As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans
Long before the large-scale Earth Day protests on April 22, 1970 – often credited with spurring significant environmental ...
50 Fun Facts About America That Most Americans Don’t Know
Ace any trivia night with these fun facts about America Fun facts about America that will surprise you Although the United ...
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North Carolina teen inspired by Native American roots wins national science prize
A teenager from North Carolina says her pride in her Native American culture helped inspire the research that was just recognized for a national science prize. WTVD reports Ava Grace Cummings of ...
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Commonwealth loses High Court appeal of landmark native title compensation claim in North Arnhem Land
The clan contended that from 1911 to 1978, a number of grants or legislative acts took place which “may have extinguished or impaired their non-exclusive native title at common law”, and the ...
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Carolina fire maps show where wildfires burn in North and South Carolina
Here are maps illustrating the current situation. Officials listed 81 wildfires in North Carolina as of Thursday morning, totaling more than 1,500 acres. This was down from more than 200 blazes at ...
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Histories of Native America and the Port of Los Angeles Win Bancroft Prize
Kathleen DuVal’s “Native Nations: A Millennium in North America,” published by Random House, was described by the prize jurors as “a seamless panorama of 1,000 years of American history ...
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North Texas under tornado, thunderstorm watch until 11 a.m. Tuesday. See weather maps
Parts of North Texas are under weather watches and warnings through 11 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. NWS suggests tornadoes are possible, with wind gusts to 75 mph and isolated ...
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Wildfire maps: See where fires are burning in North Carolina, South Carolina
Dozens of wildfires in North and South Carolina prompted the evacuation ... in the affected areas of this fire," the agency said. See maps of the wildfires in the Carolinas below.
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Native America Calling: Native education advocates assess the new political landscape
President Donald Trump has promised to eliminate the Department of Education. Education advocates worry about what that means for the $119 billion the federal government sends to public K-12 schools ...
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I Told a Native Story That Earned an Oscar Nomination. There Are So Many More to Tell.
“Sugarcane” is, to our knowledge, the first work in any medium to uncover evidence of infanticide at an Indian residential or boarding school in North America. In addition, we learned this ...
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Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism
(AP Photo/Mark Vancleave) Native American activist Leonard Peltier sits for a portrait in prison in February 1986. (AP Photo/Cliff Schiappa, File) Leonard Peltier holds a copy of his commutation in ...
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‘Hindi devoured many native tongues in north’: CM Stalin
CHENNAI: Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin, in the latest of his letter series in party organ Murasoli, stated that Hindi has swallowed native languages spoken in Uttar Pradesh ...