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New York bans use of Native mascots in public schools (April 20, 2023)
Public schools in New York will no longer be allowed to use mascots, symbols or depictions of Native people.
Native America Calling: Erasing tribes in South Dakota schools (April 18, 2023)
Tribal nations are opposing new South Dakota social studies standards that exclude them from history in the state.
Native America Calling: Unequal discipline for Native students (January 5, 2023)
An investigative report in New Mexico finds Native students are expelled at a far greater rate than their white counterparts.
ProPublica: Native students face harsher discipline in New Mexico (January 2, 2023)
In New Mexico, Native students are expelled far more often than any other group and at least four times as often as white students.
‘Maybe they don’t want our business’: Hotel rates explode during Native event (December 13, 2022)
People headed to a Native basketball, educational and cultural tournament were shocked to learn that some hotels were charging more than $2,000 a night.
A business in South Dakota that banned Native patrons from the premises is being sued by the United States government for racial discrimination.
A lawsuit filed by the former chief executive officer of the National Congress of American Indians will proceed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
The government of Canada will pay $20 billion dollars to Indigenous children and their families following a historic settlement.
The House Committee on Natural Resources meets for a markup on June 15, 2022.
Democrats are vowing to return to work better prepared after they said Republicans “hijacked” a slew of Indian Country bills during a markup where nothing was accomplished.
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States holds a legislative hearing on six tribal bills on April 27, 2022.
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States holds a legislative hearing on six tribal bills on April 27, 2022.
Native artists ‘left hanging’ after big event fizzles out (April 16, 2022)
An ambitious showcase of Native talent devolved into controversy and recrimination as performers and vendors were left in the dark about the event.
Winnebago Tribe takes action to address marriage controversy (April 13, 2022)
A young voice from the Winnebago Tribe spurred big change and helped address anti-LGBTQ actions in the community.
Racist comments from a business owner brought quick responses from the Native community and other establishments on Sioux Nation territory.
Federal investigation sought into ban of Native people at hotel (March 30, 2022)
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate a business that has banned Native patrons.
The people of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota nations came together to take a stand against racism and discrimination on their homelands.
Harold Frazier: ‘No Indians allowed’ — even on our own homelands (March 23, 2022)
When those wagons first began their way to break treaties and settle on our territory we were classified as lesser beings and genocide was justified as such.
Google Doodle celebrates Mohawk activist Mary Two-Axe Earley (June 28, 2021)
Mohawk activist Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for the equal treatment of Native women in Canada, is the Google Doodle for June 28, 2021.
No nation can truly prosper when any of its citizens are victims of discrimination.
A Lakota couple is suing a public school district after a secretary at the school allegedly cut their daughters’ hair without permission.
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