![Navajo Nation pays tribute to Korean War veteran Oliver Leo Kirk](https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/12/02/oliverleokirk.jpg)
Navajo Nation pays tribute to Korean War veteran Oliver Leo Kirk (December 2, 2019)
Flags are flying at half-staff in honor of Oliver Leo Kirk, a veteran and tribal police officer who passed away at the age of 88.
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!['The worst we have ever seen': Statue depicting Sacagawea being removed](https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/06/02/lewisclarksacagawea.jpg)
'The worst we have ever seen': Statue depicting Sacagawea being removed (December 2, 2019)
A statue shows Sacagawea, the Native woman who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition, at the feet of the White men assigned to lead it.
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![Lumbee Tribe federal recognition bill up for first hearing](https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/12/02/harveygodwin.jpg)
Lumbee Tribe federal recognition bill up for first hearing (December 2, 2019)
The Lumbee Tribe, the largest Indian nation in the eastern United States, lacks full federal recognition due to a law passed during the disastrous termination era.
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Rep. Tom Cole: Reflecting on all of our blessings (December 2, 2019)
Especially during a time of great division and polarization, it is important for Americans to join in collective gratitude this year.
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Rep. Markwayne Mullin: Celebrating Native Americans all year round (December 2, 2019)
I am proud to embrace my Cherokee heritage and I believe that our heritage and traditions should be celebrated not only in November, but year-round.
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A National Day of Mourning for U.S. Indigenous (December 2, 2019)
The official proclamation of Thanksgiving, 16 years later, has its origins in slaughter, gore and carnage.
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![YES! Magazine: Native youth take care of their ancestral lands](https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/12/02/tribalstewardsprogram.jpg)
YES! Magazine: Native youth take care of their ancestral lands (December 2, 2019)
The Tribal Steward Program introduces young people to land conservation and restoration in Northwest tribal communities.
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![New Cherokee Health Center will transform health care for generations](https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/12/02/wwhastingshospital.jpeg)
New Cherokee Health Center will transform health care for generations (December 2, 2019)
The largest tribal outpatient health facility is now open in the capital of the Cherokee Nation.
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Trump creates panel on issue of missing, murdered indigenous women (December 2, 2019)
President Trump authorized creation of an eight-member panel to coordinate the federal response to the problem of murdered and missing indigenous women.
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Having a good time on the Oprah Winfrey Show (December 2, 2019)
Suzan Shown Harjo, Michael Haney and I were seated in the small dining room in a hotel, waiting for a car to take us to the Oprah Winfrey Show.
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![A Thanksgiving Day memory – Those ‘derned’ Pilgrims](https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/12/01/butterthanksgivingturkey.jpg)
A Thanksgiving Day memory – Those ‘derned’ Pilgrims (December 2, 2019)
Years ago, I moved from the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, the only home my children knew,, to the nation's capital.
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!['I don't feel safe around cops'](https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/12/01/aliciacook.jpg)
'I don't feel safe around cops' (December 2, 2019)
The slap heard round the world, or at least Indian Country, has caused quite the commotion.
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