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Native American Church Chapter Sues Bank for Racial and Religious Discrimination

An affiliated chapter of the Native American Church of North America (NACNA) is suing a bank in northern Wisconsin for racial and religious discrimination.

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Memorial University of Newfoundland's president to take leave amid controversy over Indigenous ancestry claim

The president of a Canadian university has apologized and is taking a leave of absence after allegations that she falsely claimed to be Indigenous, in the latest high-profile case of apparent cultural identity fraud.

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Indian Country leans into traditional knowledge to advance modern data needs

For my people, the Salish, when the Mission Valley on the Flathead Reservation is first blanketed with snow, a new cultural season is underway.

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The rights to a famed PSA of a crying Native American now held by an Indigenous group

Since its debut in 1971, an anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shed a single tear at the sight of smokestacks and litter taking over a once unblemished landscape has become an indelible piece of TV pop culture.

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Native Students at Michigan State University Know About Survival and Response to Trauma

. Since January, I’ve spent Tuesdays and Thursdays teaching in Berkey Hall, one of the buildings on Michigan State University’s campus where a gunman last Monday evening entered the university and killed three students and critically injured five others.

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