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Denise Lajimodiere is named North Dakota's first Native American poet laureate

A citizen of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, Lajimodiere has written several award-winning books of poetry and is an expert on the history of Native American boarding schools.

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Tribe, US officials reach deal to save Colorado River water

A Native American tribe in Arizona has reached a deal with the U.S. government not to use some of its Colorado River water rights in return for $150 million and funding for a pipeline project

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Native activist LaDuke resigns from environmental group

Native American activist Winona LaDuke has resigned as executive director of the Indigenous-led environmental group Honor the Earth after the organization lost a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by a former employee

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Commentary: Nevada can’t shed its ugly past while continuing to exploit Native people and lands

Today, tourists from all over the world flock to Nevada to experience selective amnesia. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” the slogan goes. But Las Vegas’ culture of forgetting is more than drunken hijinks. The city’s existence depends on forgetting the colonial violence that made the Southwest. Since becoming…

Los Angeles Times

Montana judge upholds suit over Native education requirement

A judge in Montana refused to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the state’s unique constitutional requirement to teach students about Native American history and culture has not been upheld

The Independent UK

Gordon Brotherston obituary

Other lives: Scholar of Native American literature whose many books celebrated the writing of peoples across the continent

The Guardian - UK

Native Americans protest, derail sale of human skull at North Carolina auction house

An effort to sell a 600-year-old human skull at a rural North Carolina auction house was abruptly halted over the weekend after a group of opponents led by Native Americans intervened.

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Hollywood producer accused of faking Cherokee ancestry

Heather Rae has identified as Native American throughout her career but public family records don’t show any evidence of it

The Guardian - US

LOCALIZE IT: Navajo water case highlights treaty battles

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The Independent UK

Tribe urges Army to speed up return of child's 1879 remains

Federal authorities expect to return a 13-year-old boy’s remains to his Native American tribe in South Dakota this fall

The Independent UK

‘Aspect of his heritage’: ACLU blasts school that told Native American boy to cut his hair

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina school fired back after a civil rights group blasted its short hair rule as “discriminatory.”

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New Mexico tribe keeps title to portion of national preserve

A Native American tribe has retained its title to a portion of a national preserve in northern New Mexico following a yearslong court battle against the federal government

The Independent UK

Uproar as Indigenous mother is told to remove woven baby carrier on visit to Native American museum exhibit

Sophie Weinstein, a citizen of the Karuk Nation, was told to remove the basket at the Portland Art Museum

The Independent UK

'Like a living scrapbook': 'My Powerful Hair' is a celebration of Native culture

Author Carole Lindstrom follows Caldecott-winning We Are Water Protectors with another children's book featuring Native culture. She says she hopes it helps kids "see themselves in a positive way."

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Uproar as Indigenous mother is told to remove woven baby carrier on visit to Native American museum exhibit

Sophie Weinstein, a citizen of the Karuk Nation, was told to remove the basket at the Portland Art Museum

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Opioids are devastating Cherokee families. The tribe has a $100 million plan to heal

The fentanyl crisis is hitting young people hard, and the highest death rates are in Native American communities. The Cherokee Nation is working to help young families recover.

The Denver Post

Changing name of Colorado's Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky is 'sacrilegious,' Northern Cheyenne leader says

DENVER — Native American leaders convened in Denver on Friday for a ceremony aimed at moving forward the renaming of Mount Evans, an effort that stalled after one tribe’s last-minute objection delayed a federal vote on the change to Mount Blue Sky.

The Independent UK

Native American groups blast governor for agency appointment

A coalition of advocates dedicated to stemming the tide of violence and missing persons cases in Indian Country is demanding more transparency from New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

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Denver donates 35 bison to Native American tribes

The transfers marked another example of Indigenous people reclaiming stewardship over the land and animals that their ancestors managed for thousands of years.

The Independent UK

Tribe to reopen Lac du Flambeau roads in temporary deal

A Native American tribe and a northern Wisconsin town have reached an agreement to temporarily reopen four barricaded roads that are the subject of a decadelong dispute and a recent lawsuit

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Ex-Navajo President Zah guided by love for people, family

Peterson Zah, who guided one of the largest Native American tribes in the U.S. through a politically tumultuous time, has died

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Sacheen Littlefeather’s sister says including her in Oscar’s In Memoriam would ‘keep pushing the lie’

A month after Littlefeather’s death, her sisters claimed she had lied about her Native American ancestry

The Independent UK

Nomination of Native American leader in New Mexico in limbo

New Mexico’s Democratic governor says she believes vetting of her Cabinet members is crucial

The Independent UK

US to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says her agency will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands

The Independent UK

New Mexico nomination spurs concerns among Native Americans

New Mexico’s governor isn't backing down on her decision to nominate a former tribal leader who once faced sexual assault charges to head the state’s Indian Affairs Department

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