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On February 15, 2022, the Michigan House Committee on Regulatory Reform reviewed HB 5706. The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act (“MRTMA”) does not address how Native American tribes in Michigan participate in the marijuana…

Image: National Congress of American Indians National Congress of American Indians Holds Winter Meeting Monday, February 14, 2022 Indianz.Com the National Congress of American Indians will hear from senior Biden…

Over the past 20 years, California voters have repeatedly supported Indian tribes as we seek to allow and maintain gaming on tribal lands. The Indian game has fostered tribal self-reliance – supporting education, infrastructure, healthcare,…

Photo via Pixabay Over the past 20 years, California voters have repeatedly supported Indian tribes as we seek to allow and maintain gaming on tribal lands. The Indian game has fostered tribal self-reliance – supporting…

In summary A broad coalition of Indian tribes is unified against the online gambling measure and in favor of in-person sports betting. KEEP AN EYE ON THE…

The first meeting of the new VA advisory committee focused on improving care for Native American veterans was held last week.The newly created committee is one of 27 VA Advisory Committees that advises VA Secretary Denis McDonough. Called…

Native Americans and Alaska Natives, descendants of the original North and South / Central American peoples who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment, have very high rates of smoking ( 24%). Unfortunately, the tobacco…

GREENVILLE, NC (Stacker.com) - More than 5 million Native Americans live in the United States as members of 574 federally recognized tribes and 63 state recognized tribes. That number is expected to reach 10 million by 2060. A…

For the first time in Inland Empire history, San Bernardino County officials recognized Native American tribal lands by announcing that its museums - including the San Bernardino County Museum (Redlands), Victor Valley Museum…

President Joe Biden participates remotely in a summit of tribal nations from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on November 15, addressing tribal leaders and announcing a number of measures to improve…

For the first time in Inland Empire history, San Bernardino County officials recognized Native American…

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Native American and Alaskan Native (AIAN) adults have higher levels of mental health issues, physical abuse and economic instability than their non-LGBTQ peers, according to a new report. The study,…

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…

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…

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On Friday, President Joe Biden officially declared today, October 11, 2021, Indigenous Peoples Day, "a holiday dedicated to Native Americans, their rich histories, their art, their literature and their irreplaceable general cultures."…

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The cornerstone of our democracy is the right to vote. However, for…

A group of Native American activists, running and cycling across the country to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women, passed through Kansas City on Wednesday.After following 39th…

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…

Over the past three years, the Chickahominy Tribe of Charles City County has received nearly $ 7 million in state funding to acquire and preserve tribal lands, thereby preventing development and…

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…

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…

Due to an increase in the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, the Colorado River Indian Tribes are…

Tribal officials inaugurate the new Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville in April. Photo by Frank Lopez published on July 13, 2021 - 2:24 PMWritten by Frank Lopez Governor Gavin…

Two tribes bought the McKay Tower, built on ancestral lands. Inset: Kurtis Trevan of Gun Lake Investments (Photos via WMrapids / Wikimedia, Gun Lake Investments) Native American tribes across the country are expanding their real…

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…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University recently announced new measures developed in collaboration with federally recognized tribal nations to strengthen tribal relations and ensure compliance with the university's legal and ethical…

CHEROKEE, NC - Three of the most successful Native American tribes in the Southeastern United States have entered into an investment partnership with DreamCatcher Hotels. The Seminole Tribe of Florida, 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…

Maine has licensed limited casino games since voters approved slot machines in 2003. But Maine's native tribes are still excluded from the gambling industry. AUGUSTA, Maine - The four Native American tribes of…

In some parts of the country, the incidence of confirmed coronavirus cases among American Indians is more than three times that of whites SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif .-- As COVID-19 devastated scores of Native…

TULSA, Okla. --President Joe Biden works to strengthen the U.S. government's relationship with the Native American and Native tribal nations of Alaska.“Respect for tribal sovereignty will be the cornerstone of our…

California Native American tribes taking action on climate change are benefiting from a new state program designed to support tribal-led efforts. Nearly $ 2 million awarded under the Tribal government challenge The Planning Grants program…

BOSTON - A wedge is growing between Native American groups over those claiming dozens of acres in Taunton, where a tribe has been trying for years to build a billion-dollar casino.The recently revived Mattakeeset Massachuset tribe claim…

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…

PRINCETON, New Jersey - I'm a third-generation Clevelander, an avid Cleveland baseball fan for over 70 years, just like my father before me. And for almost two decades, I was the representative of Oklahoma's “Indian…

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) affects Native Americans and Alaska Natives at about three times the rate of White Americans and is closely linked to disproportionately high rates of cardiovascular disease such as heart attacks and…

CANNON BALL, ND - At the height of the protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017, when speakers needed help to be heard by the hundreds of protesters who had gathered near the Standing Rock Indian…

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…

National Pow Wow Grass Dancers (2007). Grass Dance or Omaha Dance is a modern Native American male powwow dance style that originated from the warrior societies of the Northern Great Plains. Unlike most powwow dance forms, grass dance…

I grew up next to the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State and remember how revered Native elders were throughout the community. At the annual powwow, elders shared their stories through…

I am so happy for the Indians. New Jersey has finally recognized our Native American tribes. But getting recognition was a long struggle, and I had been on the losing side until the day I left the Legislature.In March, however, Attorney…

The legalization of recreational marijuana in California has left American Indians in the cold.Proposition 64, approved by voters in 2016, leaves local governments to decide whether or not to allow cannabis dispensaries to operate in their…

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…

FLAG, ARIZONA - Native American tribes took greater control over the prosecution of non-tribal members who commit violent crimes in the Indian country five years after Congress passed key legislation, according to a new report. But…

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…

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…

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…

CANNON BALL, ND - Around the many tents scattered among the hills along the northernmost border of the…

One of the bright spots on the American Indian horizon is the work of the Colorado…

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.…

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — From rows of booths under handwritten signs reading "CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AN ATTITUDE, NOT JUST A DEPARTMENT," over 150 AMG Capital Services Inc. employees make loans and collect payments across the…