Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. received the Key to the City from Muskogee Mayor Marlon Coleman during an after-celebration held at the Martin Luther King Community Center. MUSKOGEE, OK — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. was presented the Key to the City of Muskogee during the
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WASHINGTON, DC – Reports from the Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control reveal that men and boys represent a majority of missing and murdered Indian persons. But the Missing and Murdered Indian Women (MMIW) movement continues to ignore these facts: In 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice
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CHICAGO — Today, the MacArthur Foundation released a national report commissioned as part of its Safety and Justice Challenge that highlights that Native people are disproportionately incarcerated in the United States. The report shows that in states with higher Native populations, incarceration rates are up to seven times that of white
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Early Woodland Indians grew corn, beans and squash that were also known as the Three Sisters. These grown vegetables were well stored throughout the winter months allowing the Shawnee plenty of food throughout the year. Native American elders remember when there was no word for diabetes in indigenous North American
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A photo of Abbey Lynn Steele on display during a vigil on Dec. 6, 2022, outside the Pennington County Jail in Rapid City. (Photo by A.J. Etherington/Rapid City Journal) A group of Native American activists and their supporters have refined their demands for Pennington County officials following the death of
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Mark Vargo, right, shakes hands with members of the Wambli Ska Society on Sept. 13, 2022, in Pierre. (Courtesy of SD Attorney General’s Office) Attorney General Mark Vargo stepped away from his post on Friday with a six-month legacy he hopes will serve as a building block to stronger relations
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WASHINGTON, DC – A diverse coalition of religious groups, native tribes and legal experts filed half a dozen friend-of-the-court briefs yesterday in Apache Stronghold v. United States, asking a federal appeals court to protect Oak Flat, the spiritual lifeblood and sacred site of the Apache people in Arizona. The
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Drew Zinecker (photo Courtesy Montana State Legislature) MONTANA—A legislative aide with aspirations of representing House District 80 in the 2023 Legislature questioned in public remarks last month whether members of tribes living on reservations in Montana should be able to vote in state elections. “If the reservations want to say
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Dan Stusek HELENA, MT—In the very near future the Montana District and Re-Apportioning Commission will make a final decision on the new voting districts for the Montana Legislature going into effect in 2024. Why should tribal members be interested in this process? Simply because the voting districts determine how possible
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Senator Mike Rounds meeting with Indian Education delegates in 2016 (Cheyenne River Chairman Harold Frazier at Right) addressing the initial stages of the RESPECT ACT. (Photo courtesy of Indianz.com) WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) has sponsored a new bill, the RESPECT Act (Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging
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