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KU’s First Nations Student Association Hosts 33rd Annual Powwow & Indigenous Cultures Festival

LAWRENCE, Kan.

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After 350 years, the Rappahannock Tribe Gets Land Back

On Friday, the Rappahannock Tribe celebrated a historic win: the reacquisition of 465 acres of their ancestral homeland at Fones Cliffs, a sacred stretch of bluffs on the eastern side of the Rappahannock River in eastern Virginia.

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Native Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against South Dakota Hotel Whose Owner Who Said She Would Ban Native Americans

Hundreds of protestors marched in the streets and gathered outside a South Dakota courthouse Wednesday to celebrate the filing of a lawsuit against a Rapid City hotel whose owner said she would ban Native Americans from property. 

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Features First Indigenous Model, Ashley Callingbull

Thirty-two-year-old Ashley Callingbull has been the first many times: the first kid from her First Nations territory in in Alberta, Canada, to model professionally; the first Canadian and Indigenous women to win the Mrs.

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White House, Native Leaders Discuss Indigenous Sacred Sites

The White House wants to ​​to increase protection of and access to Indigenous sacred sites.