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After 20,000 miles and 115 stops across the country, a group of Native carvers and elders have finally arrived in the nation’s capital, bringing much-needed attention to sacred sites and tribal rights.
Prominent Indian law attorney Gabe Galanda joins bank board (July 28, 2021)
“I am honored to join the First Fed family and to represent Indigenous peoples in the banking world,” said Gabe Galanda. 
Native America Calling: Dangerous heat: wildfires and heatwaves (July 20, 2021)
Heatwaves are scorching much of the western half of the country and weather experts say there’s more to come. How are tribes affected? 
Fawn Sharp: Racist ‘Native’ mascots have no place in our society (July 13, 2021)
NCAI will not rest until all offensive Native-themed mascots and associated imagery are removed from popular culture. 
Yakama Nation celebrates ‘resounding victory’ for treaty lands (June 16, 2021)
The Yakama Nation is celebrating after a federal appeals court confirmed that the tribe has been right all along about its treaty lands. 
After fifteen years of relentless effort, tribal nations finally succeeded in passing America’s most aggressive and revolutionary climate change policy.
A citizen of the Muscogee Nation is set to make history as the first Native person to serve as a federal judge in Washington state.
Underscore.news: MMIW remains a crisis in Oregon (May 5, 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic and mismatched databases confound efforts to address failures investigating Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. 
The American Jobs Plan promises to invest billions of dollars in tribal and Native communities. Learn whether the proposal will generate jobs and improve infrastructure in Indian Country.
“This battle ended in victory,” the Puyallup Tribe said after the Biden administration stopped the sale of the National Archives in Washington state.
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) is on her way to making history yet again, this time as the first Native person in a presidential cabinet.
Bureau of Indian Affairs opens consultation on federal recognition (February 25, 2021)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is asking tribes about a possible change in regulations affecting federal recognition. 
‘A historic day’: #MMIW legislation finally signed into law (October 12, 2020)
It took years of work by Native women and activists but legislation to address the crisis of missing and murdered sisters and relatives has finally become law. 
Gabe Galanda: The forgotten plight of the disenrolled in Indian Country (October 6, 2020)
Despite all of the rhetoric on Capitol Hill about enhancing tribal law and order, deterring violence against our women, and bringing our missing and murdered relatives home, nobody expresses concern about the dehumanization associated with disenrollment. 
Native American tribes are no strangers to fire. But COVID-19 has set back efforts to manage their homelands.
Indian Country bills crawl to final approval in busy election cycle (September 22, 2020)
Five Indian Country bills are finally over their last hurdle on Capitol Hill, giving Republicans, Democrats and maybe even Donald Trump a chance to declare victory ahead of the presidential election.
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