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The Latest Breaking News on Native America

Biden declares Arizona floods a federal disaster for Havasupai tribe

The declaration provides funds and federal assistance for emergency and permanent infrastructure

The Guardian - US

Brazil will have first Indigenous woman chief for key post

Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday Sonia Guajajara as the nation’s first Indigenous person to head up a ministry

The Independent UK

Law protects export of sacred Native American items from US

A new law increases the penalties for trafficking Native American remains and cultural objects

The Independent UK

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Native American man files lawsuit after being tasered by park ranger

Lawsuit calls on agency to adjust cultural practices

The Independent UK

Spending bill secures funds for Native American health care

Access to health care for Native Americans across the U.S. will be bolstered with funding included in a government spending bill approved by Congress

The Independent UK

In Peru, Kichwa tribe wants compensation for carbon credits

Residents in Kichwa Indigenous villages in Peru say they fell into poverty after the government turned their ancestral forest into a national park, severely restricted hunting and allowed the sale of forest carbon credits to oil companies

The Independent UK

Benefits of federal law to remain out of Maine tribes' reach

Congress has halted a bill that would have allowed Native American tribes in Maine to get the same benefits of future federal laws that tribes across the rest of the U.S. do

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James Cameron's old comments prompt Native American boycott of new 'Avatar' sequel

If you haven't seen "Avatar: The Way of Water" yet, a social media campaign led by Native Americans hopes it'll stay that way.

Los Angeles Times

Sônia Guajajara hails Brazil’s Indigenous ministry after Bolsonaro ‘turmoil’

The activist for native peoples says she will work to overturn the ‘catastrophic legacy’ from Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency

The Guardian - US

‘Historical pattern of disregard’: inside one of the last remaining US Indigenous boarding schools

Oregon’s Chemawa Indian School has been plagued by problems such as understaffing and allegations of misspending. Is there hope for its future?

The Guardian - US

US Native American tribes seek to reintroduce indigenous wildlife

Native American groups in the US are trying to restore local species like ferrets and foxes as extinctions increase.

Al Jazeera

Northern Plains tribes bring back their wild 'relatives'

Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets were wiped out from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation by poisoning campaigns, disease and the loss of prairie where nomadic tribes once roamed

The Independent UK

As a sacred minnow nears extinction, Native Americans of Clear Lake call for bold plan

LAKEPORT, Calif. — Spring runs of a large minnow numbering in the millions have nourished Pomo Indians since they first made their home alongside Northern California’s Clear Lake more than 400 generations ago.

Los Angeles Times

Connecticut announces plan to develop Native American studies curriculum for K-12 public schools

Governor Ned Lamont (D) and the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) announced a partnership with state tribal leaders on November 30, 2022, to develop a Native American studies model curriculum for K-12 students. The announcement follows legislation signed by the governor in June 2021. The bill established new subject…

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Broadcasters Apologize for Mocking Native American Player’s Name

Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler’s name is a nod to his Native American heritage.

Salon

What Native Americans have taught me

I'm a scholar of Native American history. But my real education came from working with Native people in the present

Axios

Native Americans push Thankstaking to reshape a U.S. myth

Thankstaking, the Native American-influenced alternative to Thanksgiving, is growing.

The Independent UK

Bison's relocation to Native lands revives a spiritual bond

Bison nearly vanished from the Great Plains

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The Independent UK

Bison spread as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship

Indigenous groups in the U.S. and Canada are leading efforts to restore bison across North America more than a century after European settlers drove the species to near extinction

WEKU

New York tells schools to drop Native American mascots

The state's education department is demanding school districts comply with a previous decision to nix all Native American mascots, team names and logos.

Al Jazeera

US Congress considers seating Native American tribal delegate

Cherokee Nation leader pushes US to honour promise of House delegate which has gone unfulfilled for nearly 200 years.

The Independent UK

California breaks ground on Native American monument

State officials in California are preparing to build a monument to the state's Native American tribes

The Texas Tribune

Texas case could change adoption rules for Native American children, and undercut tribal rights

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the preferences Native American families and tribes are given under the Indian Child Welfare Act.

The Conversation

Native American children's protection against adoption by non-Indian families is before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments about the constitutionality of a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families.

The Guardian - US

For decades, welfare laws kept Native American families together. Will the supreme court end them?

The Indian Child Welfare Act was passed to redress years of mass separations of Native families. This month, the court hears a case that could overturn it

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