Native and Indigenous News
Reporting from and about Indian Country.
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The measure to remove the statute of limitations for all sexual abuse claims failed in a bipartisan vote on Wednesday, April 17.
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A coalition of Western conservationists and tribes are working to protect more public lands before the November presidential election.
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Redbone's hit cracked the Billboard Top 5 this month in 1974. It was a first for a band with all Native and Mexican American members — but the song itself had a quietly political message, too.
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Indigenous leaders across the Pacific have signed a treaty granting whales legal personhood. What protections will the designation offer the large mammals?
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U.S. federal agencies and sovereign tribal agencies often work together on shared goals like managing wildfires, improving wildlife habitat, and other issues. A new repository collects a number of these co-stewardship - or sovereign-to-sovereign - agreements in an effort to help tribes and others better understand their possible uses.
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In 2020, Congress passed the Not Invisible Act to help address the Missing and Murdered Persons Crisis. The bill formed a federal commission made up of tribal leaders, federal agencies, families, and survivors, who were tasked with developing recommendations on how best to address the crisis. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice responded to these recommendations in early March.
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Native American speed skier Ross Anderson to be inducted during Park City event.
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Rates are so bad in Native American communities that public health experts have asked the federal government to declare an emergency. Inadequate prenatal care may be partly to blame.
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The goal is to make voter registration easier and more accurate. But the new addresses have had other benefits, like faster emergency response times and better mail service.
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In their annual address to the state legislature, the leaders of Colorado’s two Native American Tribes criticized Gov. Jared Polis and other officials for allowing state gambling laws to continue to exclude tribes. They also called for more support from the state around health care, education and water rights.
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The Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribal chairmen gave their annual address to the Colorado state legislature last week as part of the celebration of Ute Day at the capitol. It’s the tribes’ second annual address to the state.
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Nationwide, nearly 17,000 homes on tribal lands didn’t have electricity in 2022, according to federal data. The Biden administration is making new investments to address the issue.
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Native Americans have one of the highest rates of homelessness in the country but account for only 1.5% of North America’s population.
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A national center for Native radio and TV broadcasters is leading an effort to establish a national alert code for missing and endangered adults.
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The sport is growing in popularity on the Navajo Nation, even without a single bike shop.
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As the fentanyl crisis ravages Native American communities, some of their leaders want tribal police and courts to go after non-tribal dealers. But they can't without getting permission from Congress.
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The Quinault Indian Nation in Washington state is gradually moving the village of Taholah away from a rising Pacific Ocean. Other communities in the U.S. may need to take a similar approach.
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The health screening truck was set up near the Navajo Transitional Energy Company coal mine. Active and retired coal miners were screened for black lung, a disease from inhaling coal silica particles.