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The bill holds 11,760 acres of federal trust land for the tribe and heads to the president’s desk

The new David Huckfelt song, written by longtime friend Keith Secola, will be featured on Huckfelt’s upcoming release, ‘Room Enough, Time Enough,’ out Feb. 26

A regulatory panel on Friday denied a request from two First Nations to prevent Enbridge Energy from moving forward in Minnesota with its Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement, which broke ground this week after receiving its final state permit.

Tobique First Nation Chief Ross Perley says a new "working group" formed by Arlene Dunn, Aboriginal affairs minister, is a good first step toward reconciliation but is not a replacement for an inquiry into systemic racism in New Brunswick.

On today's Reporters' Roundtable Priscilla Wolf and Bernie Azure are updating us on the stories they're covering in Canada's rural areas as well as in and around the Flathead Indian reservation in Montana

Opponents say the pipeline threatens spillage and irreparable damage to waters the tribes use to fish and harvest wild rice

A pair of First Nations leaders are pushing for the Assembly of First Nations to agree to an independent investigation into discrimination against women and people of different sexual orientations within the organization.

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) says delivering the COVID-19 vaccine to First Nations communities must be a priority once it becomes available.

The Sipekne'katik First Nation called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday to intercede in its fight to secure a moderate livelihood fishery as part of Mi'kmaw self-government.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s home for the world’s largest collection of Inuit art is scheduled to open in February 2021. It’s one of the main reasons Winnipeg has been chosen as one of the 21 places to visit in 2021 by Condé Nast Traveller magazine.

Yes!  There are some Pow Wows happening.  Many are still having to cancel or change their dates. Check the list below for the latest Pow Wows added to our calendar and ones coming up in the next couple of weeks!.....

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‘...arguably the city’s most powerful...’ of nation’s 8th largest city

The James Bay Cree community of Attawapiskat is going into lockdown after five people tested positive for COVID-19.

Stories we’re following on Dec. 4: Biden Interior secretary possibility, Medical officials ask Navajo Nation to stay home, Natives in Denver see COVID-19 spike, Tribes to address missing Native people, and more

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — On Thursday, the Navajo Department of Health, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center and the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, reported 236 new COVID-19 positive cases for the Navajo Nation and five more deaths. The total number of deaths is now 663 as of Thursday. Reports indicate that 9,569 individuals have recovered from COVID-19, and 168,261 COVID-19 tests have been administered. The total number of positive COVID-19 cases is now 17,310, including 39 delayed reported cases. 

Political Brief. WASHINGTON — Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), one of the first American Indian females elected to the House of Representatives, has been elected vice-chair of the New Democrat Coalition. Davids won reelection to represent Kansas’ 3rd congressional district on Nov. 3 with 53.4 percent of the vote. 

There were numerous smaller slides in the community of about 2,500 people as heavy rains battered much of southeast Alaska

‘We’re doing the best that we can to help everybody’

'If we don't stop COVID, we'll run out of beds, we will run out of nurses, we will run out of supplies,' says Dr. Loretta Christensen

The chief of Shamattawa First Nation in northern Manitoba is renewing calls for military aid in his community as the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to grow.