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An unexpected friendship flight: How two Chinese pilots landed in a tiny Iñupiaq village in Alaska

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Two Chinese pilots who made an unexpected landing in the Iñupiaq village of Teller pose for a ...
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Bringing Native dances to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Federal policies made it illegal for a Native person to dance in public 91 years ago. However, in 2025 a group of nine Indigenous dancers from across the United States and Canada are preparing to take ...
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Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions

WASHINGTON — Some of the country’s most prestigious colleges are enrolling record numbers of low-income students — a growing admissions priority in the absence of affirmative action. America’s top ...
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Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican are now at a Canadian museum

Paul Irngaut, Acting President of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., left to right, Duane Smith, Chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corp., Darrel Nasogaluak, Elder and Chair of Tuktoyaktuk Community Corp., ...
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The Navajo Nation said no to a hydropower project. Trump officials want to ensure tribes can’t do that again.

Early last year, the hydropower company Nature and People First set its sights on Black Mesa, a mountainous region on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. The mesa’s steep drop offered ideal terrain ...
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Economic shifts affecting holiday shopping in Indian Country

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Jean Roach, Mnicoujou Lakota, sells jewelry at the Black Hills Winter Market in Rapid City on Dec.
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Minnesota Native groups expand efforts to protect unhoused women

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Allison Haro, pictured Nov. 21, achieved sobriety and now works to provide services for relatives ...
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Georgia O’Keeffe’s views of the New Mexico desert will be preserved with conservation plan

SANTA FE, N.M. — A new conservation agreement will preserve land with breathtaking desert vistas that inspired the work of 20th century painter Georgia O’Keeffe and ensure visitors access to an ...
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Idaho partners with US Forest Service with goal to double timber sales

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Idaho plans to ramp up logging activity on U.S. Forest Service land through a new Shared ...
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North Arkansas’ Blanchard Springs Caverns set to become state park

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X From left: Deputy Regional Forester Mary Moore of the U.S. Forest Service; Arkansas Gov. Sarah ...
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Mni Sota Fund receives Bush Foundation grant, expanding support for economic self-determination

Andrea Reese, Mni Sota Fund’s interim executive director, told MPR News the organization is taking a holistic approach to money and personal finance that reflects Indigenous values Mni Sota Fund, a ...
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ICE detention center contract concerns lead to Kansas tribe firing employees

A tribe in Kansas is facing backlash after its economic development corporation, Prairie Band LLC, approved a $30 million contract to design an immigrant detention facility for the federal government.