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After nearly 200 years, the Yuchi Tribe of Oklahoma reconnects with bison

Tribal members say the new herd will strengthen ceremonial practices and connect them not only with the animal but also with other Indigenous nations.

March 26, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
"They are thriving," says Gary Walker of his adopted children Mazzy and Ransom.  The hope is that with better addiction care, more Cherokee children can remain in intact families.

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Opioids are devastating Cherokee families. The tribe has a $100 million plan to heal

The fentanyl crisis is hitting young people hard, and the highest death rates are in Native American communities. The Cherokee Nation is working to help young families recover.

March 19, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann
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Denver donates 35 bison to Native American tribes

The transfers marked another example of Indigenous people reclaiming stewardship over the land and animals that their ancestors managed for thousands of years.

March 16, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
The Etowah Mounds site in Bartow County.

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  • History

Muscogee Nation and Georgia officials will cooperate on restoring the sacred to the tribe

Hundreds of indigenous people disinterred by archaeologists at the historic Etowah Mounds in Northwest Georgia will be returned to their descendants with the cooperation of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

January 06, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The U.S. Capitol is seen at dusk, January 21, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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  • History

Congress holds first ever hearing on a congressional seat for the Cherokee Nation

The historic move is the closest the federal government is toward satisfying a promise it made to the Cherokee Nation nearly 200 years ago.

November 18, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Sacheen Littlefeather on stage at AMPAS Presents An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Sept. 17, 2022 in Los Angeles.

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Sacheen Littlefeather, who gave Marlon Brando's Oscar rejection speech, dies at 75

In 1973, Littlefeather provided one of the most dramatic moments in Oscar history: Offering Brando's regrets for refusing the award because of Hollywood's treatment and portrayal of Native Americans.

October 03, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
Tracie Revis, left, a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation, and Seth Clark, mayor pro-tem of Macon, stand at the approach to the Earth Lodge, where Native Americans held council meetings for 1,000 years until their forced removal in the 1820s, on Aug. 22, 2022, in Macon, Ga. Revis and Clark are co-directors of an initiative to bring 50 miles of the Ocmulgee River under federal protection as a national park.

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The Muscogee get their say in national park plan for Georgia

Hundreds of Native Americans returned to their historic capital in Macon, Georgia, this weekend for the 30th annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Nearly 200 years after the last Creek Indians were forcibly removed to Oklahoma to make way for slave labor in the Deep South, citizens of the Muscogee Creek Nation are celebrating their survival. They're also supporting an initiative to put the National Park Service in charge of protecting the heart of the Creek Confederacy.

September 21, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Students walk between buildings in September 2014 at the Little Singer Community School in Birdsprings, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation.

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Arizona offers free college tuition to the state's Native students

The University of Arizona joins schools in a number of other states in covering tuition and fees for tribal members, who have been less likely than other Americans to pursue higher education.

June 28, 2022
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  • Sequoia Carrillo
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 19, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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The U.S. is reckoning with its troubled past of Indian boarding schools

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and tribal leaders are advocating for a congressional commission to examine the impacts of the federal Native American forced-assimilation policy.

June 23, 2022
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  • Austin Cope
Native American boarding school in Arizona

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Historic report on Federal Indian Boarding Schools finds two in Georgia, 400 nationwide

For the first time in history, the Department of Interior investigated the federal Indian boarding school system across the United States, identifying more than 400 schools and over 50 burial sites. Georgia was home to two of those schools, which were attended by indigenous children who were taken away from their families and attempted to assimilate them through education — and, often, physical punishment. 

May 13, 2022
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  • Shondin Silversmith
A makeshift memorial for the dozens of Indigenous children who died more than a century ago while attending a boarding school that was once located nearby is displayed under a tree at a public park in Albuquerque, N.M., in 2021.

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U.S. report identifies burial sites linked to boarding schools for Native Americans

A federal study of Native American boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 400 such schools and more than 50 associated burial sites.

May 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Students make their way through the Sather Gate near Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley, campus on March 29 in Berkeley, Calif.

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University of California will waive tuition and fees for many Native American students

The program applies to undergraduate and graduate students who are members of federally recognized Native American, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and will begin in the fall.

April 28, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
Students make their way through the Sather Gate near Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley, campus on March 29 in Berkeley, Calif.

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  • Education

University of California will waive tuition and fees for many Native American students

The program applies to undergraduate and graduate students who are members of federally recognized Native American, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and will begin in the fall.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
Vice President Harris speaks during a meeting with Native American community leaders about voting rights together with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (left) in July 2021.

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Native Americans face more barriers in voting. The White House suggests these changes

The report was commissioned by President Biden in March 2021 as part of an executive order he signed to protect voting rights.

March 24, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Duwamish Tribal Services Executive Director Jolene Haas holds up her hands, a traditional gesture of gratitude, on the banks of the Duwamish River in Seattle on Sept. 21, 2019.

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This tribe has fought for years to get federal recognition. It's about their identity

Federally recognized tribes can be eligible for benefits such as land, health care, revenue streams from casinos, and education. The Duwamish say that these resources would be game changers for them.

March 06, 2022
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  • Katia Riddle
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