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Pictured: Back L to R: Delano Saluskin, Yakama Nation; Shannon Wheeler, Nez Perce Tribe; Rodney Cawston Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; Devon Boyer, Shoshone-Bannock Tribe; Hemene James, Coeur d’Alene Tribe; Brian Thomas, Shoshone Paiute Tribe. Front L to R: Raymond Tsumpti, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; Jody Richards, Burns Paiute Tribe; Kat Brigham, Confederate Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation; Carol Evans, Spokane Tribe; Shelly Fyant, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
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Columbia Basin tribes gather in support of Columbia Basin initiative proposed by U.S. Representative Simpson

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Schatz leads Indian Affairs oversight hearing to examine COVID-19 response in Native communities

Pictured: Washington State Capital Building, Olympia.
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Washington Attorney General Ferguson: Bill to create a statewide database of police use-of-force incidents passes Legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support

Pictured: Seated L-R: Cherokee Nation Deputy Chief Bryan Warner, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., and former Executive Director of Community Service Charlie Soap. Standing L-R: Judge Fourkiller, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Executive Director Michael Lynn, Tribal Councilor Dora Patzkowski, Secretary of Natural Resources Chad Harsha, Treasurer Tralynna Sherrill Scott, Tribal Councilor Shawn Crittenden, Tribal Councilor Canaan Duncan, Cherokee Nation Delegate to Congress Kimberly Teehee, Office of Environmental Health and Engineering Director Billy Hix, Chief of Staff Todd Enlow.
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Chief Hoskin signs ‘Mankiller/Soap Water Act’ to double spending, eliminate remaining barriers to clean water supply within tribal reservation

Southern Ute Indian Tribe
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8 Rivers Capital and the Southern Ute Growth Fund announce joint development of zero emissions NET Power Plant

Pictured: U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
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Buy-Back Program sends offers to landowners with fractional interests at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation

Pictured: New Mexico Indian Affairs Secretary Lynn Trujillo and Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham.
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New Mexico makes sweeping investments in tribal communities in 2021

Pictured: Uncompaghre Band Business Committee Representative Shaun Chapoose meets with Secretary Deb Haaland.
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Ute Indian Tribe Business Committee meets with Secretary Deb Haaland at the Bears Ears National Monument

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Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians statement on federal recommendations to pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

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COVID-19 vaccines available in Baltimore for Native Americans in D.C., Maryland, Virginia

Pictured: Oak Flat, Arizona. (Photo: Elias Butler, CC BY-SA 4.0 [creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0] via Wikimedia Commons)
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Tribes from across the U.S. testify in support of Save the Oak Flat Act

Navajo Nation Nez-Lizer admin
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Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines paused on the Navajo Nation in accordance with federal recommendations

Photo: Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (Bakken near New Salem, North Dakota _ Tony Webster - CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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Statements: Lakota People’s Law Project leaders unhappy about Dakota Access Pipeline decision

Navajo Nation Nez-Lizer admin
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Federal Emergency Management Agency’s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance application now open to general public

Pictured: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), official portrait 114th Congress.
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Ahead of hearing, Warren releases new Education Department data showing widespread benefits of student debt cancellation

Pictured: The Dakota Access Pipeline under construction being installed between farms, as seen from 50th Avenue in New Salem, North Dakota. The pipeline extends from Illinois to North Dakota.
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Big Fire Law statement on Dakota Access Pipeline court decision

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Udall Foundation recognizes 2021 Native American Congressional Internships

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Cherokee Nation Foundation hosting free virtual ACT Boot Camp May 22

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Statement from Puyallup Tribal Council on the Biden administration’s decision to halt the sale of the National Archives center in Seattle

Pictured: U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. Department of the Interior statement on Office of Hearings and Appeals data breach

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Statement by Indian Health Service Acting Director Elizabeth Fowler on the President's Funding Request for the Indian Health Service

Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians hosted free vaccination clinic on Saturday, April 10 at Rolling Hills Casino & Resort.
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Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians hosted free vaccination clinic on Saturday, April 10 at Rolling Hills Casino & Resort

Pictured: The White House, Washington DC.
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White House releases state-by-state fact sheets to highlight nationwide need for the American Jobs Plan

Pictured: U.S. Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-03), Chair, Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee.
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Livestreams Next Week: Hearings on Oak Flat, Puerto Rico status, and orphaned wells cleanup

Pictured: A view of the Mackinac Bridge and the Straits of Mackinac as seen from Mackinaw City, Michigan. Enbridge's Line 5 passes under the environmentally sensitive Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan to Lake Huron.
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Did Enbridge intend to mislead press and public?

Pictured: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's Ionkwakiokwaró:ron Tribal Administration Building, Akwesasne, New York.
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Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and Mohawk Assembly of God to distribute 1,026 free food boxes provided by City Serve and Native American Fellowship

Pictured: The Dakota Access Pipeline under construction being installed between farms, as seen from 50th Avenue in New Salem, North Dakota. The pipeline extends from Illinois to North Dakota.
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Standing Rock Youth rally outside of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation’s council meeting before Army Corp meeting

Pictured: The White House, Washington DC.
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President Biden to Sign Executive Order Creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States

Pictured: U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
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Indian Affairs announces approval of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians’ business regulations under the HEARTH Act

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StrongHearts Native Helpline launches text advocacy

Pictured: The Cherokee Nation presented more than $6.3 million to 107 school districts during the tribe’s virtual Public School Appreciation Day Wednesday. (L-R) Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Tina Glory-Jordan, Executive Director of Cherokee Nation Education Services Corey Bunch, Cherokee Nation Tax Commission Administrator Sharon Swepston, Deputy Chief Bryan Warner, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Cherokee Nation Tax Commissioner Fan Robinson, District 14 Tribal Councilor and Education Committee Chair Keith Austin.
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Cherokee Nation provides record $6.3 million to 107 school districts during virtual Public School Appreciation Day

Pictured: The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Indian Pueblo Cultural Center announces plans to reopen museum, restaurant, gift shop, and courtyard on April 8, 2021

Indigenous Environmental Network, IEN
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Tribal youth speak out about their future ask Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation Nation to #ShutDownDAPL

Navajo Nation Nez-Lizer admin
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Navajo Nation confirms first case of the B.1.429 variant first identified in the state of California

Pictured: Native American father in regalia holds child; ICWA
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Native American Tribes respond to Fifth Circuit decision on Indian Child Welfare Act

Pictured: The New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe, known informally as "The Roundhouse".
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New Mexico Indian Affairs Department Secretary Trujillo issues statement following consultation with Judge Marion Buller, Chief Commissioner for the Canadian National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issues en banc decision in Brackeen v. Haaland — formerly Brackeen v. Bernhardt

Pictured: Bears Ears National Monument, Utah.
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Utah and Western local officials call for the swift restoration of Bears Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monuments

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New Mexico governor signs impact aid legislation boosting financial support for many schools

Indigenous Environmental Network, IEN
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Line 3 impacted Native communities from Leech Lake, Red Lake, and White Earth will gather and celebrate their continued existence at the Lake Bemidji Waterfront

Pictured: Anthonette Christine Cayedito, aged 9 at the time of her disappearance.
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FBI marks 35th anniversary of Gallup, New Mexico girl's disappearance with request for public's help

Pictured: Members of the Oklahoma Air National Guard, Army National Guard, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve Command were on hand for the groundbreaking of a Cherokee veterans housing initiative in Tahlequah Monday along with, center from left: Master Sgt. Mitchell Sisco, Innovative Readiness Training program operations manager; retired Brigadier General Brent Wright; Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.; and Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner. The participating military units will provide personnel to construct the 21 new homes as part of the U.S. Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program.
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Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma Air National Guard break ground on housing addition for Cherokee veterans in Tahlequah

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U.S. Department of Energy to host consultation session with tribal nations

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New strategic plan will guide Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ work through 2035

Pictured: An Indian University of North America 7th Gen Program participant.
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Eighty percent of Indian University of North America 7th Gen Program participants are currently enrolled in higher education or have graduated from college

Pictured: U.S. Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-03), Chair, Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee.
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Chair Grijalva Hails Secretary Haaland’s announcement of new federal unit to investigate and protect Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

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6th Annual Native American TV Writers Lab announces selected fellows

Pictured: New Mexico Indian Affairs Secretary Lynn Trujillo and Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham.
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New Mexico Indian Affairs Department announces Indigenous Youth Council

Pictured: Montana State Capitol Building in Helena.
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Western Native Voice responds to failed Montana HB 613 Native American Voting Rights Act

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Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and FBI announce completion of Tribal Community Response Plan to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons