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A new quarter honors Native American leader and activist Wilma Mankiller

The Cherokee National History Museum in Tahlequah, Okla. will host a launch event for the new quarter. Mankiller was the first woman to head a major Native American nation in the U.S.

WEKU

Harvard accused of holding human remains of thousands of Native Americans despite order for return

Panel had been conducting review of anthropology museum’s collection

The Independent UK

Volcanic cones near peak sacred to tribes gain protection

A national conservation group has acquired a sprawling ranch near a New Mexico mountain peak held sacred by Native American tribes

The Independent UK

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Nike’s N7 sneakers honor Indigenous and Native American roots in basketball

The collection features colors and taping accents often seen in traditional ribbon skirts and weaving techniques.

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Does the spirit of a Native American chief wreak havoc on The Memorial? Even Jack Nicklaus wonders

There’s no confirmation that the chief ever teed up a feathery, the former head of the Wyandot tribe has had Nicklaus’ number.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Native students exercise right to wear regalia at graduation

Native American students in southern Utah donned beaded caps and eagle feathers at high school graduations this week, months after the state passed a law enshrining their right to wear tribal regalia at the ceremonies

The Independent UK

Nike's N7 Free Crater Trail sneaker is now a Native American-inspired mule

Slip into these hybrid shoes this summer.

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The search for the Native American schoolchildren buried in a small US town’s lost cemetery

For decades, a small United States town knew of a lost cemetery where Native American schoolchildren were buried. Then shocking news from abroad reignited the effort to find it.

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Renowned cook Deborah Madison: ‘I don’t want to see us go back to the 1950s’

Award-winning author and cook Deborah Madison, chef and Native American foods educator Freddie Bitsoie and other fascinating guests led a day of discussion around food and farming

The Independent UK

Tribal pharmacy dispenses free meds and fills gaps for Native Americans in the city

MINNEAPOLIS — Tucked away on a side street near downtown, the Mashkiki Waakaa’igan Pharmacy offers its Native American clientele the services of any ordinary drugstore — it dispenses critical medication and provides consultation on treatments.

Tribune News Service

Redrawn Arizona congressional map drains Native American voting power

Tribal areas have been swept into a new majority Republican district where GOP candidates ignore Native issues

The Guardian - US

‘We’re still here’: past and present collide at a Native American boarding school

Sherman Indian high school is among the last remnants of a brutal history that students and government are reckoning with

The Guardian - US

Haaland seeks healing for Native American boarding school survivors

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland about her department's Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report.

WEKU

War Pony review – rousing tale of love and money on a Native American reservation

The innate wisdom and instinct to survive of two teenage males is beautifully observed in actor-turned-director Riley Keough’s debut feature

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LOCALIZE IT: Ideas for local coverage of Native schools

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Russia's reported abduction of Ukrainian children echoes other genocidal policies, including US history of kidnapping Native American children

Allegations have emerged recently that Ukrainian children are being forcibly removed from their country by Russia. Once there, they are put up for adoption.

Al Jazeera

The Hopi farmer championing Indigenous agricultural knowledge

How millennia of Native American land practices can provide valuable lessons for growing food and sustaining the Earth.

The Guardian - US

Chef Crystal Wahpepah on the power of Indigenous cuisine: ‘Native foods are overlooked’

The game meat, corn and berries featured on the Indigenous chef’s menu have helped to launch her overnight success

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The Independent UK

Native American man calls out Disney for teepee theme park display

‘I still don’t understand why Disney thinks it’s okay’, said viewer of viral video

WEKU

COMIC: One Sioux chef's attempt to reclaim Native American cuisine

When it comes to North American cuisine, Indigenous foods don't typically come to mind. Chef Sean Sherman is changing that by serving food that celebrates and preserves his ancestors' Lakota cooking.

The Independent UK

US grappling with Native American boarding school history

The U.S. government has not been open to investigating its role in stripping Native Americans of their cultures and identities in boarding schools

The Independent UK

US reckoning with role in Native American boarding schools

The U.S. government has not been open to investigating its role in stripping Native Americans of their cultures and identities in boarding schools

Reason

Academic Freedom, Native American Remains, and Tribal Sovereign Immunity

From Judge Beth Labson Freeman (N.D. Cal.) in Weiss v. Perez, decided Tuesday: In this case, Elizabeth Weiss, a tenured professor of physical anthropology at San Jose State University, alleges that the University enacted Interim Presidential Directive PD 2021-03, which restricted access to and use of Native American remains housed…

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U.S. report identifies burial sites linked to boarding schools for Native Americans

A federal study of Native American boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 400 such schools and more than 50 associated burial sites.

The Independent UK

Federal report finds burial sites and details abuse among Native American children at government boarding schools

Interior Department’s stunning report identifies more than 50 burial sites and details forced assimilation agenda that lasted through 1960s

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