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New Mexico governor wants $50M for tribal education
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is seeking $50 million for educational programs for Indigenous children in the next fiscal year, ...
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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
In the Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome a contagious disease known as the “strangling angel” put the town under siege 100 years ago. Now, the town's saviors, the sled dogs and mushers who raced hundreds ...
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Oh, Pharrell Is Part Native American? Here's Why It Doesn't Matter
Does some Native American heritage make it OK for Pharrell Williams to wear a feather headdress? No -- and here are four reasons why it doesn't. "The young man whose name is derivative of his father’s ...
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President Trump orders Education Department to guide states on use of federal funds for school choice
Trump is asking the same for the Department of the Interior — requiring that the agency’s next leader review how anyone ...
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No uranium-specific emergency plan exists for Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety Deputy Director Michael Henderson said the Navajo Nation has a general emergency ...
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Breakout star Derek Hinkey’s meant-to-be role in ‘American Primeval’
In a dynamic casting coup, real life Shoshone Derek Hinkey rides away with the show as fierce Shoshone warrior Red Feather in ...
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Era of Native journalism ends with newspaper's closure
Indian Time was started 41 years ago as an offshoot of legendary Native American news publication AKWESASNE NOTES ...
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Native History: Astronaut John B. Herrington, Chickasaw, Becomes First American Indian in Space
A chat with Chickasaw astronaut John Herrington on the anniversary of his historic liftoff as the first enrolled Indian in space. Liftoff on November 23, 2002, set in motion a lot more than space ...
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Attawapiskat First Nation Declares State of Emergency After 101 Suicide Attempts
Attawapiskat First Nation issues emergency declaration after 11 residents attempt suicide in one day; 101 have done so since September 2015. The Northern Ontario First Nation of Attawapiskat declared ...
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ICWA: Lexi to Remain with Utah Family in Appeals Court Ruling
The California Second District Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that a 6-year-old Choctaw girl known as “Lexi,” will be staying in Utah with family. On Friday, the California Second District Court ...
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DNA Proves Kennewick Man, the Ancient One, Is Native; Tribes Continue Fight for Reburial
Final analysis of 9,000-year-old ancient DNA published June 18 shows Kennewick Man is indeed an ancestor of present day Native Americans. Final analysis of 9,000-year-old ancient DNA published June 18 ...
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Montana Shooting Suspect Captured Near Spokane
Sheldon Bernard Chase, a suspect in a triple homicide in Montana was apprehended on October 5. Three American Indians were shot and killed on the Crow Reservation at approximately noon on October 4.