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It was deja vu all over again at the Olympic gold medal finals in women’s hockey in Beijing. The final score was 3-2 just as it was four years ago in PyeongChang, South Korea, but this time Team Canada came out on top.

And when it mattered most, three Indigenous women players were on the ice — Abby Roque, Ojibway from Wahnapitae First Nation who grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, for the Americans; and Jocelyne Larocque and Jamie Lee Rattray, both of the Métis Nation, for the Canadians.

Both teams geared up for the decades-long rivalry in a game late Wednesday, Feb. 16 (early Thursday in Beijing).

Credit: Canada goalkeeper Ann-Renee Desbiens (35) celebrates as Canada defeats the United States to win the women's gold medal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. Three Indigenous women played on the two teams – Abby Roque, Ojibway from Wahnapitae First Nation who grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, for the Americans; and Jocelyne Larocque and Jamie Lee Rattray, both of the Métis Nation, for the Canadians. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Team Canada opened the scoring at just under seven minutes of the first period, when Natalie Spooner picked up a rebound in front of the U.S. net and scored. But the coaches for Team USA felt the play might have been offside and called for a video review. A few minutes after reviewing the play, officials ruled the play was offside, and the goal was taken off the board. READ MORE — Miles Morrisseau ,Special to Indian Country Today

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Keeseekoose First Nation in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada says 54 potential graves have been found through ground-penetrating radar at the site of two former residential schools.

The chief says the graves were discovered on the grounds of St. Philip’s Indian Residential School and the Fort Pelly Indian Residential School.

“It’s going to be a very tough time for our community, knowing that we had unmarked graves in our community, in our common areas, that we drive every day, that we walk every day,” said Chief Lee Kitchemonia. READ MORE — Leanne Sanders, APTN National News

Sinte Gleska University, a tribal college in Mission, South Dakota, may soon enter into a partnership with NASA that would result in new science education programs, more affordable housing for state reservations and the development of 3D housing that could someday be used on the moon or Mars.

The National Aeronautic and Space Administration has already committed to the partnership and allocated an investment of roughly $250,000 to the project that has a working title of “Enhancing Research in Additive Manufacturing Processes for Lunar Application and Planetary Use in Tribal Housing Development.”

Credit: This artist's rendering shows plans for 3D designed, 2,000-square-foot homes completed at left and still under construction on the right for a proposed housing development in Texas. (Photo courtesy ICON)

On Monday, Feb. 14, the South Dakota House Commerce and Energy Committee will consider a bill to provide $300,000 in state matching funds to satisfy the NASA project requirements. READ MORE — Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch

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