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The coronavirus pandemic has put many people — Native women especially — in peril from domestic violence.
Angela McConnell, Hoopa and Mojave, was murdered two years ago. Authorities have yet to resolve her case.
Native people may face barriers to voting but not enough to assure residents of the Navajo Nation that their ballots will be counted.
President Donald Trump disavowed Indigenous Peoples Day during a campaign rally in Michigan.
NAFOA is committed to fostering life-long learning from youth to executive leaders.
Disney has added a content advisory to Peter Pan due to its stereotypical depictions of Native people.
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney addresses the Alaska Federation of Natives, an organization where she formerly served as co-chair.
The LANDBACK campaign calls out the social and political structures built on stolen land and advocates for returning land to Native nations.
The fate of the Indian health care system is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court in a case where not even the Trump administration is defending the trust and treaty responsibility to tribes and their citizens.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act. What does that mean for tribes and their citizens?
As Election Day nears, worries about adequate access to the polls increase across Indian Country.
Tribal leaders participate in a panel at the National Tribal Health Conference on October 14, 2020.
The new community center is the fourth built on the Red Lake Nation over the last dozen years or so.
“Let us remind ourselves to use our way of life teachings, our culture, tradition and language to fight these monsters,” President Jonathan Nez of the Navajo Nation said.
The Alaska Federation of Natives is opening its annual conference with the theme “Good Government, Alaskans Decide.”
The Chickasaw Nation is moving forward with two gaming projects in Oklahoma.
The Joe Biden campaign released a list of nearly 200 tribal and Indian leaders who have endorsed the 2020 Democratic presidential ticket.
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary is wrapping up a confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the last moments of her life, Joyce Echaquan, from the Atikamekw Nation in Canada, recorded hospital staff taunting her with racist comments.
Please join Underscore.news to hear from two prominent American Indian journalists who cover Indian Country.
What happens when the artistic director of an organization whose mission is to serve Native people comes out as not being Native?
The National Museum of the American Indian will open the new National Native American Veterans Memorial on November 11, 2020.
Native people finally celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day as an official holiday in Arizona – but it was a win with an asterisk.
The Supreme Court said the Census Bureau can stop its count of the population, a blow to tribal leaders and local advocates for underrepresented communities who said they would be hit hardest by an undercount.
An order from the U.S. Supreme Court allows the U.S. Census Bureau to end the 2020 count and stop data collection across the country.
The National Congress of American Indians, the Native American Rights Fund, and the National Urban Indian Family Coalition condemn the Trump administration’s pursuit of an incomplete 2020 Census.
O’odham land and water protectors who held a ceremony on Indigenous Peoples Day were attacked and arrested by federal and state law enforcement in Arizona.
American citizens – including members of the Tohono O’odham Nation – were tear gassed by law enforcement near a Border Patrol checkpoint in southern Arizona.
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary continues questioning of Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
For Depression Awareness Month we’ll get reminders about recognizing and treating depression and how to clear hurdles to treatment when you may feel you’re least able to do so.
Sharing important updates to know for the week of Indigenous People’s Day!
Steve Bullock promised to respect tribal sovereignty and support much-needed federal programs that benefit tribal citizens if elected to the U.S. Senate.
A sunrise ceremony in Nebraska’s capital city united Native people as they shared their common struggles and goals.
Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico), the vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, is taking aim at Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary is resuming a confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Trump administration is moving to lift environmental protections on seven million acres in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. Tribes are opposing the decision.
“As president, I’ll make tribal sovereignty and upholding our federal trust and treaty responsibilities to tribal nations the cornerstone of federal Indian policy,” Democratic candidate Joe Biden said on Indigenous Peoples Day.
Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez and DNC Native Caucus Chair Rion Ramirez released an Indigenous People’s Day statement.
Joe Biden: “Native Americans have always honored their deep connection to the land and kept faith with the rich spiritual traditions and heritage of their ancestors, often in the face of policies and violence that sought to strip them of both.”
“This legislation addresses a tragic issue in Indian Country and will help to establish better law enforcement practices,” said Sen. John Hoeven (R-North Dakota), the chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
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