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Fifty years later and Congress is ready to act on climate change

By Mark TrahantAug 11, 2022
This 2011 photo offers a glimpse inside the Montreal Botanical Garden, which is hosting an exhibition from May 29-June 5, 2022, that combines traditional Indigenous thoughts with contemporary art. (Photo courtesy of Chris Dlugosz via Creative Commons)
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GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Music, art and owning a home

By Deusdedit RuhangariyoJun 8, 2022
President Joe Biden gestures on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, with White House national climate adviser Gina McCarthy, Brenda Mallory, chair of the council on environmental quality, and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland during an event announcing that his administration is restoring protections for two sprawling national monuments in Utah that have been at the center of a long-running public lands dispute, and a separate marine conservation area in New England that recently has been used for commercial fishing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Deb Haaland says historic first year ‘memorable'

By Pauly DenetclawMar 16, 2022
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visits the Grand Junction Air Center Complex on Friday to discuss her agency's response to wildfires and the Bureau of Land Management headquarters move to Grand Junction on Friday, July 23, 2021, in Grand Junction, Colo. (McKenzie Lange/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP)
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Deb Haaland marks first year in office

By Pauly DenetclawMar 15, 2022
First lady Jill Biden meets with Tohono O'odham Nation citizens in southern Arizona on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Jill Biden's social media)
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Jill Biden visits Tohono O’odham Nation

By Carina DominguezMar 9, 2022
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland introduces President Joe Biden to deliver remarks during the Tribal Nations Summit, Monday, Nov.15, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
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Biden administration brings changes to Indian Country

By Pauly DenetclawFeb 3, 2022
Indigenous people have always measured and reported what we have collected, grown or hunted. Petroglyphs, pictographs and buffalo hide drawings are all excellent examples of that practice. (Photo by John Fowler via Creative Commons)
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Indigenous excellence in politics, film and more

By ICTJan 21, 2022
Candidate Sharice Davids, Ho-Chunk, before winning a seat in Congress in 2018. Kansas Republicans are keen on making sure that new voters are added to Davids’ district ensuring her defeat. In a recent tweet, Davids calls the system for redistricting “broken.” (Photo by Mark Trahant, Indian Country Today)
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‘Our political system is broken’

By Mark TrahantDec 13, 2021
U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullin. (Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, ICT)
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Markwayne Mullin whereabouts unknown, attempted to enter Afghanistan

By Gaylord NewsSep 1, 2021
Portrait of Charles F. "Chuck" Sams III. (Photo by Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian)
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‘Coming full circle’: Native tapped to lead national parks

By Kalle BenallieAug 18, 2021
Biskogone, Gregg Johnson of the Lac du Flambeau reservation in Wisconsin encourages Natives to vote. (Photo courtesy Wisconsin Native Vote.)
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New legislation protects Native voting rights

By Kolby KickingWomanAug 16, 2021