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Cronkite News: Trump administration eyes action on mine at sacred Apache site (November 27, 2020)
Activists worry that the Trump administration is fast-tracking federal approval for a large copper mine on sacred Apache territory in Arizona. 
Indigenously: The realities of the Native vote (November 23, 2020)
For Native voters, this election year has dealt us one disappointing data dilemma after another. 
William Perry Pendley’s “acting” status at the Bureau of Land Management calls into question his decisions on energy leases, national monuments and conservation plans across the nation.
Onk Akimel Kikam condemns Indigenous Peoples Day attack on border protesters (October 20, 2020)
Residents on the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community are condemning the use of force against a opponents of Donald Trump’s border wall. 
DVIDS: Military learns more about sacred tribal landscape (October 20, 2020)
Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico is a sacred place for many tribes. 
Tohono O’odham and congressional officials are condemning the “utterly shameful” use of tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a border wall protest.
Land and water protectors attacked and arrested at border checkpoint (October 14, 2020)
O’odham land and water protectors who held a ceremony on Indigenous Peoples Day were attacked and arrested by federal and state law enforcement in Arizona. 
‘THIS MUST END’: Tohono O’odham Nation condemns attack by law enforcement (October 14, 2020)
American citizens – including members of the Tohono O’odham Nation – were tear gassed by law enforcement near a Border Patrol checkpoint in southern Arizona. 
With the election less than a month away, Joe Biden continues to push for Indian Country’s vote, vowing to reverse years of setbacks tribes have suffered at the hands of Donald Trump.
The National Park Service cited public safety concerns for its decision to prohibit access to a sacred O’odham site. But advocates see something else at work.
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn: Zen and the art of COVID-19 motorcycling (October 5, 2020)
The annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally began in 1938, I’m told, and there have been thousands of stories told about it since. 
Cronkite News: Trump nominee defends work on border wall (September 24, 2020)
Construction of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico continues to affect sacred and sensitive tribal sites in southern Arizona. 
It’s ‘full speed ahead’ for the White House Council on Native American Affairs, according to the Trump administration. But details remain scarce as tribes complain of a fractured relationship with their trustee.
Native Sun News Today: Tribes cite treaty rights in fight against fracking (September 15, 2020)
The tribes of the Sioux Nation are calling on the Trump administration to take treaty rights into account before issuing a decision on fracking in Wyoming. 
O’odham activists arrested for protesting border wall construction (September 9, 2020)
Members of the O’odham Anti Border Collective & Defend O’odham Jewed took direct action and halted construction of the border wall threatening O’odham lands near Ajo, Arizona.
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