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Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects
At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of ...
Native American names extend the earthquake history of northeastern North America
In 1638, an earthquake in what is now New Hampshire and Plymouth, Massachusetts, left colonists stumbling from the strong ...
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New Stations of the Cross focus on suffering of Native Americans, path to healing
This Lent, a new version of a Catholic devotion seeks to acknowledge the traumas experienced by Native people, including ...
Kennedy’s Plan to Send Health Officials to ‘Indian Country’ Angers Native Leaders
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is committed to improving the Indian Health Service. Native American leaders ...
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RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted
A key program using traditional medicine and foods to tackle chronic disease in Native American and Alaska Native communities ...
Will Native tribes secure Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?
The Interior Department has begun to 'review' the status of recently created national monuments. In Utah, six Southwestern ...
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Illinois bill banning Native American mascots in schools passes House
A proposed ban on mascots, logos, and names depicting Native Americans in Illinois public schools is one step closer to ...
Education Department withdraws from plan to address discipline disparities for Native students
The Education Department has withdrawn from an agreement to address disparities in discipline for Native American students at ...
Will ‘patriotic’ indoctrination be the next attack on Native American schoolchildren?
Soon after Donald Trump returned to the White House, he issued an executive order that some fear could become an ...
Part I: Richland History Group explores Massey Harbison's incredulous May 1792 abduction by Native Americans
This is Part 1 of a two-part series on Massey Harbison by the Richland History Group. Part 2 will appear in the May edition ...
New Mexico governor signs bill to provide ‘turquoise alert’ when Native Americans go missing
New Mexico's governor has signed a bill to create a “turquoise alert" for missing Native Americans in New Mexico.
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Native leaders question Kennedy in Arizona as Healthy Tribes faces major cuts
Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal communities in Arizona and New Mexico this week, highlighting ways they are trying to prevent chronic disease among Native Americans and Alaska Natives ...