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Tribal canoes rest near the entrance to the new Quileute Tribal School, which was formally dedicated on Aug. 5, 2022, and will open for classes in September. The school building - which was built on higher ground to get children out of a flood and tsunami zone - features design elements reminiscent of the longhouses that once were prominent in the Pacific Northwest. (Photo by Susan Devine, courtesy of Quileute Tribe)

Quileute Tribe opens K-12 school on higher ground

Moving children out of a tsunami zone is first step in village relocation

By Richard Arlin WalkerAug 12, 2022

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(ONE TIME PUBLICATION PERMISSION USE on date below) Nebraska Cornhusker football player Casey Thompson is an enrolled citizen of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Aug. 12, 2022. (Photo by Anna Reed, Omaha World-Herald)
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Blending two worlds: his Native history and love of football

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If elected Patrick Branco, Native Hawai'ian, would be the first Filipino, first Latino, and first openly gay man elected to represent Hawaii in Congress. (Courtesy photo from Patrick Branco)
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Cheers went up as gaming officially began at 9 p.m. Pacific Time Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at the grand re-opening of the Palms Casino Resort. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians made history with the opening, becoming the first to own and operate a resort in Las Vegas. (Photo by Stewart Huntington for Indian Country Today)

The Wrap: Record year for Indian gaming

The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe dedicated a 50-foot tall evacuation tower in Tokeland, Washington. (Photo courtesy of Washington Emergency Management)

Tribe builds tsunami refuge tower

Activists have been protesting against the Resolution Copper mine at Oak Flat for years, including this 2015 protest in Washington. Opponents of the mine now worry that the Trump administration has fast-tracked the mine’s final environmental impact statement – a claim both the mine and the U.S. Forest Service deny. (File photo by Jamie Cochran/Cronkite News)
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Fight over copper mine drags on

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Pictured: The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center announces 2022 Native American Student Art Show: Who is your superhero?

By Press PoolAug 12, 2022
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Tribes file brief with Supreme Court in defense of Indian Child Welfare Act

By Press PoolAug 12, 2022
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Cherokee Nation temporarily reopening Clothes for Kids program to help those who missed initial deadline

By Press PoolAug 12, 2022
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FBI updates list of Native Americans verified as missing throughout New Mexico and the Navajo Nation

By Press PoolAug 12, 2022
Pictured: Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel.

San Manuel Golf Tournament raises $400,000 for national and local non-profits

By Press PoolAug 12, 2022

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Mary Kathryn Nagle, Cherokee. (Photo by Justin Gellerson)

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Po’pay, an Ohkay Owngeh leader, led the pueblo nations in a successful revolt against the Spanish in 1680. A seven-foot-high statue of him can be find in the United States Capitol visitors center. (Photo by Architect of the Capitol)
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Remembering the Pueblo Revolt

In this photo provided by the Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources are dead fish that are found on a 20-mile stretch of the Klamath River in northern California between Indian Creek and Seiad Creek on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, near Happy Camp, Calif. The Karuk Tribe says the McKinney Fire burning in the area killed tens of thousands of fish because of a debris flow that made oxygen levels in the river plummet. (Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources via AP)
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Tribe: Wildfire causes fish deaths

The view from Pushpum, a culturally important area above the Columbia River. (Courtesy of Yakama Nation)
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Filmmaker Ajuawak Kapashesit directed the 2021 short documentary, "Carrying the Fire," about Water Protectors. His latest project is "Language Keepers, set for release in 2023, about efforts to preserve the Ojibwe language. Kapashesit was born and raised on the White Earth Ojibwe Nation and is of Ashinaabe, Cree and Jewish descent. (Photo courtesy of Ajuawak Kapashesit)
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Torreon Chapter President, Richelle Montoya Chee, stands next to Navajo Nation presidential candidate Buu Nygren in June 2022. (Photo courtesy of Richelle Montoya Chee via Facebook)
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Finishing touches are made on a community-curated exhibition of Native American pottery from the Pueblo Indian region of the U.S. Southwest on July 28, 2022, at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, N.M. The exhibit includes poems and reflections to give great voice to Indigenous people. Showings also are scheduled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and museums in Houston and St. Louis. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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Grounded in clay

A hot issue that's on the November ballot in California is Proposition 27, which would allow on-line sports betting. Daniel Salgado, the Chairman of the Cahuilla Band of Indians relates its implications for Native Nations.
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Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, White Earth Band of Ojibwe, and Gov. Tim Walz are working to secure another four years in office. She cast her ballot on August 1.
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