GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Traditional foods, pesticides and violence
Coverage around the world on Indigenous issues for the week ending Jan. 23, 2022
Hoskin Jr: Oklahoma governor is 'anti-Indian'
An update from the Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation, a conversation about grief and mourning. Plus, more on how the United States Postal Service impacts rural communities
Protect voting rights in Indian Country
Turnout among Native American voters will be consequential in determining some of the most competitive House and Senate races in the country this year
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Hoping for an end to yearslong treaty rights fight
A 2019 U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirmed off-reservation hunting treaty rights for the Crow Tribe. Wyoming officials have been resisting that decision ever since.
Phoenix joins tribes, vows to prop up key reservoir
A new agreement attempts to keep Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, from crashing below a critical level that would trigger drastic conservation measures for 40 million people
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Potential burial sites found near residential school
Williams Lake First Nation in British Columbia, Canada finds 93 possible burial sites at former residential school
Cree artist paints hockey sticks for world championships
Jason Carter painted 155 hockey sticks for World juniors tournament in Canada
$180M price tag for Gila River rebrand, expansion
The grand-opening of Gila River Resorts & Casinos in the Phoenix valley featured Ludacris, a drone show and dining at the new rooftop steakhouse
Western Native Voice sets up voter registration kiosks
The organization hopes to install two or three kiosks in each tribal community in Montana before November's general election
Canada to provide $10-a-day child care to Inuit families
Agreement ensures Inuit-specific Indigenous early learning, child care
Tribe inks water leasing deal
The agreement involves the Jicarilla Apache Nation, the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and The Nature Conservancy
Youth literature award winners announced
Books by and about Indigenous people honored by American Library Association
Breaking the legacy of violence
Minnesota program engages Native men and boys in a sexual violence prevention program
Illegal mining stokes Indigenous divisions
Tarnished Gold: Miners have returned in droves underscores the insatiable lure of gold and the fact they are being encouraged to keep up their work – including by the nation’s president
Historic paintings damaged in fire return to Montana tribal center
Beadwork, art and artifacts are being restored after the 2020 arson
New approach to teaching race divides state
New Mexico officials say they hope their standards can be a model for the country
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