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Native American inmate secures right to wear religious Apache headband in settlement with R.I. prisons
Wolf Pawochawog-Mequinosh filed a federal lawsuit last year alleging his religious rights were violated by the state ...
Oregon’s first-in-nation guarantee that tribes can weigh in on state policy reaches 50-year mark
The commission was created in 1975 so Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes could advise state officials and agencies on ...
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‘No school should have a cemetery:’ Native American journalist talks investigating deaths of Indigenous children at boarding schools
Native American journalist Dana Hedgpeth spoke about her experiences helping to uncover over a century of horrors at Native ...
'We are our own advocates': Washington native tribes gather to honor slain voices
NISQUALLY INDIAN COMMUNITY, Wash. — Hundreds of people from various Native American tribes gathered at the Nisqually Reservation on Tuesday in observance of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons ...
Hundreds of Washington Native Americans gather to raise awareness for missing, murdered community members
Hundreds of people from various Native American tribes gathered at the Nisqually Reservation on Tuesday in observance of ...
Seattle Times journalists earn Pulitzer nod for investigation of WA’s salmon recovery spending
Three Seattle Times journalists are Pulitzer Prize finalists for their work revealing the shortcomings of Washington’s salmon ...
Northern Quest raising awareness for Washington's Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Washington State Patrol says there are 112 missing Native American persons in the state as of April 15, and half of those ...
Indigenous people raise awareness about their missing and murdered
In prayer walks, self-defense classes, marches and speeches at state capitols, they are pushing for better cooperation among ...
Speed recognition of Chinook Nation so ancestors can be laid to rest
The Chinook lost federal recognition in the early 2000s. We have been fighting to regain our status ever since because it has ...
Graduation Regalia: More Native students get green light to wear tribal regalia this year
Special to ICT More Native students than ever before will graduate this year with regalia on their traditional caps and gowns ...
From a job at Ikea to a show at the Broad museum: Jeffrey Gibson's long path to art stardom
Jeffrey Gibson's history-making artworks from the Venice Biennale will go on view at the Broad in L.A., where Indigenous ...
Indigenous activists see Trump's Columbus Day rhetoric as cause for continued advocacy
Trump said he would not follow his predecessor’s practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day.