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A museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, is preparing for the city’s 300th anniversary in 2018 with an exhibit that features tribal artifacts.

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Museum in New Orleans celebrates city’s tricentennial with tribal exhibit

Less than a week after he was diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer, Arizona Sen. John McCain (R) is returning to work in the nation’s capital.

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Cronkite News: Sen. McCain returns to Washington amid health care debate

The Stillaguamish Tribe is welcoming electric vehicle users to its casino in Washington.

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Stillaguamish Tribe installs vehicle charging stations at casino gas station

Native Americans struggle with derogatory names and symbols every day, Cleve Davis writes on Indian Country Media Network.

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Cleve Davis: Racist and colonizing language deeply embedded in America

As part of the Cherokee Nation’s Lunch & Learn lecture series, Lawrence Panther discusses daily life at the Seneca Indian Boarding School in the 1960s.

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Video: Lawrence Panther Discusses Daily Life at Seneca Indian Boarding School

Shinnecock Nation shares 2017 Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in Solutions, for ocean work melding indigenous traditional knowledge with science.

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Shinnecock Bring Indigenous Science to Federal Ocean Policy

The Cherokee Nation is defending its right to pursue drug companies and drug stores for flooding its homeland with prescription opioids.

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Cherokee Nation details devastating impacts of opioid crisis in Oklahoma

He might be an ironworker by day, but boy can this guy sew a mean outfit! Meet Jared Thomas, from the Bitter Water clan from the Dinè Nation. He’s been sharing some great regalia tutorials on his Facebook page and…..

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Regalia Tutorial: Bandolier Bag with Jared Thomas

He might be an ironworker by day, but boy can this guy sew a mean outfit! Meet Jared Thomas, from the Bitter Water clan from the Dinè Nation. He’s been sharing some great regalia tutorials on his Facebook page and…..

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Regalia Tutorial: Bandolier Bag with Jared Thomas

What do Native wellness, Family bonding, and a competitive spirit all have in common? They all showed up to the Michigan Indian Family Olympics, and this year they brought their A-game. The Olympics, hosted in Mt. Pleasant Michigan, celebrated it’s…..

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30th Annual Michigan Indian Family Olympics Comes To A Close

As Indian country continues its trend toward diversification in economic development, many tribes are including reviewing the efficiency of their existing convenience stores or adding convenience offerings as a means of creating both revenue and jobs and community pride.

Whether as a complement to their existing gaming operations or as a stand-alone enterprise, convenience stores offer a flexible approach that works for both urban‐based and rural tribes, says Jason Mancini,

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Blue Stone’s Expertise in Convenience Stores Supports Tribal Economic Stability

Native Zombie Killers on the Black Hat Rez! AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead tackles an Indian country storyline

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Now on AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead, Native American Zombie Killers on the Black Hat Rez

The Canadian government continues to distribute $5 every year to citizens of First Nations whose ancestor signed treaties requiring annuity payments.

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Canada continues to distribute $5 — yes $5 — in annual treaty payments

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is looking to fill 1,200 jobs at its newest gaming facility.

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Pokagon Band on hiring spree as first tribal casino in Indiana takes shape

A man walked away with a ‘large amount’ of cash from the Sage Hill Casino in Idaho, according to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.

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Shoshone-Bannock Tribes police help apprehend casino robbery suspect

A cartoon by Marty Two Bulls about Hawaii.

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Make Hawaii Great Again

Walmart pulled a “disgusting” onesie from its shelves in Canada after broad objection online to its imagery and message, according to reports.

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Walmart in Canada Pulls ‘Racist’ Onesie From Shelves

Racists and symbols of colonization have existed in the United States since 1492 as part of the ongoing struggle for Native Americans.

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Racists and Colonizing Metaphors

Here we go again. Another week and the United States Senate is ready to vote on legislation to remake the entire health care system.

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Senate Is Blind on Health Care

American Indian and Alaska Native women experience one of the highest homicide rates in the nation and nearly half die at the hands of an intimate partner.

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Report confirms Native women suffer from high rate of homicide in United States