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The Trump Administration wants to fast-track Arctic drilling
A proposed rule would end environmental reviews of individual oil and gas projects and require approvals within 60 days.
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NATIVE VOTE 2026
Go ahead and mail that ballot (trust, but verify)
ANALYSIS: Supreme Court says administration’s push to implement voting restrictions this year is likely to lose in court
North Dakota tribes will re-argue their voter discrimination case
‘North Dakota intentionally packed and cracked Native voters to weaken our political voice’
10 Indigenous congressional candidates move forward to general election
UPDATED: Half of the candidates running for Congress are women
Democrats aim to unite behind one candidate in Alaska governor’s race as they hope to flip the seat
‘Rather than competing over visions that share so much in common, we are choosing to put our strength behind a shared vision for Alaska’
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South Dakota state senate candidate wants to give Lakota people hope
Celestine Stadnick, Oglala Lakota, seeks the South Dakota State Senate seat that serves the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Intergenerational Two-Spirit head dancers find joy in expressing themselves freely
Theo Wright and his dad, Asa Wright, have both served as Two-Spirit head dancers at the Native American Youth and Family Center’s annual Neerchokikoo powwow, creating more visibility for Two-Spirit people in powwow settings.
Families, supporters mark 15th year of Indigenous woman’s disappearance
The remains of Tanya Nepinak are believed to be in Winnipeg landfill
LEST WE FORGET: Ella Cara Deloria
The Yankton Dakota anthropologist/ethnologist/author produced decades of work studying Native languages
Indigenous groups are exempt from Medicaid work rules, but Native Hawaiians aren’t
Hawai‘i has about 390,000 Medicaid enrollees, 15 percent of whom identify as Native Hawaiian
‘Echoes of the Past’: Repatriations of three Fort Peck children bring joy, tears
The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes put three of their own to rest more than 100 years after the children left home and family for the Carlisle boarding school
POWWOW
#YDL: Lobster roll is the new powwow food
Experiencing new Indigenous cuisine on the powwow trail
Native veterans are central to the powwow scene
Powwows provide space for community and healing for many Native veterans
50 years on the powwow trail
Sicangu announcer honors the past and guides the next generation
Dancing to your own style
Two-Spirit dancer found healing through self-expression in the powwow circle
The evolution of powwow dances
Powwow goers share how they’ve seen styles of dances change over time and what they enjoy to watch
AMERICA 250: ‘We have a community to answer to’
Indigenous dancers decline to perform at Freedom 250 concert in Washington, D.C.
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