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Author: BY THE NEW YORK TIMES - Publish Date: November 16, 2021 at 02:02AM President Biden outlined initiatives aimed at improving public safety, health, education and justice for Native Americans. These initiatives included blocking new oil and gas leases within 10 miles of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, a culturally significant Native American site.

Author: BY MARK WALKER - Publish Date: November 14, 2021 at 01:56AM The federal government allowed a stockpile of spent fuel on a Minnesota reservation to balloon even as a dam project whittled down the amount of livable land.

Author: BY MARK WALKER - Publish Date: November 4, 2021 at 02:50AM Seventeen members of Congress said they believed it was within President Biden’s authority to revoke Medals of Honor “when appropriate.”

Author: BY MARIA CRAMER - Publish Date: October 30, 2021 at 12:27AM Ernie LaPointe, the great-grandson of the leader Tatanka Iyotake, said he hoped the DNA confirmation would bolster his campaign to move the chief’s remains.

Author: BY MARK WALKER AND CHRIS CAMERON - Publish Date: October 8, 2021 at 11:29PM The shift comes as the Biden administration pressures Native tribes in Oklahoma to desegregate their constitutions to comply with treaty obligations.

Author: BY JENNIFER SCHUESSLER - Publish Date: October 6, 2021 at 11:49PM Shelly C. Lowe, a scholar of higher education, would be the first Native American to lead the agency.

Author: BY PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN - Publish Date: October 5, 2021 at 12:48AM Alan Michelson, a Mohawk artist, explores long-ignored aspects of American history and exploitation of Indigenous landscapes. His work at MoMA PS1 fuses modern media and Native song.

Author: BY ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ - Publish Date: September 17, 2021 at 12:00AM The cave, which sold for $2.2 million in St. Louis on Tuesday, is considered a sacred site by members of the Osage Nation. A tribal leader called the sale “heartbreaking.”

Author: BY ZACHARY SMALL - Publish Date: August 6, 2021 at 11:27PM Changes to U.S. regulations would seek to eliminate red tape that has delayed the return of burial remains and sacred objects held by museums and other institutions.

Author: BY ROSS DOUTHAT - Publish Date: July 11, 2021 at 01:30AM Americans should learn the whole truth about our history. But it still makes sense to start with heroism and inspiration.

Author: BY CHRISTINE HAUSER AND ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ - Publish Date: June 24, 2021 at 01:24AM Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a new initiative that would delve into the records of the federal schools to which Native American children were forcibly relocated for 150 years.

Author: BY TRACEY TULLY - Publish Date: June 18, 2021 at 01:45AM A New Jersey school district, criticized for renaming the day for Indigenous people, eliminated the names of all holidays. It might undo that, too.

Author: BY MATT FURBER, HIROKO TABUCHI AND CORAL DAVENPORT - Publish Date: June 8, 2021 at 12:04AM The Line 3 pipeline would carry oil from Canada across Minnesota, crossing sensitive waterways as well as tribal lands. On Monday, protesters gathered to try to stop construction.

Author: BY TED LOOS - Publish Date: May 21, 2021 at 04:00PM It took a curator of Native Arts to bring two Indigenous artists together, but their works involve the contributions of many others.

Author: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Publish Date: March 16, 2021 at 08:54AM The Senate approved Representative Deb Haaland of New Mexico to lead the Interior Department, making her the first Native American to lead a cabinet agency.

Author: BY DAVID WALDSTEIN AND MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT - Publish Date: December 14, 2020 at 08:14AM The decision comes amid a wider push for sports teams to stop using Native American names and imagery as team names and mascots.

Author: BY PHOEBE LETT - Publish Date: November 29, 2020 at 11:03AM Expand your understanding of Native history issues beyond the fourth Thursday of November. Here are some Indigenous podcasters recommending their favorite Native-made audio.

Author: BY JACK HEALY - Publish Date: September 8, 2020 at 02:00PM Enslaved people were also driven west along the Trail of Tears. After a historic Supreme Court ruling, their descendants are fighting to be counted as tribal members.

Author: BY GINA KOLATA AND TOMÁS KARMELO AMAYA - Publish Date: August 13, 2020 at 02:00PM As the coronavirus spread on the Fort Apache reservation in Arizona, medical teams sought out residents who might have been exposed. The effort paid off in unexpected ways.

Author: BY FLORENCE FABRICANT - Publish Date: August 11, 2020 at 07:29AM The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation has just released a new offering under its Séka Hills label.