The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe has appealed to the Department of the Interior, Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration to uphold their trust obligation by introducing flight restrictions over sacred Snoqualmie Falls.
Read More63 Nooksack tribal members comprising 22 HUD households are presently facing eviction by Nooksack politicians despite the BIA and HUD both requesting a pause to those proceedings.
Read MoreFor the first time ever, the red, white and black colors of the Tulalip flag are soaring over every Marysville School District campus. Tulalip’s iconic orca was raised up at each elementary, middle school, high school, and even District headquarters during the week of November 17th.
Read MoreOn Monday, November 29, anti-Indigenous Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s futile attempts to undermine and destroy tribal sovereignty through legal avenues ended for good when the US Supreme Court refused his request to reexamine their 2020 McGirt ruling.
Read MoreAn informal group of Northwest Indigenous warriors, headed by veteran Native rights protector Sid Mills, announced last week they plan to join a march in Southern California to demand the release of Indigenous children from immigration detention facilities.
Read More“Chaco Canyon is a sacred place that holds deep meaning for the Indigenous peoples whose ancestors lived, worked, and thrived in that high desert community,” said Secretary Deb Haaland. “Now is the time to consider more enduring protections for the living landscape that is Chaco, so that we can pass on this rich cultural legacy to future generations.”
Read MoreThe genocide had begun, one driven, and backed, by an ideology under the Doctrine of Discovery that claimed European Christians had a God given right to set forth and colonize any lands not occupied by European Christians.
Read MoreAs October comes to an end, so does Domestic Violence Awareness Month. However, the reality for Native American women around the country is domestic violence isn’t simply a notion only worth paying attention to in October. It’s much, much more than that. It’s a historical trauma that plagues our life bearers every single day.
Read MoreNational Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp has become the first elected Tribal leader to ever officially represent the United States of America on the international stage.
Read MoreToday, a Fresno County Court shocked industrial agricultural interests in California’s Central Valley by disapproving the massive Westlands Water District’s federal contract for water from the Central Valley Project.
Read MoreDear President Biden, Attorney General Garland, Director Carvajal, and Director Keller:
We write to request the expedited release of American Indian elder Leonard Peltier, who is 77 years old and who has served more than 44 years in federal prison, some in solitary confinement, in numerous prisons across the United States.
Read MoreIn this final dream, I was taken to Lakota territory on the Great Plains, which looked like places I visited before with brother Chase Iron-Eyes, Pine Ridge, Standing Rock, etc. Once I reached there (with some invisible – but audible – loving force that was escorting me), Chase (his spirit – like mine) was brought into the experience so that we were now sharing it together.
Read MoreGoodbye is never easy
Read MoreIn a strongly worded response to Gov. Jay Inslee’s veto of the Native consent provisions in an important climate change bill, the offices of the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe and the Vice President of the Quinault Nation, Fawn Sharp, blasted the governor’s first offer to reach a compromise.
Read MoreFor the last six years, Anthony Paul and I have been the target of a racially motivated criminal investigation and prosecution by the State of Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). But we are not the real target. The State’s real target is Tulalip Treaty rights. The real target is our way of life.
Read MoreHuy, an Indigenous religious freedoms advocacy organization, has received a $50,000 grant in recognition of its efforts to help rehabilitate Indigenous prisoners and prepare them for successful reentry into society.
Read MoreOur stories give us the power to live. Our stories are all deep with an almost unbearable love.
Read MoreNative American tribes were not only linked to the land; they were custodians of it.
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