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A new database reveals that museums and universities across the U.S. still hold the remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans, despite a federal law passed more than 30 years ago to help return their remains to tribes.
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President Joe Biden pledged to protect an expanse of land in the Mountain West that tribes have been trying to defend for decades during a speech Wednesday at the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit.
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Kutoven “Ku” Stevens and his family organized a 50-mile run honoring the survivors and victims of the Stewart Indian School in Carson City over the weekend. He recently spoke to KUNR’s Gustavo Sagrero about the ultramarathon at his family's home on the Yerington Paiute Reservation. Editor's note: As a warning for those impacted by the trauma of Native American boarding schools, this story discusses some of what happened there.
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Read or listen to the news headlines for Monday, August 15, 2022.
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Walker River Paiute Tribe chairman Amber Torres discusses her plans as a member of the Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC).
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Read or listen to the morning news headlines for Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
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A new report commissioned by the Interior Department provides a window into the fatal mistreatment of inmates in its tribal jails. The review comes on the heels of a Mountain West News Bureau and NPR investigation that found a pattern of neglect and misconduct contributing to at least 19 deaths at tribal detention centers overseen by the Bureau of Indian Affairs since 2016.
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Here are the local news headlines for the morning of Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021.Rep. Amodei: Debt ceiling vote is 'political game'By Noah GlickThe House of…
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Indian Country Today collaborated with the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health to provide comprehensive data and maps to the public.
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Thursday marks Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – a day meant to acknowledge the enduring impacts that residential schools had on Indigenous people.