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When Amanda Harrell was growing up in McAlester, Oklahoma, she was unsure what type of education would be available to her or what her family could afford.
The election is over and it’s time to add up the results. Are there any bright spots for Indian Country?
The Ute Indian Tribal Business Committee is pleased to announce that its application to the Federal Communications Commission has been approved.
With the nation’s highest court stacked with even more conservative justices, tribes are once again paying close attention to a COVID-19 funding dispute they thought was over.
Residents of the Blackfeet Nation complained about the limited number of ballot drop-off sites.
“All things considered, the way that Native American and black people in America vote isn’t necessarily changing this year,” a student activist said.
With the control of the U.S. Senate at stake, Native voters are playing a pivotal role in important races in North Carolina, Arizona, Montana and Alaska.
Election Day always brings surprises, but so much is up in the air this year.
Amy Coney Barrett is exceptionally well-qualified and a great choice to serve on the highest court in the land.
American history was made when Amy Coney Barrett was officially confirmed to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.
“Native Americans have overcome many hardships since the onset of colonization — genocide, forced relocation and assimilation — but we’re still here,” said Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico).
Voter intimidation is illegal under state and federal law, and can result in lawsuits, fines or imprisonment.
Although StrongHearts Native Helpline does not have an established volunteer program at this time, there are many ways to help.
Reminder: Every Native vote counts!
The Disability Assistance Program will help Cherokees with food, supplies or other expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kristi Noem has allowed COVID-19 to make South Dakota number one in the nation by not practicing the simple guidelines that tribes are following.
Most states are seeing a rise in COVID-19 infections. In response, tribes are reinstating curfews and monitoring borders to keep infections numbers down.
The Federal Communications Commission has granted broadband spectrum licenses to tribes in what FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called “a major step forward in our efforts to close the digital divide on Tribal lands.”
Native American and Alaska Native voters have the power to determine the next president.
Here we are again, at the start of what I call the Fall and Winter Party Season.
After largely ignoring important Native issues during most of the campaign, President Donald Trump recently has highlighted what he says are accomplishments for Native people in key states.
The Phoenix Indian Medical Center shut down inpatient obstetrics services without public notice or comment.
Rikki Tanenbaum has worked for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians since 2018.
Voter turnout in Indian Country has steadily increased in Montana. Will it make a difference in one of the most closely watched races in the nation?
Voters are casting and dropping off ballots at sites throughout the nation, including Gila River Arena in Arizona’s largest city.
On and around the Pine Ridge Reservation, we cope endlessly with racial intolerance.
“We’ll see in the coming years how this is going to change our communities,” said Ernest Weston Jr. of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Planning Office.
Ongoing violence marks a dispute over treaty rights and commercial lobster fishing in Nova Scotia.
The United South and Eastern Tribes membership now includes 33 Tribal Nations whose homelands extend from the northeastern woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico.
Oil continues to flow through the Dakota Access Pipeline even though a federal judge said the operation should be shut down.
In January 2020, Canada began accepting claims emerging from a billion-dollar settlement with survivors of Indian day schools.
Remains of 181 migrants were found in the Arizona desert through the end of September, 37 more than in all of last year and the most since 2013.
In recognition of Native American leadership in the field of domestic and sexual violence, StrongHearts Native Helpline is presenting a series of columns featuring individuals making a difference in Indian Country.
A citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation was victimized by a former partner, U.S. Attorney Trent Shores announced.
Operation Lady Justice, the Trump administration’s initiative to address missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, is accepting comments through October 31, 2020.
Bluedog is not only a family affair but a group that prides itself on sharing the life experiences of Native people through sound.
Racism is out there and our local officials and our local citizens need to admit to themselves that it exists.
Food security is always an issue for our citizenry and it has only been magnified during the COVID-19 crisis.
The nation’s highest court now has six justices — out of nine — who were nominated by a Republican president.
Horror has a long history, and Indigenous artists are mastering the genre, finding new ways to make peoples’ skin crawl.
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