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Native Hawaiians believe volcanoes are alive and should be treated like people, with distinct rights and responsibilities

Hawaii’s largest and oldest volcano, Mauna Loa, began erupting on Nov. 27, 2022, with lava flowing miles away downhill. The last eruption, which lasted three weeks, was nearly 40 years ago.

The Conversation

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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Campaign aims to explore Latinos' Indigenous roots

The number of Latinos who identified as American Indian or Alaska Native jumped 115% in the last U.S. Census.

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Biden announces new national monument near Nevada-California border

SAN JOSE, Calif. — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced he will establish a new national monument across a vast landscape on southern Nevada’s border with California to protect an area sacred to 12 Native American tribes and rich with big horn sheep, Joshua tree forests, desert tortoises, ancient petroglyphs…

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Biden: Nevada site sacred to tribes to be national monument

President Joe Biden says he intends to designate a broad rugged mountain area considered sacred by area Native Americans in southern Nevada as a new national monument

The Independent UK

Indigenous language education in schools

An indigenous language has 16 advanced speakers — teaching it is a step towards greater cultural diversity

Salon

Biden making new commitments at Tribal Nations Summit

The Biden administration is making new commitments to Native American nations at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years

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UC schools slow to return Native American artifacts to tribes, audit finds

Four schools in the University of California system have repeatedly failed to return sacred Native American artifacts to tribes in a timely manner, according to a new state audit.

The Orange County Register

Broadcasters Apologize for Mocking Native American Player’s Name

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

Sports Illustrated

Researchers seek lost Native American boarding school graves

The bodies of more than 80 Native American children are buried at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in central Nebraska

The Independent UK

Why some Americans don’t celebrate Thanksgiving

The holiday is viewed by some to be a celebration of the conquest of Native Americans

The Independent UK

"What's Missing in the Brackeen Argument: An Indian Affairs Clause"

I was chatting with Prof. Lorianne Updike Toler (Northern Illinois), and she mentioned some thoughts of hers on this subject, based on her recent University of Chicago Law Review article, The Missing Indian Affairs Clause. I encouraged her to write up a blog post, and she kindly passed along the…

Reason

Saving Choctaw Academy

Sam Dick visits a Scott County farm which is the historical site of a Native American school that educated Choctaw and Cherokee Indians in the 1850s

WEKU

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

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

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Grand Canyon park changes campground name that haunted tribe

The Indian Garden name assigned to a popular Grand Canyon campground has been changed out of respect for a Native American tribe that was displaced by the national park

The Independent UK

Why some Americans don’t celebrate Thanksgiving

The holiday is viewed by some to be a celebration of the conquest of Native Americans

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.

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US to demolish four dams in river restoration effort

Decision by regulators comes after years of advocacy by Native American tribes and environmentalists.

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 Guardian - UK

‘Good luck with your horse opera!’: Hugo Blick on his rule-breaking western The English

At the heart of this subversive frontier tale is a sumptuous but doomed love story. That’s what makes it the renowned TV writer’s most radical and pleasurable work yet

Tribune News Service

Hurricane Nicole unearths Native American burial site on Florida coast

Hurricane Nicole unearthed what is likely an ancient Native American burial ground on Chastain Beach in the town of Stuart, Florida.

Daily Mirror

Hurricane Nicole horror as human skulls and bones wash up on beach after storm

Beachgoers were left stunned to find six skulls and small bones washed up on Chastain Beach in Florida, US, as police have warned the public to stay away from the remains or face criminal charges

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.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court divided on adoption law that keeps Native American kids in tribal homes

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices sounded sharply split Wednesday on whether to strike down a federal child custody law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families.

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