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'We Are Losing Parts of Our Culture': Virus Tears Through Choctaw Community 0 douglas9 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 1522
U.S. EPA seizes control of Oklahoma Indian lands for hazardous dumping and fracking 4 douglas9 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 19 1960
Alarmed by Scope of Wildfires, Officials Turn to Native Americans for Help 1 douglas9 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 13 1764
EPA Grants Oklahoma Control Over Tribal Lands 9 douglas9 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 2499
Lpez: American Diaspora (The Campaign to Drive Native Americans into Reservations) 0 douglas9 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 3 1328
The Federal Government Promised Native American Students Computers and Internet. Many Are Still Wait 3 douglas9 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 2 1972
Tribes see ballot collection as a lifeline in Indian Country 0 Eugene Sep 2020 Sep 2020 2 1427
Members of Congress, Tribes, State Governments call to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline 0 douglas9 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 5 1394
Stand off with Border Patrol, National Park Service ends in scuffle with Indigenous-led demonstrator 0 douglas9 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 0 1476
U.S. House Passes Savanna's Act, Moves to be Signed by President 0 sl8 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 13 1608
Navajo President blocks Dine' College professor from questioning COVID-19 vaccine risks 2 douglas9 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 2 1913
Sioux Tribes Sue South Dakota Over Failure to Provide Voter Registration 8 douglas9 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 42 3562
Navajos already used in controversial coronavirus plasma transfusions, next vaccine experiments, the 2 douglas9 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 1694
Navajos to be used in coronavirus vaccine experiments by Johns Hopkins and drug company 3 douglas9 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 2046
Standing Rock Court Victory: Excessive force lawsuit against Morton County moves forward 1 douglas9 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 1674
Petition! Drop the charges against NDN Collective President & CEO Nick Tilsen 1 hermetic Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 1579
Indigenous Online Film Festival: Watch Now! 5 douglas9 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 6 2059
Western Shoshone Ian Zabarte 'The Most Bombed Nation on Earth' 12 douglas9 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 56 4422
Kansas City Chiefs ban fans from wearing headdresses and face paint 0 Eugene Aug 2020 Aug 2020 3 1587
Native Americans delivering innovative relief with CARES Act funds 0 douglas9 Aug 2020 Aug 2020 1 1542
Federal agency to reopen 53 Native American schools despite coronavirus fears 1 douglas9 Aug 2020 Aug 2020 4 1739
The Federal Government Gives Native Students an Inadequate Education, and Gets Away With It 0 douglas9 Aug 2020 Aug 2020 6 1545
Navajos desperate for food and water.Navajo Council wants $24 million of virus relief funds casino 2 douglas9 Aug 2020 Aug 2020 20 2073
How Native Tribes Started Winning at the Supreme Court 2 douglas9 Aug 2020 Aug 2020 11 1934
How Our Indian Country Flattened the Curve 1 douglas9 Jul 2020 Jul 2020 9 1766
Why Central Michigan 'Chippewas' nickname is OK with local tribe, NCAA 2 safeinOhio Jul 2020 Jul 2020 5 2327
Coronavirus death rate remains high on the Navajo Nation 2 douglas9 Jul 2020 Jul 2020 3 1904
Pandemic Complicates Tribes' Quest For Data Sovereignty 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 1432
Why Tribes Should Have the Power to Enforce Strict Coronavirus Policies 1 douglas9 Jul 2020 Jul 2020 6 1737
Engraved medal given to Chief Kesis, a Kickapoo Indian chief of east central Illinois in 1792 2 Beringia Jul 2020 Jul 2020 7 3286

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Can anyone recommend a good book on the Ojibwe Nation? My new granddaughter has a 3 Tech Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 2427
The US Government Has Always Undercounted Native Americans. But COVID Could Make the 2020 Census a D 3 douglas9 Jun 2020 Jun 2020 8 2186
'Mount Rushmore: Genocide Carved in Stone' by American Indian Genocide Museum 0 douglas9 Jun 2020 Jun 2020 5 1792
i have received the most extraordinary gift. 18 mopinko Jun 2020 Jun 2020 28 3857
Supporting an Enemy of the People during the Pandemic: Navajo Vice President attends Trump megachurc 6 douglas9 Jun 2020 Jun 2020 6 2817
State Investigating Hospital With Coronavirus Policy That Profiled Pregnant... 1 Backseat Driver Jun 2020 Jun 2020 7 2533
U.S. suppressing facts of coronavirus spread in Border Patrol, grocery stores, prisons and nursing h 2 douglas9 Jun 2020 Jun 2020 7 2005
Covid-19 Stalks Large Families in Rural America 1 douglas9 Jun 2020 Jun 2020 10 2212
The Medicine Clothes that Look at the People, by Johnny Moses, avail Amazon Aug 2020 0 Beringia Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 1937
Native American Tribes' Pandemic Response Is Hamstrung by Many Inequities 1 douglas9 Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 1817
Cherokee Nation announces $332 million spending package for COVID-19 aid 0 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 3 1549
Irish Solidarity for Indigenous COVID-19 Relief Continues as U2 Drummer Donates $100,000 0 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 6 1470
Navajo medical masks were part of White House contracting scam and may not work 2 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 6 2199
Report: 'Grossly inaccurate' data used to divvy up relief funds for tribes 2 Backseat Driver May 2020 May 2020 3 2277
Native Tribe Could Lose Its Land Under New Trump Administration Guidelines 0 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 8 1882
Navajo Nation residents to be under strictest lockdown yet 4 Eugene May 2020 May 2020 5 2113
Coronavirus has been devastating to the Navajo Nation, and help for a complex fight has been slow 0 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 4 1681
The Coronavirus Makes Trump's Cruelty Toward Indian Country Even More Deadly 1 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 5 1961
US Native tribes and Ireland's 170-year-old connection is renewed in the pandemic 3 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 4 2033
"Is the Supreme Court Scared of Tribal Sovereignty?" 0 Mike__M May 2020 May 2020 8 1793
Sharing the Love: Our readers respond with food and water for Navajo family 0 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 10 1588
Doctors Without Borders dispatches team to the Navajo Nation 2 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 23 2330
PINE RIDGE: Oglala Lakota enforce border checkpoints after threat from South Dakota State Governor 20 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 50 6281
Where can I get reliable info about what's going on in Native American groups ? 5 bobbieinok May 2020 May 2020 1 2364
Irish Return an Old Favor, Helping Native Americans Battling the Virus 0 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 8 1723
U.S. Treasury to start distributing $4.8 billion in pandemic funds to tribal governments 2 Eugene May 2020 May 2020 1 1602
78 years ago, the first Navajo Code Talkers joined the Marine Corps 1 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 7 1493
Valentina Blackhorse, Navajo Pageant Winner With Dreams, Dies at 28 2 douglas9 May 2020 May 2020 10 2092
Native Americans being left out of US coronavirus data and labelled as 'other' 4 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 2018
New Mexico Town Hall: More than one-third of coronavirus cases are Native Americans 0 douglas9 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 1723

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Navajo coronavirus cases increase to 1,197, one survivor shares his story 1 douglas9 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1812
Land O'Lakes Removing Native American Woman From Packaging After 92 Years 27 SunSeeker Apr 2020 Apr 2020 7 6608
Navajo Nation Coronavirus Rapid Spread: 597 cases, 22 deaths, with 57-hour curfew underway 1 douglas9 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1934
Navajo Nation extends weekend lockdowns as virus cases rise 0 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 1567
Navajoland doctor says supplies and manpower critically needed, National Guard failed to deliver 1 douglas9 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 13 1858
Navajo Nation creates field medical stations as coronavirus cases increase to 148 2 douglas9 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 2 1679
Secretary Of Interior Orders Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation 'Disestablished,' Tribe Says 1 douglas9 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1930
Why are some Native Americans fighting efforts to decriminalize peyote? 1 douglas9 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 2 1564
Tribes say persistent efforts pay off in massive stimulus 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1660
'Huge Victory' for Standing Rock Sioux tribe as federal court rules DAPL permits violated law 8 sandensea Mar 2020 Mar 2020 49 4992
Doctor says supplies needed on Navajo Nation as coronavirus spreads 1 douglas9 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 6 1546
"We Will Take Action to Prevent the Loss of Our Land" 0 Mike__M Mar 2020 Mar 2020 9 2531
Bloomberg owes an apology 2 Mike__M Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 3232
Johnny Moses, ambassador of Pacific Northwest Indians on Scarefest radio Feb 14 10 pm est 0 Beringia Feb 2020 Feb 2020 2 2517
Cherokees become the first US-based tribe to deposit traditional heirloom seeds in the Arctic vault 3 geardaddy Feb 2020 Feb 2020 13 2203
The Blacklisting of Buffy Sainte Marie 9 douglas9 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 31 6369
My granddaughter is in the 2nd grade 4 lillypaddle Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 2941
Many Native Americans Can't Get Clean Water, Report Finds 0 douglas9 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2148
Native American Shield Returned to New Mexico From France 2 douglas9 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 5 1785
Women are disappearing and dying in Indian country. We must act.The epidemic of missing and murdere 1 niyad May 2019 Nov 2019 6 2163
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