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Chief Standing Bear, Native American civil rights icon, is honored on a postal stamp

A U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp now celebrates the Ponca chief, whose lawsuit led to a 1879 ruling that determined Native Americans were people with inherent rights under the law.

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'Why can't there be a system?': Tribe pushes to ease US border crossings for Native Americans

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe has drafted regulations in an effort to formalize the border-crossing process for their relatives in Mexico coming to their reservation in Arizona

The Independent UK

US Postal Service honors civil rights leader, Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, with stamp

A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored with the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp that features his portrait

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North Dakota governor signs law protecting tribal adoptions

North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a law that protects tribal cultures by codifying the federal Indian Child Welfare Act into state law

The Independent UK

The Rediscovery of America: why Native history is American history

Historian Ned Blackhawk’s new book stresses the importance of telling US history with a wider and more inclusive lens

The Guardian - US

Berkeley professor apologizes for false Indigenous identity

An anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, whose identity as Native American had been questioned for years has apologized for falsely identifying as Indigenous, saying she is “a white person” who lived an identity based on family lore

The Independent UK

‘Unacceptable’: Berkeley professor faces calls to resign after admitting false claims of Native American roots

Professor said she was raised being told she had Native American heritage

The Independent UK

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University professor who lived whole life wrongly identifying as Native American apologises for 'hurt'

The UC Berkeley professor said she has "incorrectly identified herself" living as a Native American of Mohawk and Mi'kmaq descent based on "incomplete information" and has apologised for the "broken trust"

Daily Mirror

US professor apologizes after wrongly claiming to be Native American

Calls mount for Elizabeth Hoover, anthropologist at UC Berkeley who said she had Indigenous heritage, to resign

The Guardian - US

3,000-year-old 'bear' bone from Alaska isn't what it seems

A bone found in a cave in Alaska and thought to from a bear is actually from a human, casting new light on the genetics of Native American peoples.

LiveScience

Should school use 'Warrior' nickname? Tribe to have last say

Students and administrators in one New York school district are wrestling with how to respond to the state’s newly approved ban on the use of Native American-themed logos and names

The Independent UK

Photographer's decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book

Matika Wilbur was tired of seeing one-dimensional, insipid, degrading depictions of Native Americans in mainstream media and popular culture. So she did something about it.

WEKU

Meet the ‘race fakers’ — and the people tracking them down

When Rachel Dolezal was revealed to be white in 2015, it seemed like she was an isolated — and bizarre — case. But now Dolezal has a podcast, ‘transracialism’ has a following, and the ‘Alleged Pretendians List’ is revealing fake Natives everywhere from Hollywood to academia. Holly Baxter reports

The Independent UK

Tribes seek invitation to Rio Grande water commission

A commission that oversees how the Rio Grande is managed and shared among three Western states has adopted a recommendation that could set the stage for more involvement by Native American tribes that depend on the river

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1,000-year-old Native American canoe retrieved from North Carolina lake

Elders moved to tears as members of tribe and archaeologists recover canoe discovered in Lake Waccamaw two years ago

WEKU

As schools face calls to drop Native American mascots, some could lose state money

New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What might Colorado River cuts mean for states?

The Biden administration floated two ideas this week for how Western states and Native American tribes could reduce their water use from the dwindling Colorado River

Tribune News Service

Judge dismisses drug charge against alleged cult leader

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas judge has dismissed a drug trafficking charge against an alleged cult leader accused of sexually assaulting and grooming Native American women and girls.

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US judge orders man held in case of missing Navajo woman

A New Mexico man will remain in federal custody pending trial on charges that stem from the 2021 disappearance of a Native American woman

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Tribe warns US government against moving ahead with mine

Native American tribal members fighting plans for an enormous copper mine on land they consider sacred say they are increasingly worried U.S. officials will move forward on the project even as they await a federal appellate court ruling in the case

WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

Los Angeles Times

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…

The Independent UK

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

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