkered history of the poinsettia's namesake and the flower's origins get new attention
Read full article: The checkered history of the poinsettia's namesake and the flower's origins get new attentionLike Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of the holidays in the U.S. and Europe.
At tribal summit, Biden says he's working to 'heal the wrongs of the past' and 'move forward'
Read full article: At tribal summit, Biden says he's working to 'heal the wrongs of the past' and 'move forward'President Joe Biden told Native American nations gathered for a summit Wednesday that his administration was working to heal the wrongs of the past.
Centuries after Native American remains were dug up, a new law returns them for reburial in Illinois
Read full article: Centuries after Native American remains were dug up, a new law returns them for reburial in IllinoisIllinois officials and Native Americans whose ancestors called the state home hope a new state law will speed the recovery and reburial of their relatives' remains unearthed over the past two centuries.
Vandalism damages monument to frontiersman 'Kit' Carson, who led campaigns against Native Americans
Read full article: Vandalism damages monument to frontiersman 'Kit' Carson, who led campaigns against Native AmericansPolice in New Mexicoโs capital city are investigating the partial destruction of a public monument to 19th century frontiersman Christopher โKitโ Carson.
Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations
Read full article: Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigationsHundreds of Native Americans have been recruited to addiction treatment centers in Phoenix from states as far away as Montana in a widespread billing scheme that mostly targeted Medicaidโs American Indian Health Program.
'Wounded Indian' sculpture given in 1800s to group founded by Paul Revere is returning to Boston
Read full article: 'Wounded Indian' sculpture given in 1800s to group founded by Paul Revere is returning to BostonA statue that depicts a felled Native American pulling an arrow from his torso is being returned to the Boston-area organization cofounded by Paul Revere that thought it had been destroyed decades ago.
Supreme Court won't block a ruling favoring a Native American man cited for speeding in Tulsa
Read full article: Supreme Court won't block a ruling favoring a Native American man cited for speeding in TulsaThe Supreme Court has left in place a lower court ruling that invalidated a speeding ticket against a Native American man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, because the city is located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation.
Pipestone carvers preserve revered Native spiritual tradition in Minnesota prairie
Read full article: Pipestone carvers preserve revered Native spiritual tradition in Minnesota prairieUnder the tall prairie grass in far southwestern Minnesota lies a precious seam of dark red pipestone that, for thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried and carved into pipes essential to prayer and communication with the Creator.
Native American leaders visit site of archeological dig to find remains of boarding school students
Read full article: Native American leaders visit site of archeological dig to find remains of boarding school studentsRelatives have been observing as archeologists dig for students' remains at the site of a former Native American boarding school in central Nebraska.
Dig begins for the remains of children at a long-closed Native American boarding school
Read full article: Dig begins for the remains of children at a long-closed Native American boarding schoolArcheologists are digging in a central Nebraska field trying to find the bodies of children who were buried more than a century ago at a Native American boarding school.
US commits more lawyers to address Native American disappearances and killings
Read full article: US commits more lawyers to address Native American disappearances and killingsThe U.S. Department of Justice will be funneling more resources toward addressing the alarming rate of disappearances and killings among Native Americans.
Arizona's Oak Flat is sacred land to some Native Americans, but it's endangered by a plan for a mine
Read full article: Arizona's Oak Flat is sacred land to some Native Americans, but it's endangered by a plan for a mineOak Flat, a mountainous area east of Phoenix, is an Apache sacred site where Native Americans gather to pray and perform coming-of-age ceremonies and sweat rituals.
Navajo Nation declares widespread Medicaid scam in Arizona a public health state of emergency
Read full article: Navajo Nation declares widespread Medicaid scam in Arizona a public health state of emergencyA widespread Arizona Medicaid scam that has left an unknown number of Native Americans homeless on the streets of metro Phoenix is being declared a public health state of emergency by the Navajo Nation as fraudulent sober living homes lose their funding and turn former residents onto the streets.
Oakland University becomes 1st US campus to return land use to Native American community
Read full article: Oakland University becomes 1st US campus to return land use to Native American communityMichigan's Oakland University is the first in the U.S. to return taken land to the Native American community.
Native Americans demand accountability for ancestral remains identified at Dartmouth College
Read full article: Native Americans demand accountability for ancestral remains identified at Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College says it has identified the partial skeletal remains of 15 Native Americans housed in its anthropology department.
US Postal Service honors civil rights leader, Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, with stamp
Read full article: US Postal Service honors civil rights leader, Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, with stampA Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored with the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp that features his portrait.
Controlled fires at 3 Detroit parks meant to promote โhealthier habitatโ
Read full article: Controlled fires at 3 Detroit parks meant to promote โhealthier habitatโOfficials are reminding the community not to be alarmed by prescribed burns scheduled to take place Thursday at three Detroit parks.
Do you know the sweet history behind maple syrup?
Read full article: Do you know the sweet history behind maple syrup?While the weather this time of year may be annoying, it is perfect for one thing - making maple syrup! The sweet treat that pairs perfectly with pancakes actually has a long history in Michigan, and you can learn all about it at the Oakwoods Metropark in New Boston.
Rights to 'Crying Indian' ad to go to Native American group
Read full article: Rights to 'Crying Indian' ad to go to Native American groupSince its debut in 1971, an anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shed a single tear at the sight of smokestacks and litter taking over a once unblemished landscape has become an indelible piece of TV pop culture.
Native Americans grapple with Chiefs Super Bowl celebrations
Read full article: Native Americans grapple with Chiefs Super Bowl celebrationsNative Americans are bracing for what they say are racist traditions as the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs embarked Wednesday on a victory lap with a hometown parade.
Justices seem to favor most of Native child welfare law
Read full article: Justices seem to favor most of Native child welfare lawThe Supreme Court appears likely to leave in place most of a federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children.
Haaland: US expanding Native American massacre site
Read full article: Haaland: US expanding Native American massacre siteInterior Secretary Deb Haaland has announced an expansion of a National Park Service historical site dedicated to the massacre by U.S. troops of more than 200 Native Americans in what is now southeastern Colorado.
A look behind the story of Michiganโs Idlewild, its nightlife and its healing waters
Read full article: A look behind the story of Michiganโs Idlewild, its nightlife and its healing watersIt was a safe haven for Black families that became famous for its nightlife. In the early 1900s, Idlewild was a resort town where Black people could legally buy property.
Native Americans urge boycott of 'tone deaf' Pilgrim museum
Read full article: Native Americans urge boycott of 'tone deaf' Pilgrim museumNative Americans in Massachusetts are calling for a boycott of a popular living history museum featuring Colonial reenactors portraying life in Plymouth, the famous English settlement founded by the Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower.
Wounded Knee artifacts highlight slow pace of repatriations
Read full article: Wounded Knee artifacts highlight slow pace of repatriationsTribes in South Dakota are working with a rural Massachusetts museum to return hundreds of items believed to have been taken from ancestors massacred at Wounded Knee Creek in 1890.
Native American youth to be tapped for conservation projects
Read full article: Native American youth to be tapped for conservation projectsU.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has rolled out guidelines for a new youth service program meant to create job opportunities for Native Americans while boosting their cultural connections to nature through conservation projects on tribal and public land.
Tribes credited with elevating vaccinations in rural Arizona
Read full article: Tribes credited with elevating vaccinations in rural ArizonaIn a pandemic that has seen sharp divides between urban and rural vaccination rates nationwide, Arizona is the only state where rural vaccine rates outpaced more populated counties according to a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Washington expands internet access for Natives across 10 states, including Michigan
Read full article: Washington expands internet access for Natives across 10 states, including MichiganThe Biden Administration has announced that Native tribes across the United States will receive grants to extend internet access.
Supreme Court seems divided in Oklahoma Indian Country case
Read full article: Supreme Court seems divided in Oklahoma Indian Country caseA seemingly divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over Oklahomaโs authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American lands, following a 2020 high court decision.
Muscogee return South nearly 200 years after forced removal
Read full article: Muscogee return South nearly 200 years after forced removalNative Americans whose ancestors were forced out of the Southeast almost 200 years ago are back for a festival with a name that sums up its purpose: โWe have come back.โ.
The sweet history behind maple syrup
Read full article: The sweet history behind maple syrupWhile the weather this time of year may be annoying, it is perfect for one thing - making maple syrup! The sweet treat that pairs perfectly with pancakes actually has a long history in Michigan, and you can learn all about it at the Oakwoods Metropark in New Boston.
Haaland: Report on Indigenous boarding schools expected soon
Read full article: Haaland: Report on Indigenous boarding schools expected soonThe Interior Department is on the verge of releasing a report on its investigation into the federal government's past oversight of Native American boarding schools.
Native Americans fret as report card released on 2020 census
Read full article: Native Americans fret as report card released on 2020 censusThe U.S. Census Bureau will release reports Thursday that show how good of a job the agency believes it did in counting every U.S. resident during the 2020 census.
Members of Congress highlight missing minority women, girls
Read full article: Members of Congress highlight missing minority women, girlsMembers of a congressional panel focused on civil rights and liberties are acknowledging that more needs to be done to address the disproportionate numbers of Indigenous, Black and other minority women and girls who are missing in the United States.
Chan, Zuckerberg fighting Native American vaccine hesitancy
Read full article: Chan, Zuckerberg fighting Native American vaccine hesitancyDakota and Navajo actor Dallas Goldtooth joins other influencers โ people who have earned the communityโs trust โ in a two-phase public outreach effort by nonprofit organizations IllumiNative, the Urban Indian Health Institute, and 13 Native groups in states including Alaska, Minnesota, and California.
Indigenous news outlets, nonprofits drive deeper coverage
Read full article: Indigenous news outlets, nonprofits drive deeper coverageNative American communities have seen more robust news coverage in recent years, in part because of an increase in Indigenous affairs reporting positions at U.S. newsrooms and support from foundations.
Newly affirmed, tribe looks at casino plans with fresh eyes
Read full article: Newly affirmed, tribe looks at casino plans with fresh eyesThe new head of a Massachusetts tribe says he intends to take a cautious approach to gambling while turning attention to social challenges and other economic opportunities for tribal members.
Haaland: Petito case a reminder of missing Native Americans
Read full article: Haaland: Petito case a reminder of missing Native AmericansInterior Secretary Deb Haaland says extensive news media coverage of the death of Gabby Petito should be a reminder of hundreds of Native American girls and women who are missing or murdered in the United States.
Legal group backs US review of Indigenous boarding schools
Read full article: Legal group backs US review of Indigenous boarding schoolsThe American Bar Associationโs policymaking body is supporting the U.S. Interior Department as it works to uncover the troubled legacy of federal boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous youth into white society.
'Reservation Dogs' smashes stereotypes of Indigenous people
Read full article: 'Reservation Dogs' smashes stereotypes of Indigenous peopleTwo Indigenous filmmakers are smashing the caricatures and stereotypes of Native Americans, who are often portrayed in TV and films as bloodthirsty killers standing in the way of white, westward expansion.
For Native Americans, Harvard and other colleges fall short
Read full article: For Native Americans, Harvard and other colleges fall shortNative American activists at colleges are pushing their schools to do more to atone for past wrongs, much in the way states, cities and universities are weighing reparations for slavery and discrimination against Black people.