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Removing the S-Word and Deb Haaland's Fierce Leadership

 In November 2009, Dennis Banks (Ojibwe), co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), and I were interviewed on a Michigan morning radio show in advance of an event scheduled for later that evening. 

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., administers the House oath of office to Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

For the first time in 230 years, Congress has full U.S. Indigenous representation

Rep. Mary Peltola's election to the U.S. House of Representatives made history in several ways.

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Native American Election Forum in Atlanta to Attract Sen. Raphael Warnock & Stacey Abrams

Four Directions Native Vote, a non-partisan Native American voting rights organization, is hosting a Native American election forum in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday and Tuesday.

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Queen Elizabeth’s Last Official Statement Was to the James Smith Cree Nation Expressing Her Condolences for Stabbing Attacks

Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch who served the United Kingdom for more than seven decades, passed away on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, her summer residence. Her death came two days after she swore in Prime Minister Liz Truss in what was her last official appearance.

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Mary Peltola, a Democrat, Defeats Sarah Palin in Alaska’s Special House Election

In an upset with the potential to reverberate nationally, Mary Peltola has won a special House election in Alaska, according to The Associated Press, and will finish the remaining f