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The impact of COVID-19 on Native American communities
Experts at the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development look at COVID-19’s economic impact on Native American communities across the U.S.
Native Americans being left out of US coronavirus data and labelled as 'other'
Misclassification raises fears of hidden health emergencies in one of the country’s most vulnerable populations
Navajo Nation Fights for Water Rights & Access to Colorado River as West Battles Historic Drought
At the U.N. Water Development Conference, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland delivered the U.S. statement and called for Indigenous governance of shared waters, underscoring the importance of Indigenous-led conservation in addressing the climate and drought crises. This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last Monday on whether to allow the Navajo Nation to argue the federal government must address the Native American tribe’s water rights. For more, we are joined in Fort Defiance, Arizona, by Crystal Tulley-Cordova, principal hydrologist for the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources, water management branch, covering 27,000 square miles of reservation land that straddles New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, much of which borders the Colorado River. She talks about what must be done to address the ongoing lack of access to water there now as the west battles a historic drought.
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FBI: Millions given to illegitimate rehab homes in the Valley targeting Indigenous people
The FBI said these rehab groups are not giving the proper care promised to patients and are still receiving federal funds.
Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas mountains
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is establishing national monuments on more than half a million acres in Nevada and Texas and creating a marine sanctuary in U.S. waters near the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii.
US Forest Service to re-issue key report on Resolution Copper land swap
The US Forest Service is expected to re-issue a key …
Justices appear divided over Navajo Nation’s water rights - SCOTUSblog
What water the United States owes the Navajo Nation under the 1868 Treaty of Bosque Redondo formed the crux of the argument in Arizona v. Navajo Nation. The treaty, known by the Navajo people as the Naal Tsoos Sani, or the Old Paper, established the Navajo Reservation as a “permanent home” for the N
Navajo Nation’s quest for water and justice arrives at the Supreme Court
The tribe says an 1868 treaty means the federal government has a duty to ensure its people have sufficient water on a reservation where thousands do not have running water.
LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears cases over rights of Navajo nation to water from Colorado River
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide a critical water rights case in the arid Southwest.
Navajo Nation’s quest for water and justice arrives at the Supreme Court
The Navajo Nation goes before the Supreme Court in a water rights case it says is about ending nearly two centuries of injustice.
Denver donates 35 bison to Native American tribes
The transfers marked another example of Indigenous people reclaiming stewardship over the land and animals that their ancestors managed for thousands of years.
Turtle Talk
Hank Adams, Activist and Indigenous Law Expert, 1943-2020 | In Custodia Legis
This post remembers Native American Heritage Month, and discusses activist negotiator Hank Adams, Assiniboine-Sioux, and the impacts of his work.
“Keep Our Families Together”: A Law That Protects Native Families is at Risk | ACLU
Two Native people share how the Indian Child Welfare Act impacted their lives as the law faces a challenge at the Supreme Court.
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) jointly released new government-wide guidance and an accompanying implementation memorandum f
for Federal Agencies on recognizing and including Indigenous Knowledge in Federal research, policy, and decision making. This announcement coincides with the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2022 Tribal Nations Summit and responds to a 2021 OSTP-CEQ memorandum that called for development of the guidance with Tribal consultation and Indigenous community engagement, as well as agency, expert, and public input.
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - new government-wide guidance
for Federal Agencies on recognizing and including Indigenous Knowledge in Federal research, policy, and decision making. This announcement coincides with the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2022 Tribal Nations Summit and responds to a 2021 OSTP-CEQ memorandum that called for development of the guidance with Tribal consultation and Indigenous community engagement, as well as agency, expert, and public input.
White House Releases First-of-a-Kind Indigenous Knowledge Guidance for Federal Agencies | OSTP | The White House
Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) jointly released new government-wide guidance and an accompanying implementation memorandum for Federal Agencies on recognizing and including Indigenous Knowledge in Federal research, policy, and decision making. This announcement coincides with the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2022 Tribal Nations…
Federal appeals court rejects oil and gas drilling and fracking in northwest New Mexico’s Greater Chaco region
The US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit rejected the Biden administration’s defense of oil and gas fracking in the Greater Chaco region of northwest New Mexico.
State Lawmakers Must Protect the Cultural and Religious Expression of Indigenous Students | ACLU
Proposed legislation would codify the rights of Indigenous students to wear tribal regalia.
Archaeology and Social Justice in Native America | Native Nations Institute
Supreme Court rulings undermine Indian law
Indian law is a framework for making decisions about Indigenous sovereignty and peoples, but recent Supreme Court rulings create new debates despite centuries of precedents
Reclaiming Native Truth
Reclaiming Native Truth is a national effort to foster cultural, social and policy change by empowering Native Americans to counter discrimination, invisibility and the dominant narratives that limit Native opportunity, access to justice, health and self-determination. Reclaiming Native Truth’s goal is to move hearts and minds toward greater respect, inclusion and social justice for Native Americans.
Judge Restores Oil Lease on Land Sacred to US, Canada Tribes
A federal judge has ordered the Biden administration to reinstate a drilling lease that has been in dispute for decades on land near the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
Who Is Native American Enough?
A groundbreaking free-tuition program has administrators determining who qualifies. It’s harder than it looks.
Grappling with the Land Grant truth | The Ohio State University Inspire
Ohio State Professor Stephen Gavazzi learned a painful truth about Land Grant Universities — just after his book on the subject went to press. Now he’s working with a team of Ohio State researchers to find a path to healing harm done to indigenous tribes when they lost lands to fund the university through the Morrill Act of 1862.
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State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights
PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) — Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing into one of the plastic tanks on the truck’s flat bed.
Targeted Initiatives Reduce Tuition Costs for Indigenous Students
Over the past year, a wave of higher education institutions and state governments have worked to reduce the cost of college for Indigenous students. These tuition relief efforts come at a critical tim
States Return Indigenous Oral Histories to Tribal Control
A digitization program allows tribes to decide who can access oral histories.