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There are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States. Today there are more five million Native Americans nationwide, 78% of whom live off reservations.Photo by Stefano Girardelli on UnsplashUsing 2019 US Census…

WASHINGTON — Since 1977, Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist, has been serving two life sentences in federal prison for his role in the murder of two FBI agents in a 1975 shooting at the Pine Ridge reservation in the South Dakota —…

American Indians and Alaska Natives have an unemployment rate of 11%, about three times higher than the US national unemployment rate of 4.0%. FREMONT CA: The US Department of Labor has included American Indians and…

What hurt the 77-year-old the most was the attack on his family history. Six years later, he and three other family members are still at risk of being evicted from their homes surrounded by cascading mountains and vast land. For his…

(The Center Square) - Droughts in the Colorado River Basin have been a problem lately. The Property and…

Two of North Dakota's Native American tribes are hoping a new lawsuit will force the state to reconsider political boundaries approved last year. Despite some progress, their proponents say the new maps…

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Each time the food trailer is taken out, it features flags from different tribes and is covered in artwork depicting ancient Native Americans, eagles, medicine wheels, and other important Native American symbols. People inside are…

SB28 protects Indigenous children in the state welfare system. (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Men, women and children from Native American tribes from across the West show their regalia during the grand entrance at the 41st annual…

WASHINGTON — More needs to be done to return ancestral remains and artifacts to Indigenous communities, and tribal leaders should have a say in the federal government's efforts, experts and members of the Senate Indian…

SUFFOLK, Va (WAVY) – Two tribes in Virginia are expected to receive approximately more federal COVID relief funds – one million for the Chickahominy and Nansemond tribal nations. Click here to subscribe to our email alerts on the…

Dallas Goldtooth, known for his role on the hit FX TV series “Reservation Dogs,” slowly swivels in his chair to face the camera in a recent TikTok video. As he looks at the audience, a commentator says: “When people refuse to get…

WASHINGTON - Just days after taking office, President Joe Biden signed a memorandum signaling the administration's commitment to strengthening nation-to-nation relationships with more than 570 Native American and Native Alaskan tribes.…

Have you ever heard of the Colorado River Indian tribes? Otherwise, it's up to you to learn! From tourism to casinos, there is something for everyone. This article is brought to you by CKP Insurance, whose mission is…

For decades, indigenous farmers and ranchers have argued that the US Department of Agriculture's loan programs discriminate against them. In 1999, they filed a class action lawsuit, and after nearly 20 years of…

Since the start of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the United States, the non-Hispanic Native American and Alaska Native (AI / AN) population has consistently had the highest first dose and full vaccination rates of any racial or…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The US Senate has unanimously approved the appointment of Charles "Chuck" Sams III as…

Native American supporters pause after prayer on the…

Here's some fiction and non-fiction that Minnesotans would love to see under the Christmas tree, including Lake Street murals, Native American history, and an old lady who's a killer. "An elderly lady must not be crossed" by Helene…

Before there were Riverside, San Bernardino, Redlands or Rancho Cucamonga, the Inland Empire was home to indigenous communities for thousands of years. According to the crowd-sourced Terre-Native.ca website, the Inland Empire once housed…

Tribal members say more needs to be done to tell the story of tribal ties to the land, and some believe the tribes should be responsible. NISQUALLY INDIAN COMMUNITY, Washington - The creation of a national park…

OMAHA, Nebraska (KMTV) - During a lawsuit to keep the U.S. military from returning him and his small group of Ponca tribesmen to their new reservation in Oklahoma, Chief Ponca Standing Bear s is held in the Omaha courtroom and reached…

The eight Native American tribes recognized by the federal government of Utah are diverse - with different languages, different belief systems, different arts and music.The Shoshone and Goshute tribes of Utah share cultural ties.The…

Over 42% of the historic period tribes now have no land recognized by the federal or state government, and the current lands that the tribes own is on average 2.6% of the size of their estimated historic area. Current lands are also…

Due to the distrust of the federal government, the tribes of North Carolina find it difficult to get shot in the arms of everyone. While Native Americans have a high rate of coronavirus infection and death, they are…

Twice this year Manuel Heart, president of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe, met with new US Home Secretary Deb Haaland. Not once, he said, has the first Native American woman to hold a federal cabinet post mentioned her intention to move the…

It's hard to miss the vibrant mural that now decorates a wall inside the Joe Crowley Student Union at the University of Nevada, Reno.The mural, like no other on campus, depicts the history of Native American women and their struggle to…

Poet Laureate Joy Harjo inside the Library of Congress building. (Photo by Shawn Miller / Library of!-->…

Journalism and Missing Native American Women By Steven A. Smith Is the life of a pretty blonde woman - white - worth more than a downtown black woman? Or an indigenous woman who lives on the res? As much as we…

The trial, filed Tuesday by six Ojibwa tribes, comes months after the state's first legal wolf hunt in decades in February, which critics considered a disaster. This hunt took place following the removal of wolves from the federal list of…

The agency is offering $ 10,000 for information leading to the "identification, arrest and conviction" of the person responsible for his disappearance, according to a Twitter post published Wednesday. Mary Johnson, 40, also known as Mary…

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) - In hopes of avoiding the pitfalls that have plagued the past decades of redistricting, the Citizen Redistricting Committee is gathering public comment to give every New Mexican a fair chance to choose their…

For Native American women living on tribal lands, obtaining an abortion has long been a difficult and intimidating process.For native Texas women, this challenge was magnified after the United States Supreme Court this week refused to…

A fourth stimulus check may never arrive, but there are a few groups that could get another stimulus payout. However, these groups will not get another coronavirus stimulus check from the federal government, but some Native American…

At an event sponsored by the Five Tribes of North Dakota in mid-August at the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, members of the tribe gathered to commemorate the children who died in residential…

The latest census data shows Wisconsin is increasingly diverse with gains among the state's Black, Hispanic and Asian populations. But, the American Indian and Native Alaskan population has remained…

The US Census Bureau has struggled for decades to get an accurate count of American Indians, and tribes in Wisconsin say the COVID-19 pandemic has not helped matters. The latest census data shows Wisconsin is increasingly diverse with…

WASHINGTON - The powerful chairman of the United States House Committee on Financial Services draws new attention to a long-standing controversy over the rights of freedmen, the direct descendants of African-American slaves who in the…

In 1990, when Congress passed legislation setting criteria by which federally recognized Native American tribes could recover ancient burial remains and sacred objects, lawmakers hoped to encourage the return of artifacts by museums…

Joseph-Shannon Wheeler, Oregon, has dreamed of this day for years. On Thursday, more than 150 Nezperce (Niimiipuu) returned home to celebrate part of their hometown. It was 100 years after the US military expelled them from the Wallowa…

On June 25, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Alaska Native Societies (“ANC”) are entitled to COVID-19 relief funds; solidifying that the NCAs qualify as tribes. The decision in Yellen…

Indigenous out-of-state students whose tribes have historical ties to Colorado will receive in-state tuition starting in the fall. SB21-209, which Governor Jared Polis promulgated on Monday, recognizes that Native American tribes were…

WASHINGTON — A group of Native American tribes is suing the Treasury Department for failing to provide billions of dollars in coronavirus relief allocated to tribes under the $2.2 trillion stimulus package, sparking one of the battles legal…

Colorado River Indian Tribes Introduce Region's First Vehicle charging stations The project reflects the commitment to the environment and sustainability PARKER, AZ As part of an ongoing commitment to preserving the…

As the cannabis industry grows and evolves, issues that deserve attention continue to emerge, including the often overlooked impact of state cannabis rules on Native American tribes. After voters passed Proposition 64 in 2016, the…

WASHINGTON - Home Secretary Deb Haaland on April 2 announced the formation of a Missing and Murdered…

SANTEE, Neb. (KMTV) - According to a CDC report, Native Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 as whites. Nationally, one in 475 American Indians has died since the start of the pandemic. Native Americans living in Nebraska…

Washington (KINY) - Home Secretary Deb Haaland on Thursday announced the…

WASHINGTON (KCAU) - US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge has announced that more than $ 4 million in grants will go to Native American tribes in Nebraska. Secretary Fudge said $ 4,310,867…

Clinics on Ute Mountain Ute and Navajo land offered vaccinations to any adult Karen Harbaugh, of Lewis, stands in!-->…

Limited resources, a lack of data, and years of neglect and discrimination are compounding the impact of COVID-19 on Native American Indians and Alaska Natives. Talha Burki reports.Historically, pandemics have tended to be particularly…

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American Indians have the highest COVID-19 death rate in Wisconsin The coronavirus pandemic has exposed long-standing health inequalities, particularly devastating among communities of color, including Indigenous communities.…

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - "Yes, there are a lot of questions about this money because there are a lot of needs for our citizens," said Wes Nofire, Tribal Councilor for the Cherokee Nation.Over the past few months, Native American tribes have…

Two Indian tribes from the Upper Peninsula will work with federal, state and local law enforcement officials to create better response and investigation protocols in cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people. The pilot program is one…

In 1969, an administrative error resulted in the sudden removal of the Samish Indian Nation of Washington State from the Federal Government's List of Recognized Tribes. It took nearly three decades of stacks of historical documents and…

President-elect Joe Biden said on Saturday that the US government had "long since broken its promises to Native American tribes," in remarks formally introducing the representative. Deb HaalandDeb HaalandWhy Congress Should Investigate…

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A new guidance note speak UCLA Health Policy Research Center highlights the need for easier access to health data on the nearly 6 million American Indians and Alaska Natives living in the United States. The report's authors write…

Cases of COVID-19 among Native Americans in Wisconsin have tripled since September 1, an increase that overshadows the rate of growth among other races, state data shows. The state's Department of Health Services daily monitoring of…

WASHINGTON - Native American tribes are facing a dire situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing some of them to a breaking point, Native American health officials told members of Congress on…

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential news from Texas. Cecelia Flores knows that voter turnout among her fellow Alabama-Coushatta tribesmen in East Texas…

A Los Angeles capital markets firm has raised $ 63 million in equity to build and rehabilitate hundreds of affordable multi-family and single-family housing units for Native American tribes. Hunt Capital Partners, a unit of Hunt…

Brigitte Bergin: I am Brigid Bergin replacing Tanzina Vega and it is Takeaway meals. President Trump enacted the Great American Outdoors Act earlier this month, a bipartisan law funding the upkeep of our national parks, as well…

Washington • Over the past three months, the Treasury Department has managed to send billions of dollars in small business loans, family checks and business assistance.But distributing the $8 billion pot earmarked for tribal governments, a…

This has left the UIHI and other tribal epidemiology centers without access to basic data on the spread of the coronavirus nationwide, hampering efforts to track the disease in Native American populations and understand how and why it is…

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is new, but pandemic threats to Indigenous peoples are anything but new. Diseases such as measles, smallpox and the Spanish flu have decimated Native American communities since the arrival of the first European…

From the Navajo Nation President / Vice President Facebook page. May 12, 2020; Law360.com and the Navajo Times In late April, Native American tribal governments won their case against the Treasury Department for the CARES Act funds…

By Donovan White President, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate The Seven Fires of the Council — Oceti Sakowin — of our Dakota, Lakota and Nakota Nations still defend our lands and our…

Few Native American students complete high school and go on to college. According to a recent survey by nativepartnership.orgonly 17% of Native American students continue their education after high school, compared to 60% of white…

A standoff between Florida Indian tribes and the US Army Corps of Engineers threatens to derail work to restore more than half a million acres of swamps and marshes. On Tuesday, the commander of the…

In the late 1960s, I remember my parents being very supportive of American Indian Movement (AIM), the Takeover of Alcatraz Island by the American Indians, American Indian rights and justice, and for the Native American newspaper…

Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Speaks at a candidates' forum for the 110th National NAACP ... Convention, Wednesday July 24, 2019, in Detroit. (AP Photo / Carlos Osorio) ASSOCIATED PRESS As Senator…

Cherokee Nation Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. was sworn in in 2016 as Secretary of State for the Cherokee Nation at the time. (Courtesy of the Cherokee Nation) OKLAHOMA CITY - The growing strength of Native American tribes in recent years has…

GREEN BAY - The kids had just woken up from a nap and were still rubbing their eyes sleep when they pulled tiny chairs over two small U-shaped tables.Bowing their heads to say grace in their native Oneida language, the Head Start students…

You probably know that February is Black History Month and March is Women's History Month. You probably…

AMID the news that made Supreme Court headlines that term - the travel ban upheld, Anthony Kennedy's retirement - came something entirely more prosaic: a fight for the fish. The case, United States vs. Washington, asked if Washington…

The question is whether Washington State needs to repair or replace hundreds of culverts, large pipes that allow streams to pass under roads but can block migrating salmon if they become clogged or too steep. to navigate.…

This article, along with others on the growing legalization of marijuana, is featured in Newsweek Special Edition: Weed Nation.Twenty-nine dollars and 85 cents. It was the amount of money on the property tax bill received by Russell and…

It should come as no surprise to people to hear that in matters affecting the well-being of tribal governments and indigenous peoples, Indian Country takes a long-term view. Since the beginning of the republic, different personalities…

I was a Native American student pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology in the 1990s when I realized the stark contrast between my life experiences growing up on my reservation and those of my non-Native peers. Many amazing family…

Thanksgiving is reminiscent for many of a meal between European settlers and Native Americans that we have invested with all the symbolism we can muster. But the newcomers who sat down to share venison with some of America's earliest…

Kevin Gover, a citizen of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, is the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. November 22, 2017 Thanksgiving is reminiscent for many of a meal between European settlers…

FLAGSTAFF - In a heinous case on the Navajo Nation, an 11-year-old girl was lured into a van, sexually assaulted and killed. The man who recognized his responsibility does not incur the death penalty - and the tribe does not seek it.For…

In a heinous case on the Navajo Nation, an 11-year-old girl was lured into a van, sexually assaulted and killed. The tribe did not seek to put to death the man who recently admitted to killing her. For decades, Native American tribes…

KLAMATH Under a purple before dawn sky, a small group of Indians from northern California ventured out onto the wet sands where the mighty Klamath River meets the Pacific Ocean. They had come to honor and fight for the salmon…

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, raised concerns in May 2016 over Native American rights after visiting North Dakota following months of protests against the Dakota pipeline Access.…

Accidents happen. And sometimes these accidents involve the employees of Indian tribes. The Supreme Court is due to hear a case that will rule on the limits of the legal immunity of tribes and their employees. Although it deals…

A road crossing the Gila River Indian community in 2014.…

Through Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post Updated: September 27, 2016 Posted: September 27, 2016President Barack Obama poses with children during the Cannon Ball Flag Day celebration at the Cannon Ball Powwow Grounds on the Standing!-->!-->…

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is making it easier for certain Indian tribes to gain federal recognition, responding to a long-standing grievance of many Native Americans. The new regulations update a…

Native American tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they meet the same federal conditions set out for states that have legalized the drug, the US Department of Justice said.U.S. Oregon attorney Amanda Marshall said…

In one of the most important financial settlements made to Native American tribes, the federal government said this week that he had ended dozens of lawsuits by agreeing to pay the tribes more than a billion dollars for the mismanagement…

Attorney General Eric Holder announces $1.023 billion settlement…

Indian tribes use casino profits to buy real estate Newly wealthy tribes buy private land and ask the federal government to add it to their…

COARSEGOLD, Calif .-- The six-page single-spaced letter Nancy Dondero and about 50 of her relatives received last month has been generously embellished with legal citations and footnotes. But its meaning was brutally simple.…

Besides the gleaming towers built by gambling wealth, there is evidence on nearly every Native American reservation in the region that the casino industry improves people's lives. New houses are built and old ones are renovated. Health…