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Joe Biden
White House releases fact sheet ahead of President Biden’s visit to Indian Country (October 24, 2024)
President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s Indian Country achievements as he prepares to visit a tribe in Arizona.
Farley Eaglespeaker
Oregon Capital Chronicle: Treaty tribes still fighting for their fishing rights (October 7, 2024)
The U.S. government recently recognized the harm caused by the dams and has promised to work to restore salmon runs but tribal members doubt much will change.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs provides more funding for Columbia River treaty fishing sites (October 7, 2024)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is investing nearly $10 million in tribal treaty fishing sites along the Columbia River.
Elk River Valley in British Columbia
Montana Free Press: Tribes battle pollution from mining operation across the border (August 27, 2024)
Researchers in the United States have concluded that a large coal-mining operation in British Columbia is sending pollution more than 350 miles downstream into rivers used by tribes.
Willamette Falls Lamprey Celebration
Native America Calling: Come see whhat’s on The Menu! (August 2, 2024)
Inter-tribal agreements, mushroom foraging and treaty fishing are on The Menu, Native America Calling’s food show.
Puyallup River
Native America Calling: A major boost for salmon restoration in the Pacific Northwest (March 7, 2024)
Two recent events are major wins for tribes fighting to restore natural salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest.
Mount Adams
Underscore.news: Yakama Nation celebrates return of sacred land (October 18, 2022)
An 1855 treaty with the U.S. government ensured one of the Yakama Nation’s most important sites would remain part of its homelands.
'No More Stolen Sisters'
‘A historic day’: #MMIW legislation finally signed into law (October 12, 2020)
It took years of work by Native women and activists but legislation to address the crisis of missing and murdered sisters and relatives has finally become law.
uscapitol
Indian Country bills crawl to final approval in busy election cycle (September 22, 2020)
Five Indian Country bills are finally over their last hurdle on Capitol Hill, giving Republicans, Democrats and maybe even Donald Trump a chance to declare victory ahead of the presidential election.
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