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Oak Flat: a tract in Arizona sacred to some Native Americans but proposed as a giant copper mine

Oak Flat, a mountainous area east of Phoenix, is an Apache sacred site where Native Americans gather to pray and perform coming-of-age ceremonies and sweat rituals

The Independent UK

Stephen L. Carter: The mystery of Gorsuch’s passionate support for tribes

During Justice Neil Gorsuch’s six years on the Supreme Court, the justices have faced 10 cases involving the rights of Native American individuals or tribes. Every time, Gorsuch has voted in favor of Indian rights — including thrice in the past two weeks. Whether in the majority or the minority,…

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US Interior Secretary Haaland reflects on tenure and tradition amid policy challenges

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made history a few times in her political career, becoming one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress and as the first to hold the reins of the Interior Department

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Controversial San Jose State prof who posed with Native American skull to resign after settlement reached

SAN JOSE — A controversial anthropology professor at San Jose State, who contended she was a victim of a “woke activist mob” for opposing the repatriation of Native American remains and posing in a photo with an ancient skull, has agreed to leave the university next year.

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Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., covers 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) in the Southwest – an area larger than 10 states. Today it is home to more than 250,000 people – roughly comparable to the population of St. Petersburg, Florida, or Winston-Salem, North…

The Conversation

Supreme court rules against Navajo nation in Colorado River water dispute

Native American tribe argued federal government had not fulfilled obligations in battle over dwindling water supplies

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court rejects Navajo Nation push on water rights - Roll Call

The Supreme Court ruled that an 1868 treaty does not require the U.S. to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Navajo Nation.

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Native American tribes say Supreme Court challenge was never just about foster kids

Native Americans say the Supreme Court has reaffirmed their power to withstand threats from states in many areas

The Independent UK

The supreme court made a surprising ruling for Native American rights

A white couple challenged an adoption law that protects Native children. Thankfully, the conservative court didn’t buy their argument

The Guardian - US

Noah Feldman: Supreme Court was sensibly conservative on tribal rights

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion for the Supreme Court in Haaland v. Brackeen is conservative in the good, old-fashioned sense of the word. In upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act, the court reaffirmed precedent and declined an invitation to revolutionize the law with a reactionary constitutional holding. Along the…

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Justice Department Finds 'Deeply Disturbing' and Illegal Policing in Minneapolis

Minneapolis police used gratuitous force, discriminated against black and Native American residents, and retaliated against people exercising their First Amendment rights.

Reason

Supreme Court affirms Congress's power over Indian affairs, upholds law protecting Native American children

The Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families, in a June 15, 2023, ruling. Tribal leaders praised the decision as upholding the basic constitutional principles governing the relationships among Native…

The Conversation

Judge's ruling awaited in tribes’ lawsuit over North Dakota redistricting map

A federal judge is expected to decide in the coming weeks whether the new boundaries of North Dakota’s legislative districts dilute Native American voters’ strength on two reservations whose tribes are challenging the map approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature

The Independent UK

Things to know about the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act

The Supreme Court has preserved a federal law giving preference to Native American families when it comes to adopting Native children in foster care

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Native American tribes hail ‘major victory’ after supreme court ruling

Justices ‘on the right side of history’ for upholding protections for Native American children against removal for adoption

Al Jazeera

Tribes cheer Supreme Court ruling on Native American adoption

Supreme court upholds requirement Native Americans must be given preference in adoptions, fostering of Native children.

Capital & Main

Oral Care for Native Health

A new dental clinic takes on tooth decay and diabetes in California’s largest Native American community.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court upholds adoption law seeking to protect Native American children

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the landmark federal adoption law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families.

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The Independent UK

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law

The Supreme Court has preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children

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The Supreme Court leaves Indian Child Welfare Act intact

The case pitted prospective adoptive parents and Texas against the act, a federal law aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their extended families and their tribes.

The Guardian - US

US supreme court upholds protections for Native American children

Children will continue to be protected under law preventing removal from their tribal communities for fostering or adoption

Roll Call

Supreme Court upholds federal law on Native American children - Roll Call

The Supreme Court upheld a 1978 law that prioritizes Native American children being fostered or adopted by Native American families.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Trial begins in tribes' lawsuit over North Dakota redistricting map

A bench trial has begung in Fargo in the federal lawsuit brought last year by two Native American tribes challenging North Dakota's redistricting map the GOP-led Legislature approved in 2021

The Guardian - UK

War Pony review – vivid account of daily Native American life

Non-professional actors drive Gina Gammell and Riley Keough’s award-winning first feature about growing up on a South Dakota reservation

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The Native American night sky: 7 starry sights to see

Our Native American night sky guide tells you more about indigenous constellations and where you can find them.

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