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Spouse of Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) passes away in plane accident (September 13, 2023)
The spouse of Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), the first Alaska Native to serve in the U.S. Congress, died in a plane accident in the couple’s home state of Alaska. 
Efforts to strengthen and improve the Indian Arts and Crafts Act are coming amid criminal cases and renewed claims to Native identities.
Cronkite News: Hia-Ced O’odham seek recognition from United States (January 30, 2023)
In Arizona, 22 federally recognized tribes inhabit nearly every region of the state. But Hia-Ced O’odham isn’t one of them. 
The Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge is the first created under the tenure of Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior.
Land that was taken from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes was finally returned after more than a century.
Despite federal protections under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, burrowing owls remain threatened by land development.
Fraudulent Native artist charged with violating Indian Arts and Crafts Act (November 24, 2021)
A Washington man who claims to be a Native artist has been charged with violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act and for illegally possessing eagle feathers and other bird parts. 
Cronkite News: Indian schools in line for Great American Outdoors Act funding (November 10, 2021)
The Bureau of Indian Education will invest more than $178 million to repair aging schools in tribal communities. 
If confirmed, Martha Williams will become the second woman with Montana ties to take a top post at the Department of the Interior.
Cronkite News: Border barriers continue to harm O’odham land (June 8, 2021)
Tribal citizens, local residents, security experts and environmentalists say the unfinished Trump border project introduced more problems than it fixed. 
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announces an increase in the golden eagle population on March 24, 2021.
Montana Free Press: Trump changes course on wolverines (October 12, 2020)
Conservation groups are promising to sue the Trump administration for reversing course on protections for wolverines, whose habitat is threatened by climate change.
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