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New York State Education Department Orders Schools to Lose the Native Mascots or Lose Funding

Roughly 60 school districts in the state of New York risk losing state aid should they not remove Native American imagery and namesake from their mascots or logos by the end of the school year, according to a new memo from James Baldwin, the senior deputy commissioner at the state’s education…

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New Map Ilustrates Catholic Sexual Abuse in Indian Country

Nearly half of all Jesuit priests and brothers credibly accused of sexual abuse against children or vulnerable adults in a ten-state region in the western United States over the past 70 years worked in Indian Country.

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VA Education Dept. Backtracks from Labeling Native Americans as “America’s First Immigrants”

he Virginia Department of Education is apologizing for a published draft of its history and social science standards that refers to the region's Native American ancestors as "America's first immigrants."

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Native American children’s protection against adoption by non-Indian families is before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments about the constitutionality of a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families.

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Native Voters’ Top Issues: Sovereignty, Healthcare & Women’s Right to Choose

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — When Native Americans vote in the 2022 midterm elections, many of their concerns mirror those of other Americans, with some key exceptions driven by their tribal identities.