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people moved into america, it was empty, and we are far from empty. >> one textbook picture of what a native american looks like and that is not how it is today. >> the common stereotypes. >> how? >> yeah, how. >> americans walk around on eggshells. like, what do we call you guys? we only want to have a seat at the table. we do not want anything more. you just dont want -- >> i would have to create space, opportunity for young people to know that there is hope. >> to most, this is the ...

Little Priest Tribal College in Winnebago says its student body and campus are growing - and so are its options for people to study in STEM fields. Little Priest has always offered some health and science courses, but college Vice President of Finance and Operations Mark Vasina said the two-year school is also creating pathways to higher education for its graduates. It has transfer agreements with several area colleges - in many cases, with free tuition for getting a bachelors degree - inclu...

Today is National Voter Registration Day, and in Montana, Indigenous advocates are working to register people and get out the vote. As part of its civic engagement initiative, Western Native Voice is encouraging Indigenous Americans to register to vote and cast a ballot in the next election ... and they are doing it via a drive-through voter registration effort in Billings. ...

As food-sovereignty efforts continue among Native American tribes, a South Dakota organization is bringing together stakeholders for a key brainstorming session. Around the U.S., many tribes are trying to reclaim access to their food systems. Its part of broader movements to revitalize various Indigenous practices and cultures, eroded under the weight of colonization. ...

By Natalie Pate for The Hechinger Report.Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for Oregon News Service reporting for The Hechinger Report-Public News Service Collaboration Jaeci Hall completed her dissertation in tears. She was writing about the importance of revitalizing and teaching Indigenous languages, specifically the Nuu-wee-ya’ language and her tribe’s dialects. “I spent months writing,” she said, “just crying while I wrote because of how i...

Certificate degree of indian blood, right? it shows -- >> i havent. >> i have one as well. they are still a car that shows what your name is and shows what tribal affiliation you are, and what degree of blood quantum you are. >> amber, with your -- indian blood theres, like, several different tribes listed. how do you make sense of your indigenous identity? >> its really just the way that i was raised. and i definitely relate to, like, what janee said, even the experience of your mom because i d...

A groundbreaking free-tuition program has administrators determining who qualifies. It’s harder than it looks.

Executive directors of nonprofits oversee the work being carried out by the various departments within their organizations

By KEN MILLER Associated Press

Leaders and representatives of five Oklahoma-based tribes have told a U.S. Senate committee they have followed treaties and court rulings regarding the citizenship of Freedmen and that the federal government should respect their sovereignty