Map: Making Indigenous Peoples Day official across the country
By Aliyah Chavez (Kewa Pueblo) In 2011, the National Congress of American Indians passed a formal resolution advocating for the second Monday of October to be renamed Indigenous Peoples Day.A changing...
View ArticleInterior takes reservation away from Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
~By Dalton Walker for Indian Country Today on March 28, 2020On Friday, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Massachusetts learned that it was losing its reservation by order of the U.S. Department of the...
View ArticleMashpee Wampanoag face double crisis: COVID-19 and feds
By Aliyah Chavez for Indian Country Today‘I am calling to all of Indian Country, to all tribes: we must unite and stand together … we must fight this fight together’The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal...
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Mashpee Wampanoag: US Court ‘stood up for justice’
'We’re praying the Trump administration will do the right thing and stand with Mashpee'BY Kolby KickingWomanIndian Country TodayThe Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has cleared a major hurdle in its legal...
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Advocates seek Indigenous representation at Oklahoma monument
The Centennial Land Run Monument 'glorifies the pioneers and doesn’t talk about the Indigenous people who lived here before,' says co-organizer Brenda Golden, Muscogee CreekGinny Underwood Special to...
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Retired! Washington NFL team leaves racist name behind
The retirement of the racist team name is officialIndian Country TodayThe Washington NFL franchise officially retired its racist name and logo.And the saying goes: Never say never.It’s the famous...
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Diné woman will be Kansas’ youngest sitting legislator
By Aliyah Chavez for Indian Country Today Aug 3, 2020Updated: Democrat Christina Haswood is one of more than a dozen Native candidates who prevailed in Tuesday’s primaries. #NativeVote20All four Native...
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day — virtually
A list of events happening on Indigenous Peoples' Day 2020Indian Country TodayVibe into the Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend like TikTok star Nathan Apodaca, Arapaho. (You’re welcome, and yes, we just...
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The case for Dinétah as a state
Election 2020 Oct 12, 2020Statehood will not fix the problems facing the Navajo Nation but it would do two things: Add a voice in Congress and get more money from WashingtonMark Trahant Indian Country...
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Nathan Apodaca: Everyone’s new cousin
Nathan Apodaca, Northern Arapaho, talks to Indian Country Today about his newfound fame and message to Indigenous communitiesAliyah Chavez Indian Country Today“Is 100 likes good?” Nathan Apodaca asked...
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Shellmound park sprang from 'miracles'
A California city has found a unique way to pay tribute to an Indigenous burial siteStewart Huntington Special to Indian Country TodayWhen road crews uncovered a shellmound burial site in the San...
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Indigenous candidates taking oath in style
Many lawmakers wore traditional clothing during their swearing-in ceremoniesAliyah Chavez Indian Country TodayFor many Indigenous lawmakers, January brought the opportunity to be sworn into...
View ArticleIndigenous knowledge at the White House: Haaland outlined the Interior’s work...
By Aliyah ChavezInterior Secretary Deb Haaland said at her first White House press briefing, “how monumental this week has been for Indigenous representation.” She was the latest Cabinet member to take...
View ArticleInterior takes reservation away from Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
~By Dalton Walker for Indian Country Today on March 28, 2020On Friday, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Massachusetts learned that it was losing its reservation by order of the U.S. Department of the...
View ArticleMashpee Wampanoag face double crisis: COVID-19 and feds
By Aliyah Chavez for Indian Country Today‘I am calling to all of Indian Country, to all tribes: we must unite and stand together … we must fight this fight together’The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal...
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Mashpee Wampanoag: US Court ‘stood up for justice’
'We’re praying the Trump administration will do the right thing and stand with Mashpee'BY Kolby KickingWomanIndian Country TodayThe Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has cleared a major hurdle in its legal...
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Advocates seek Indigenous representation at Oklahoma monument
The Centennial Land Run Monument 'glorifies the pioneers and doesn’t talk about the Indigenous people who lived here before,' says co-organizer Brenda Golden, Muscogee CreekGinny Underwood Special to...
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Retired! Washington NFL team leaves racist name behind
The retirement of the racist team name is officialIndian Country TodayThe Washington NFL franchise officially retired its racist name and logo.And the saying goes: Never say never.It’s the famous...
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Diné woman will be Kansas’ youngest sitting legislator
By Aliyah Chavez for Indian Country Today Aug 3, 2020Updated: Democrat Christina Haswood is one of more than a dozen Native candidates who prevailed in Tuesday’s primaries. #NativeVote20All four Native...
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day — virtually
A list of events happening on Indigenous Peoples' Day 2020Indian Country TodayVibe into the Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend like TikTok star Nathan Apodaca, Arapaho. (You’re welcome, and yes, we just...
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