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Biden administration plans to tee up offshore wind across the nation’s coastlines
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Biden set to deny approval for mining company’s road through Alaskan wilderness: The Biden administration will deny federal approval to a metallurgical mining ...
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Stitt, Holt condemn hate in OKC bombing remembrance event: 'We must each be ambassadors of kindness'
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Clark County history: Gen. Harney, former Vancouver commander, remembered today as a brutal racist
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Quick Glance: Gen. Harney: A Brutal Racist Commander in Vancouver
- Gen. William S. Harney was brutal, racist, opportunistic, and temperamental, nearly starting a war with Great Britain while commanding Vancouver Barracks prior to the Civil War.
- Harney was well-known for his flaws, including his hair-trigger temper, lofty ambitions, and exploitation of connections.
- Throughout his career, he led a controversial life, from court-martials and mistreatment to massacres of indigenous people and the death of slaves.
- His controversial practices and behavior eventually led President James Buchanan in 1860 to task Gen. Winfield Scott with relieving Harney of his command.
Big Oil suddenly likes Joe Biden and his 'pragmatic approach': The industry isn't getting everything it wants — but more than it had expected when Biden was ...
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Biden administration bars drilling in Colorado’s Thompson Divide landscape: The Biden administration on Wednesday barred drilling and mining in a Colorado ...
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Montana Supreme Court Strikes Down 4 'Unconstitutional' Voting Laws Passed by GOP
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Tribes from Alaska to Wisconsin will get millions of dollars for clean energy projects. Here’s how they’ll roll out
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The soul behind Colorado's Dead Mexican Gulch: The spot where a sheepherder fell a century ago, over time, came to be known as Dead Mexican Gulch ...
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America's newest national park honors 'painful chapter' in history: Amache National Historic Site is now designated as the newest national park ...
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Interior's Deb Haaland announces $18M to ensure native seeds amid climate change - UPI.com
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Tribal nations often can’t access their own water. A new Colorado institute wants to help.
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How a ruling on a disputed wind farm on the Osage Reservation served as a wake-up call
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Newest national park preserves history of WWII Japanese internment camp in Colorado
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An Eastern North Carolina attraction will be overhauled with money from bipartisan law
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Two Native American boys died at a boarding school in the 1890s. Now, the tribe wants them home
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Army Refuses To Return Indigenous Boys' Remains: The Winnebago have sued to force the military to comply with a longstanding law requiring the U.S ...
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California banned a slur from geographic place names. Fresno County won't let go: Native Americans won state backing to ban a term used to denigrate Native women ...
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Biden to sign executive order improving tribal access to federal funds: President Biden is set to sign an executive order Wednesday aimed at making it easier for ...
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Quick Glance: Biden to Sign Order for Simplifying Federal Funding for Native Americans
- President Joe Biden will sign an order during a tribal nations summit to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have more autonomy in its use.
- The order creates a central hub for Native American tribes to find and request federal funding, and urges federal agencies to ensure the funds are accessible and fair.
- The administration also plans to announce over 190 agreements allowing tribes to manage federal lands, waters, and resources, and a new study to better interpret and portray Native American history.
- New rules simplify requirements for museums and federal agencies to identify items for repatriation.
U.S. touts new era of collaboration with Native American tribes to manage public lands
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Sometimes overlooked by campaigns, Native voters could decide major elections in 2024
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Sometimes overlooked by campaigns, Native voters could decide major elections in 2024
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Biden administration announces 15 new renewable energy projects on public lands: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the advancement of 15 new renewable ...
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$10 billion renewable energy project paused over concerns for Native American historic sites
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How Abigail Echo-Hawk Uses Indigenous Data to Close the Equity Gap: The public health researcher Abigail Echo-Hawk is a leading voice in a movement to empower ...
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How the Catawbas will spend $4.8 million in federal money: ‘Heal our land and river’
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A new name for Colorado's Crestone Peak?: For more than 100 years, federal officials have held onto the name of Kit Carson to denote one of Colorado's ...
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Haaland announces 15 clean energy projects in the West - UPI.com: The Interior Department has announced 15 new renewable energy projects across the West ...
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A new name for Colorado's Crestone Peak?: For more than 100 years, federal officials have held onto the name of Kit Carson to denote one of Colorado's ...
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States Opposed Tribes’ Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself.
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No. 2 Interior official announces departure: Interior Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau, the No. 2 official at the department, will leave the Biden administration ...
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Colorado refines a different natural resource: Colorado needs to plug orphaned oil and gas wells, which add to the climate crisis. Businesses and the federal ...
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Mount Evans renamed Mount Blue Sky: Federal geographic naming board makes it official
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Mount Evans, named for disgraced Colorado territorial governor, officially has a new name
denverpost.com/2023/09/15/colorado-mount-evans-mount-blue-sky-name-change-approval/
First lady Jill Biden learns about Menominee Nation's sustainable forestry: The first lady also attended a women's empowerment summit at the College of Menominee ...
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Opinion | Biden Freezes Alaskan Oil: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland relies on ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ as a legal justification to block drilling. No joke.
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Tribal nations face less accurate, more limited 2020 census data because of privacy methods
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Ada Deer, tireless advocate for Native American rights, dies at 88: While campaigning for tribal self-determination, she became the first woman to lead the ...
washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/08/21/ada-deer-dead/
History buffs touring Pennsylvania often visit Gettysburg and Valley Forge. But an often overlooked site that exposes a much less known and yet essential part ... Show more
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s charged mission of healing: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is the first Native person to oversee a department once charged with ...
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/07/17/deb-haaland-road-to-healing/
Chinamans Canyon should be renamed, state board recommends: The 2.2-mile-long valley in Las Animas County carrying the derogatory "Chinaman" term ...
denverpost.com/2023/08/18/chinamans-canyon-las-animas-toisan-colorado-geographic-naming-board/
Ada Deer, prominent Native American leader in Wisconsin, dies at 88: Deer was a trailblazer in every sense of the word, living a life filled with firsts and ...
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Gov. Tony Evers proclaims 'Ada Deer Day' for prominent Menominee leader: She led the movement to restore federal recognition status for the Menominee tribe.
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Paid articlePaid Supreme Court Keeps Navajo Nation Waiting for Water: Decades of negotiations between the tribe and Arizona over water rights have proven fruitless ...
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Quick Glance: Navajo Nation Still Waiting for Water After Supreme Court Decision
- More than 150 years after treaties were signed, the Navajo Nation struggles to secure their water rights.
- The case held the potential to change how tribes secure their water rights.
- The Supreme Court denied the Navajo Nation's request to access their water rights.
- Other tribes in the Colorado River Basin face similar water rights battles.
How do Minnesota lakes get their names?: Minnesota has more than 200 Mud Lakes, though state and federal guidelines discourage duplicate monikers.
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US Interior Secretary Haaland reflects on tenure and tradition amid policy challenges
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Paid articlePaid Biden administration provides greater flexibility to protect endangered species: The Biden administration is providing greater flexibility for the Fish and ...
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US has fraught history with Native adoption. Enter the Supreme Court.: What is the best interest of the child? That’s the question at the core of every child ...
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Paid articlePaid What to know about the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act
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US Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in water rights case: Indigenous community had sought to assess water needs amid historic drought in the Colorado ...
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'Huge Win for Tribes' as US Supreme Court Preserves Indian Child Welfare Act
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Voting rights advocates welcomed a Supreme Court win. But the fight isn't over: An unexpected U.S. Supreme Court ruling has upheld a key section of the Voting ...
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Supreme Court upholds Native American adoption law : The Supreme Court upheld a landmark federal adoption law that seeks to keep Native American children with ...
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Quick Glance: US Supreme Court Confirms Preference for Native Americans in Adoption
- Barrett affirms Congress' broad power in rejecting challenges.
- The US Supreme Court dismissed a sweeping challenge to a 1978 law that gives preferential treatment to Native Americans in adopting and fostering American Indian children.
- By a 7-2 vote, the court declared that Congress has extensive authority over Native American affairs, rejecting claims that the Indian Child Welfare Act violates state authority under the Constitution.
Protest derails planned celebration of 20-year ban on oil drilling near Chaco national park
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The Surprising Reason Neil Gorsuch Has Been So Good on Native Rights: Gorsuch concludes that if we had only stuck with the “the Constitution’s original design ...
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Washington state renames five more geographic features to remove slur: The U.S. Department of the Interior established a process to review and replace geographic ...
oregonlive.com/environment/2023/06/washington-state-renames-five-more-geographic-features-to-remove-slur.html
Biden cabinet official Haaland visits Kansas as White House promotes economic record
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The remains of five Native American children who died at an Indigenous boarding school are being returned to their tribes over a century later
cnn.com/2023/06/04/us/native-american-children-remains-returned/
Biden orders 20-year ban on oil, gas drilling around tribal site in New Mexico: The action Friday by Secretary of the Interior Haaland is intended to protect ...
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Interior Dept. Announces 20-Year Halt on New Oil and Gas Leasing at Chaco Canyon: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Friday new oil and gas leases will not ...
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Biden administration bars oil and gas drilling within 10 miles of Chaco Canyon: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced new protections Friday for New Mexico’s ...
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Cultural pride: Native American high school grads ask to wear regalia: Native American students often wear tribal regalia at graduations to signify community ...
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Paid articlePaid Native American high school graduate sues school district after she says she wasn’t allowed to wear sacred eagle feather at graduation
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At graduations, Native American students seek acceptance of tribal regalia: A bill vetoed earlier this month by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican ...
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Swastika Mountain is renamed Mount Halo in honor of a historical tribal leader: The mountain in Oregon and a nearby town, no longer in existence ...
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Swastika Mountain is renamed Mount Halo in honor of a historical tribal leader: The mountain in Oregon and a nearby town, no longer in existence ...
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The world now has a fifth ocean: The Southern Ocean joins the club. National Geographic has officially recognized the Southern Ocean.
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National Park board appoints first Native American member: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland reestablished the board with 15 new appointees—including a ...
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Haaland defends Willow, says U.S. won't end oil drilling: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her department's approval of the contentious Willow oil project ...
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The strange, fun and fascinating stories behind Bay Area city names: With lots of "San" and "Santa" names in the Bay Area ...
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Remains of Nearly 5,000 Native Americans Will Be Returned, U.S. Says: The Tennessee Valley Authority excavated the remains as it built dams, and it later gave ...
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Three bills heading to governor would be wins for Colorado’s Asian, Native American communities
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Haaland criticized over ‘difficult’ choice on Willow project: WASHINGTON (AP) — In early March, President Joe Biden met with members of Alaska's bipartisan ...
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Colorado moves to protect Native American students' right to wear traditional regalia
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US to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds: DENVER (AP) — U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under ...
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Echoing Climate TikTok, Al Gore Says Biden OK of Willow Would Be 'Recklessly Irresponsible'
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Biden Proposes First Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Lease Sales: Clean energy advocates on Wednesday applauded an announcement from U.S. Interior Secretary Deb ...
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15 Native American tribes to receive $580 million in federal money for water rights settlement
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US moves to protect Minnesota wilderness from planned mine: ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Biden administration moved Thursday to protect northeastern Minnesota's ...
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Colorado's Mount Evans name change hits mysterious snag in final hour: The renaming of Colorado’s Mount Evans was abruptly halted Thursday just as the ...
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