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Native women land key leadership and policy roles in Biden administration (February 5, 2021)

A citizen of the Winnebago Tribe will be leading the Indian Country legal team at the Department of the Interior and is among a growing number of Native women in the Biden administration.

Pine Ridge Reservation signs defaced with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti (February 3, 2021)

The leader of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is condemning racially charged vandalism of two welcome signs on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Day 1 of the Joe Biden administration: Actions affecting Indian Country (January 20, 2021)

From re-examining the boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument to helping tribal nations restore their homelands, the Joe Biden administration will hit the ground running.

Lakota leader Tom Poor Bear dies after battle with COVID-19 (December 17, 2020)

From advancing treaty rights to fighting the Keystone XL Pipeline, Tom Poor Bear dedicated his life to the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Indian Country Today: COVID-19 hits Rosebud Sioux Tribe hard (December 14, 2020)

Initially the death and suffering driven by the COVID-19 virus seemed far away from the Plains of South Dakota.

‘It takes our own people to help our own people’: Marchers honor lost Native children (November 27, 2020)

As they have for the past 17 years, Native men and women stood atop a windswept hill overlooking the Missouri River. They prayed for the Native children lost to the state welfare system.