Following a March 31 signing ceremony attended by tribal leaders, community members and lawmakers, the new legislation will require statewide alerts similar to when a minor or vulnerable adult goes missing.
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National Congress of American Indians Announces Renewed Vision
Leadership, including President Fawn Sharp of the Quinault Indian Nation in Washington state, met in Arizona to work on a ‘strategic direction’ for the organization.
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Lawsuit Filed Against Hotel That Called for Banning Native Americans
Native groups organized a rally in Rapid City, South Dakota on March 23, while a federal civil rights class-action lawsuit was filed against Grand Gateway Hotel.
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Tribal Leaders in Washington Allege State Intentionally Ignores Treaty Rights
After a judge dismissed charges of shellfish trafficking on treaty grounds, tribes and treaty rights organizations say the case exemplifies how Washington officials are working to undermine treaty fishing rights and agreements, which the state denies.
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‘You Lose a Language, You Lose a Culture’
The recent publication of a four-volume Kalapuya dictionary and a separate ongoing effort to build an expansive digital archive have brought renewed attention to an Indigenous language that has been dead in spoken form for more than a half century.
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Portland State University Graduates First Native American with Ph.D. in Math
Benjamin Parker is one of only three dozen Indigenous mathematicians in the U.S. who have completed the field’s most advanced degree, although that number is beginning to grow more rapidly.
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Nooksack Tribe Demands Retraction from United Nations
Tribe says U.N. call for U.S. to stop evictions of disenrolled citizens is filled with ‘misinformation.’
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United Nations Calls for Halt to Nooksack Evictions in Washington
In an unusual move, two U.N. Human Rights Council special rapporteurs ask the U.S. government to intervene in the tribal dispute.
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Seattle Nonprofit Builds Permanent Housing for Native Americans in Need
Chief Seattle Club announced the completion of 80 housing units for homeless Indigenous people and veterans. The units are in a nine-story building that will also include a health clinic, café serving traditional foods, social services and Indigenous artwork.
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Tribe Hoping for End to Yearslong Hunting Treaty Rights Fight in Wyoming
A 2019 U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirmed off-reservation hunting treaty rights for the Crow Tribe. Wyoming officials have been resisting that decision ever since, despite recent losses in state courts.