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The Pow Wow is a traditional gathering of American Indians in which tribes reconnect and catch up once a year. Visitors embraced relatives and…
Federal penalties have increased under a newly signed law intended to protect the cultural patrimony of Native American tribes, immediately making some crimes a felony and doubling the prison time for anyone convicted of multiple offenses.
Lithium Americas has agreed to build an 8,000 square foot community center for the tribe that includes a daycare, preschool, playground, cultural facility and communal greenhouse to support reclamation efforts and provide income for the tribe
Asa Peters marched into a thicket of Japanese knotweed in the woods of coastal Massachusetts this month and began steadily hacking the towerin…
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais takes note of the heart-wrenching dates that remind Wampanoag families that they're still in the midst of the opioid drug crisis — birthdays of loved ones lost, anniversaries of their passing. Then she reaches out with a phone call to the grieving.
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Dolly Parton and A Tribe Called Quest don't have much in common aside from a propensity for making great music. But now, the beloved country s…
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians Tuesday, underscoring the Biden admi…
For decades, Native American remains have been stored at the state’s flagship university, with only some returned to their homelands and littl…
President Joseph Biden ordered the Interior Department to research whether he should restore the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah.
Winner of numerous 2020 literary honors, this novel is inspired by the author’s grandfather, who fought hard to help save his Chippewa tribe from government termination. “High drama, low comedy, ghost stories, mystical visions, family and tribal lore — wed to a surprising outbreak of enthusiasm for boxing matches,” wrote New York Times reviewer Luis Alberto Urrea. “We are grateful to be allowed into this world.”
The greatest love stories don’t always involve passionate romance, but rather, unwavering trust.
In 1891, Swedish archaeologists conducted excavations of cultural artifacts belonging to the tribes culturally connected to the Mesa Verde reg…
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission recently lifted steelhead size restrictions on the Clearwater and Snake rivers, allowing anglers to keep B-run fish.
ELKO – Elko City Council members did not hear a presentation Tuesday on the Elko Indian Colony’s plan to open a marijuana dispensary, but they…
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) cosponsored a bipartisan bill, led by Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), t…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Nez Perce Tribe has filed a lawsuit to force a Canadian company to clean up an idle central Idaho mining area — which …
Bison migrations have really changed since the introduction of the stock truck.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Leaders of the Navajo Nation and Pueblo tribes expressed frustration this week with federal oversight of oil and gas lea…
ELKO —- Barrick Gold signed a 10-year extension agreement with the Western Shoshone Scholarship Foundation on March 12 at a ceremony attended …
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will issue a permit authorizing construction of a $2 billion copper mine in sout…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Tribal and federal officials celebrated the return Wednesday of dozens of cultural items to Acoma Pueblo’s nearly 1,0…
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Native American tribes in Montana and South Dakota sued the Trump administration on Monday, claiming it approved an oil…