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Cherokee Nation Moves to Get Delegate in Congress 5 douglas9 Aug 2019 Sep 2019 4 2329

Joy Harjo named US Poet Laureate, first Native American so honored 0 Bradshaw3 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 3 2615

Army Conducts Third Disinterment of Native Americans at Carlisle Barracks 1 douglas9 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 2268

WWII-era Navajo Code Talker Fleming Begaye Sr. dies at 97 3 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 5 2331

National Day of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women May 5 1 douglas9 May 2019 May 2019 3 1946

Sen. Mike Rounds requests audit of Indian Health Services 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 0 1806

A Native American woman's brutal murder could lead to a life-saving law 2 niyad May 2019 May 2019 3 1958

Tribes denounce North Dakota ID law in congressional hearing 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1943

For many Native Americans, embracing LGBT members is a return to the past 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1874

3 Native American inmates win right to long hair in Texas 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2116

Native American child welfare case heads to appeals court 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1929

Elder says medicine pouch 'desecrated' by Halifax airport security despite asking for X-ray scan 2 icymist Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2344

Violence Against Native American Women 0 niyad Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1871

Indigenous struggle is key to a Green New Deal 1 guillaumeb Jan 2019 Feb 2019 4 2168

It's about elimination: the Covington Catholic student incident 2 Mike__M Jan 2019 Jan 2019 15 2580

So, who are "we the people"? 1 Mike__M Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 1961

The US is still not ready to look at the ugly racism against Native Americans 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 5 1865

The whole story: Before and after video of Nathan Phillips, #MAGAyouth and more 6 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 2990

Haaland condemns students' behavior toward Native elder at Indigenous Peoples March 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 8 2380

The women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlife Activists fight to stop constru 0 niyad Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1866

Eastern Shoshone Tribe accuses health care provider of overcharging members 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 1924

Former Navajo Nation President Milton Bluehouse Sr. dies 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1949

U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native American Students on Montana Reservation 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1922

Shutdown Leaves Food, Medicine and Pay in Doubt in Indian Country 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 2159

New brew: the Native American women upending craft beer_and a haven for the local LGBTQ and indigeno 2 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 10 2441

Bill to help solve crimes against Native Americans stalls 1 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 2033

Report: US fails in funding obligation to Native Americans 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 1772

Federal report: Indian Country criminal prosecutions plateau 0 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1811

Thanksgiving - *Sigh* 2 TBA Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 2423

Meet the Native American Woman Who Beat the Sponsor of North Dakota's ID Law 2 douglas9 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 27 2934

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Crossing From Asia, the First Americans Rushed Into the Unknown 0 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 2037

'They're playing dirty': Can Navajos win power after racial exclusion? 4 niyad Nov 2018 Nov 2018 5 2484

Udall and 12 other Democrats introduce bill to battle suppression of the Americ 0 niyad Oct 2018 Oct 2018 11 2203

Dine College Celebrates 50 Years (Tribal College Journal) 5 niyad Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 2733

50 Year Vision: What Does the Future Hold for Tribal Colleges and Universities? 0 niyad Aug 2018 Aug 2018 4 2014

Fifty First Nations, Inuit and Metis women artists will have their work on display on billboards ac 2 niyad Jul 2018 Jul 2018 2 2189

Native Americans seek to rename Yellowstone peak honoring massacre perpetrator 0 niyad Jul 2018 Jul 2018 4 2118

"Most scientists now reject the idea that the first Americans came by land" 8 Mike__M Nov 2017 May 2018 20 6170

ID Democrat Paulette JOrdan hoping to become the first Native American governor wins primary 0 niyad May 2018 May 2018 4 2206

Native candidate takes governor's primary in Idaho 3 Mike__M May 2018 May 2018 8 3896

AP Explains: How Native American powwows evolved over years 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2018 Apr 2018 5 2363

First Nations boy, 8, cuts long hair after bullying in Cold Lake, Alta. school 5 geardaddy Mar 2018 Apr 2018 15 3326

What are your Favorite Books on Pre-Colombian Native History 3 Steerpike Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2422

Tribal members to challenge decision in destruction of sacred burial site 0 newcriminal Mar 2018 Mar 2018 5 2000

Red Cloud's Revolution: Oglalla Sioux Freeing Themselves From Fossil Fuel 0 niyad Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 2010

Portrait of an Eskimo Woman 3 Steerpike Feb 2018 Feb 2018 14 2523

Indigenous Women's Warrior Song 1 niyad Dec 2017 Feb 2018 3 2146

32 Rare & Vintage Photos of Native American Women and Children 7 yuiyoshida Feb 2018 Feb 2018 18 3125

PBS Announces NATIVE AMERICA, New Four-Part Series Premiering Fall 2018 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2018 Feb 2018 3 2523

"Advice to Water Protectors" 0 Mike__M Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 3260

Alaska Native group slams planned shamanism event 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 2401

Senate sends bill recognizing six Virginia Indian tribes to President Trumps desk 1 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 2228

Scientists unearth 1st direct evidence of 1st Americans 0 Panich52 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 2409

Nikki Shawana - Sister Round Dance Song (MMIW Honour Song) *Please Share* 0 niyad Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1766

Strong Women's Song to greet the sunrise in honour of One Billion Rising and V-Day. 0 niyad Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1681

Women's Honoring Song 0 niyad Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1867

Women's Warrior Song - 8000 Drums Sacred Ceremony 0 niyad Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1848

Water Song by the Akwesasne Women Singers 0 niyad Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1847

One Year After Standing Rock, Women Remain at the Front of Indigenous Fights Against Big Oil 0 niyad Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1853

Looking to buy a friend a beautiful book of Native wisdom 3 GreenPartyVoter Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 2294

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Russell Means talks about women/matriarchy 0 niyad Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 2105

Russell Means final interview--the sacred feminine and gender roles 0 niyad Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1857

American Indian Activist Russell Means Powerful Speech, 1989 to US Senate 0 niyad Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1695

The forgotten minority in police shootings 0 shenmue Nov 2017 Nov 2017 5 2211

Joanne Shenandoah-- Matriarch Iroquois Women's Songs 0 niyad Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 2123

Young Eskimo Man original Alaskan Art 4 Steerpike Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 3277

Texas AG challenges Indian Child Welfare Act 0 Mike__M Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2084

Trahant to give up chair at UND over Standing Rock denials 1 Mike__M Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 2128

Youth keynote speaker addresses whale hunting, online harassment 1 Steerpike Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1943

BIA backs Northern Cheyenne council's vote to remove president 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1782

The Truth about Christopher Columbus 2 niyad Oct 2017 Oct 2017 9 4005

Pokanoket Tribe continues land dispute with Tom Perez's new employer 2 Mike__M Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 2456

NJ Superior Court Rules Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape are Sovereign Tribe 0 niyad Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 2493

Ruling paves way for freedmen's citizenship in Cherokee Nation. 7 elleng Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 3547

Four-year-old denied education for honoring his Native heritage 1 Mike__M Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 3333

Water is Life? Salmon Life Doesn't Matter to the State of Washington 3 Mike__M Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 5261

The California Mission Myth 0 niyad Aug 2017 Aug 2017 8 3533

From Standing Rock to Black Rock-Global Drum Prayer Event-29 Aug 1 niyad Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 3188

Termination or Extermination for Penobscot Indian Nation? 2 niyad Aug 2017 Aug 2017 4 3515

Jennifer Easton, Founder of First Peoples Fund and Sumasil Foundation, Walked On 0 niyad Aug 2017 Aug 2017 4 2868

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