South Dakota bars IDs and 'disenfranchises' tribal citizens

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Tribal communities report some of the lowest voter turnout figures in South Dakota yet make up 9 percent of the population Stephen Groves Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Democrats called foul on Friday after the Republican-dominated House shot down their efforts to...

Sacred Native American site in Arizona blasted for border wall construction

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TUCSON, Ariz. – The contractor that is building President Donald Trump's border wall in southwestern Arizona began blasting this week through a site that the Native American O'odham people consider sacred to make way for newer, taller barriers. © Courtesy of Laiken Jordahl...

Cherokee Nation to preserve heirloom seeds in 'doomsday' vault

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For more than a decade, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault — also known as the "doomsday" vault — has collected and maintained the world's largest collection of diverse crops. This week, the Cherokee Nation became the first tribe in the United States to be invited to deposit samples in the vault....

Children found safe after going missing during Alaskan blizzard

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With gusts up to 25 mph ...wind chills reached as low as minus 1 degree’ Alaska State Troopers report that four children missing since Sunday were found alive, although with severe hypothermia, Monday about 18 miles south of their home village of Nunam Iqua in western Alaska. The four...

North Dakota issues order aimed at Native voting

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James MacPhersonAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota is giving tribal officials on the state's five reservations the ability to verify "set-aside" ballots, which are not counted until the voter proves his or her eligibility. The revised system would allow tribes to quickly...

Oklahoma governor: Casinos are an 'unjust enrichment to tribes'

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Oklahoma's governor repeats his threats against tribal gaming The governor of Oklahoma continues his threats directed at tribal gaming. Pay the state more money or let for-profit, commercial casinos have a shot at the market. “The facts are, commercial gamers will come to...

Chief Standing Bear, Who Fought for Native American Freedoms, Is Honored With a Statue in the Capitol

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SMARTNEWS Keeping you current Chief Standing Bear, Who Fought for Native American Freedoms, Is Honored With a Statue in the Capitol ‘That hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain,’ the chief famously said during a landmark 1879 trial The unveiling ceremony of...

State Patrol will address bias to Driving While Indian

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Jason BuchInvestigateWest In the wake of revelations that state troopers are searching people of color at a much higher rate than whites, the Washington State Patrol said it’s moving forward to address the problem and lawmakers say they will be looking at the issue during this year’s...

Trump pushes for uranium production near Grand Canyon

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James CarrCronkite News TUSAYAN – In a clearing on Forest Road 305, about 15 miles south of Grand Canyon National Park, an enormous steel headframe towers beside a retention pond. Beneath the headframe, a mine shaft drops 1,400 feet into the earth. This is the Canyon Mine, which opened in 1986...

‘We are still here’: Native Americans fight to be counted in US census

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The decennial count ‘impacts everything’ from federal funding to political representation for the tribes Rebecca Nagle  Lizzy Hawley, center, and her sister Ella Hawley, right,live in Kivalina, Alaska. An estimated one in three Native people...