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Congress returns to Indian Country's agenda in age of COVID-19 (June 9, 2020)

Congress is slowly but surely getting back to work after COVID-19 derailed Indian Country's legislative agenda ahead of one of the most critical elections in America's history.

StrongHearts Native Helpline: International Day Against Homophobia commemorated (June 9, 2020)

Prior to European influence and during colonization, two-spirited people had been documented in more than 130 tribes in every region of North America.

Wim Laven: Why did the chicken cross the road? (June 9, 2020)

Doctors Without Borders was deployed to help the Navajo Nation in the US, the richest country in the world, yet somehow unwilling to help indigenous people, Native citizens. Shameful.

Cronkite News: Plan to ‘revive’ uranium mining called unneeded, unwanted by advocates (June 9, 2020)

The Trump administration wants to 'revive and strengthen' the uranium mining industry despite its toxic legacy in Indian Country.

Native Sun News Today: Pandemic consolation prize: View from Indian Country (June 9, 2020)

Some residents of Indian Country are still waiting on coronavirus stimulus checks promised by the federal government.
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