Many see the move to amend the tribe’s constitution as a critical step in community healing after painful disenrollments a decade ago divided tribal members.
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Cowlitz Campaign to Push Out Casino Rivals Raises Questions
At the behest of former chairman, the Washington tribe paid millions to gaming consultants in Oregon, trying to forestall competition from other tribes.
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Photo Essay: How to Celebrate Unthanksgiving
‘It is a day of recognition and mourning of the genocide that has happened against our people. It’s a celebration of our resilience and recognition of the scarcity of our First Foods.’
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Tribes Celebrate Plan to Remove Dams on Klamath River
Tribes along the Klamath River hope removing four dams will lead to better habitat for fish and help revitalize Native cultures that rely on salmon for sustenance and view the fish as relatives.
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Wahoo Yahoo!
Smoke Signals The Internet company Yahoo rolled out a new logo on Tuesday, Nov. 1, featuring bright colors and an artistic style the Grand Ronde community may recognize. Grand Ronde Tribal member and artist Steph Littlebird was approached by Yahoo over the social media app Instagram to re-design the logo in honor of Native American […]
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Bison Return Program is Now Helping Native American Ranchers Build Herds
About 330 bison are coming from a Nebraska preserve operated by the Nature Conservancy.
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Indigenous People Flock to DC for ICWA Hearing
‘If you take our children, you take our identity.’
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The Urban Native Vote Potential
About 70 percent of Native people in the U.S. live in urban areas. Cities in the West are home to some of the largest Indigenous populations in the U.S.
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The Fate of Indian Child Welfare Before the Supreme Court: Race, Commerce and Commandeering
The Imprint walks readers through highlights of the Brackeen v. Haaland case.
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Umatilla Tribes Celebrate the Lives of Three Linguists
Noel Rude, Bruce Rigsby and Haruo Aoki gave decades of their lives to Plateau language preservation. All three men “crossed over to the land of light” in the last year.