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At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid ...
Center for Biological Diversity: JUNEAU, Alaska (Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory)— A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups and other forest ...
A coalition of nonprofits, tribes, and local governments is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the termination of $2.8 billion in environmental and climate justice grants for ...
Tribal representatives say they’re still trying to reclaim their heritage from the Denver Art Museum, 34 years after the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act came into effect.
The White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) has upgraded the Access to Capital Clearinghouse—a comprehensive, ...
A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the U.S. Department of the Interior may take land into trust on behalf of Alaska Native tribes, a decision that could allow tribes to create “Indian ...
Alaska Native tribes, which are sovereign governments and can exert authority over Indian country, have relatively little land under their control.
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 put most Alaska Native land here under the control of Native corporations — which are not sovereign governments — instead of tribes, which are.
The NABI tournament in Phoenix hosted over 200 teams from 160 different tribal nations across the country. Culture, community ...
Tlingit natives gather for a dance at Marine Park in Juneau, Alaska, in 2008. (Gillfoto from Wikipedia via Courthouse News). (CN) — A federal judge, on Wednesday, ruled against the Tlingit & Haida ...
A group of coastal Alaska Native tribes in 2016 began monitoring shellfish, a traditional harvest, for deadly biotoxins because the state only tests commercial harvests. The program fills an ...
JUNEAU, Alaska (Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory) — A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups and other forest advocates are seeking to defend ...