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Hawaii’s largest and oldest volcano, Mauna Loa, began erupting on Nov. 27, 2022, with lava flowing miles away downhill. The last eruption, which lasted three weeks, was nearly 40 years ago.

Governor Ned Lamont (D) and the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) announced a partnership with state tribal leaders on November 30, 2022, to develop a Native American studies model curriculum for K-12 students. The announcement follows legislation signed by the governor in June 2021. The bill established new subject…

The Biden administration is making new commitments to Native American nations at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years

Four schools in the University of California system have repeatedly failed to return sacred Native American artifacts to tribes in a timely manner, according to a new state audit.

Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler’s name is a nod to his Native American heritage.

The bodies of more than 80 Native American children are buried at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in central Nebraska

The holiday is viewed by some to be a celebration of the conquest of Native Americans

I was chatting with Prof. Lorianne Updike Toler (Northern Illinois), and she mentioned some thoughts of hers on this subject, based on her recent University of Chicago Law Review article, The Missing Indian Affairs Clause. I encouraged her to write up a blog post, and she kindly passed along the…

Sam Dick visits a Scott County farm which is the historical site of a Native American school that educated Choctaw and Cherokee Indians in the 1850s