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Native Americans critique data, surveys following election

Native Americans critique data, surveys following election

PHOENIX (AP) — On election night, Jodi Owings and her family watched the results reported live on television in their Oklahoma home. That’s when she noticed the wording on a CNN graphic that displayed returns by race as white, Latino, Black, “something else” and Asian. Owings, a citizen of the Seminole […]

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Training center for Native American officers ready to open

Training center for Native American officers ready to open

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) — A new federal law enforcement training center for Native American officers in northeastern North Dakota should be starting classes in the next month, U.S. Sen John Hoeven said Friday. The U.S. Indian Police Academy Advanced Training Center is located at Camp Grafton, the North Dakota […]

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Tribe, environmentalists fight rollback of US water rule

Tribe, environmentalists fight rollback of US water rule

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The nation’s largest Native American tribe and several environmental groups are waging a legal challenge to a revised federal rule that lifts protections for many streams, creeks and wetlands across the U.S. The rule, which took effect Monday, narrows the types of waterways that qualify for federal […]

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Report highlights voting inequities in tribal communities

Report highlights voting inequities in tribal communities

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Native American voting rights advocates are cautioning against states moving to mail-in ballots without opportunities for tribal members to vote safely in person. In a wide-ranging report released Thursday, the Native American Rights Fund outlined the challenges that could arise: online registration hampered by spotty or […]

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Task force on missing Native Americans resumes sessions

Task force on missing Native Americans resumes sessions

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A presidential task force charged with coming up with ways to address missing and slain Native Americans will resume tribal listening sessions Wednesday. The task force held a handful of sessions in person with tribes and tribal organizations before the coronavirus hit. It’s now turning to […]

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Small tribes seal borders, push testing to keep out virus

Small tribes seal borders, push testing to keep out virus

PICURIS PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — On a dusty plaza in a Native American village that dates back nearly a millennium, a steady trickle of vehicles inched through a pop-up coronavirus testing site. From the bed of a pickup truck and backseats of cars, wide-eyed children stared from behind hand-sewn masks […]

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Navajo leader calls on Arizona mayor to be more respectful

Navajo leader calls on Arizona mayor to be more respectful

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez called on elected officials in reservation border towns on Monday to work with the tribe to combat the coronavirus after one mayor made a comment he said was insensitive. The Navajo Nation has been hit harder by COVID-19 than any other […]

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Native Americans put digital spin on traditions amid virus

Native Americans put digital spin on traditions amid virus

ASHLAND, Wis. (AP)-Native Americans across the U.S. are organizing online and social-distancing powwows and posting videos of dances as a way to offer hope and spiritual support during the coronavirus pandemic. Over the weekend, jingle dress dancers and singers on the Bad River Reservation in Wisconsin gathered in a casino […]

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Arizona tribes oppose plan to dam Colorado River tributary

Arizona tribes oppose plan to dam Colorado River tributary

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Native American tribes in northern Arizona overwhelmingly oppose proposals to dam the Little Colorado River for hydropower. Phoenix-based Pumped Hydro Storage company is seeking preliminary permits from the federal government to study the sites east of Grand Canyon National Park. Company manager Steve Irwin has touted […]

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Native American population grows in Clark County

Native American population grows in Clark County

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s Clark County has one of the fastest growing Native American populations in the country but local leaders say they’re struggling to receive the recognition they deserve. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that between July 2017 and 2018 the number of Native American people living in […]

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