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Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects
At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of ...
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After a decade of failed attempts, bill establishing Indigenous Peoples Day poised to become law
A bill establishing Indigenous Peoples Day has cleared the Montana Legislature and is poised to become law. Senate Bill 224 ...
Will Native tribes secure Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?
The Interior Department has begun to 'review' the status of recently created national monuments. In Utah, six Southwestern ...
Native communities in New Mexico hope new Turquoise Alert System will facilitate the safe return of more missing members
New Mexico this week became the latest state to pass a law aimed at addressing an ongoing national crisis surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous people – particularly in unsolved cases involving ...
Aboriginal entrepreneurs harness traditional knowledge to start businesses
In far west New South Wales, two Aboriginal men are drawing on the traditional knowledge of their ancestors to generate a ...
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Indigenous advocates optimistic, cautious about FBI initiative to solve crimes in Native communities
Native advocates in Minnesota say they want the FBI’s support solving unsolved crime and missing persons cases, but that it needs to earn the community’s trust.