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Peggy Berryhill, Mvskoke, is an award-winning journalist and the founder of the Native Media Resource Center. She lives in Mendocino County and is the owner and operator of community radio station KGUA in Gualala, California.
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Let Native people decide regarding their traditional lands

Bryan Newland, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior (Courtesy image)
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Indian Country has Interior’s commitment to meaningful consultation

Rana Thiele
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Office of Management and Budget: 'OMBig deal' for tribes

April is Autism Awareness Month
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It’s Autism Awareness Month: Native inclusion is critical

Pictured: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Alaska Native leaders are proud, yet worried by Deb Haaland

Heather Kendall is a retired attorney and Dena’ina Athabascan, formerly with the Native American Rights Fund. (Photo by Angela Gonzalez, AthabascanWoman.com)
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Alaska’s delegation should support Vanita Gupta

Dr. Bruce Davidson
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Full speed ahead with Johnson & Johnson vaccine for Native communities

Doug George-Kanentiio
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is a pathfinder for all Natives

Latisha Casas
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A Native woman’s reflection on National Women’s History Month

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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'Call for Native people to reject Johnson & Johnson vaccine alarming'

Joint op-ed in response to Dr. Bruce Davidson's op-ed, 'Native communities should avoid the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for now'

National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) Chairman Ernie Stevens Jr., a citizen of the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin
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American Rescue Plan: President Biden is standing by his word

Dr. Bruce Davidson
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Native communities should avoid the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for now

A single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson was good news for nearly everyone—but not for American Indians, nor Alaska Natives

Wounded Knee - Dwain Camp
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Remembering Wounded Knee: ‘I know our fight was worth it’

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In Native America, the National COVID-19 emergency has hit us hard

Pictured: President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala D. Harris.
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President Biden must confirm climate crisis affecting Indigenous communities

Doreen Garlid
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Deb Haaland is the right choice to steward America’s public lands

Michael Anderson and Elizabeth Homer
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Five things the Biden Administration’s Department of Interior could do to reverse barriers and foster land restoration

(Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Indian Country Today)
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President Biden’s American Rescue Plan will deliver crucial relief to Native communities

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Rep. Deb Haaland
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Navajo Nation President Nez: 'Confirm Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior'

Elizabeth Perez
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I am a Native woman and a combat veteran. I support Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary

President Fawn Sharp
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On the doorstep of history: Confirm Congresswoman Deb Haaland as Secretary of Interior

Holly Guise
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Listening to Generations of Activists: Truly Remembering Elizabeth Peratrovich

James Giago Davies
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Violence, alcohol, and jealousy

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Eyes on the future: An open letter to President Joe Biden on Indigenous peoples

Shannon Ward
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Native women like Deb Haaland and Eloise Cobell are the role models Indian Country needs

Niya DeGroat
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Wait a minute, America! ‘This land is stolen land’

Brian Lightfoot Brown
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Biden, Harris and Congress: ‘Restore the Mashpee Wampanoag reservation to federal status’

Angelique EagleWoman courtesy image
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Looking forward to new leadership in 2021

Ernie Stevens Jr., chairman of National Indian Gaming Association (Photo courtesy of National Indian Gaming Association)
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Indian Country will help bring light to America’s dark hour

Terry Rambler
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Insurrection at the Capitol: ‘A display of unfettered privilege’

Mike Buck
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This land and river is my body

Patrice H. Kunesh
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In leading Indian Country’s pandemic recovery, Secretary Haaland has an opportunity to shape a new era of federal Indian policy

Pictured: U.S. Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-03), Chair, Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee.
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The Biden administration must help missing and murdered Indigenous women

COVID Holiday
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We need to continue to diligently prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the holiday season

Russ Diabo
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Indigenous people should reject Canada’s UNDRIP Bill C-15, its not all that meets the eye

Wyoming Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
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When will Wyoming truly become 'The Equality State?'

Bears Ears National monument (Wikimedia)
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Tribal leaders: ‘Support the ‘30 by 30 initiative’ to protect 30 percent of US lands and waters’

Mark N. Fox, Chairman of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation
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Restoring Native lands should be a priority of the Biden administration

Hannah Geressu (Courtesy image)
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Minnesota’s 'No Child Left Inside' program can address Native youth obesity

Rep. Deb & Pueblo Leadership
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All Pueblo Council of Governors support Rep. Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior

Doug George-Kanentiio Thanksgiving
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A true Native American Thanksgiving

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Rep. Deb Haaland
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Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior

Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
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A pathway toward ending the legacy of violence against Native women

John Eric Reed
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Restoration of matriarchal roles is essential

Adrian L. Jawort
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An Indigenous perspective on “Disclosure: Trans lives on screen”

Pictured: Jonathan Nez, Navajo Nation President.
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We will have a seat at the table with the Biden-Harris Administration

Tribal Oklahoma McGirt
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McGirt one of the most significant Native American victories in a generation

Not in our honor
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Not in our honor: It is disappointing that the Kansas City NFL franchise has hijacked our heritage month

A federal court struck down Arizona laws on ballot harvesting and out-of-precinct voting that it said disproportionately harm minority voters. Among the problems are frequently shifting polling places that led to hours-long voting delays like those in the 2016 primaries, shown here. (Photo by Miguel Otarola | Cronkite News)
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Indigenous voters in Arizona are integral to the Democrats’ opportunity

Pictured: Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Suzan Shown Harjo with U.S. Capitol in the background, from the National Museum of the American Indian.
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The Oklahoma Attorney General and the Cherokee Chief are at it again