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Quinault Indian Nation and National Congress of American Indians president Fawn Sharp delivers the State of Indian Nations speech on Feb. 22. Credit: National Congress of American Indians screenshot Disparities faced by Native Americans a national disgrace, Quinault president says By The Quinault Indian Nation on the Olympic Peninsula is currently under three states of emergency. In addition to a pandemic that has taken lives and stifled the tribal economy, ocean waves breached...

State of Indian Nations address touches on problems of disrespect for tribal sovereignty and of missing and murdered Indigenous women, as well as new challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The state of Indian nations is strong, but the federal government still needs to "come to terms with the right of tribal Nations to chart their own course and their rightful place," a tribal leader said Monday.

Federal judge blocks sale, closure of Seattles National Archives building Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail Federal judge blocks sale of Seattles National ArchivesNational ArchivesShow MoreShow Less 2of3Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks as supporters of Washington State Initiative 1639, which will enact waiting periods and background checks on the purchase of semiautomatic weapons, increase the minimum age of semi-automatic weapon purchase from 18 to 21 and add class-C felony cha...

“She said her name was Deb Haaland,” Warren recalled. “I’d never heard of her.” Haaland was volunteering for the presidential campaign of a senator named Barack Obama, and she wanted Warren to travel to the Laguna Pueblo, the Native American enclave Haaland hailed from, to speak to locals about the election’s importance. When Warren arrived, he found potluck food and 20 people. Haaland apologized for the low  turnout. He waved her off, impressed by the unknown activists embrace...

Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images When President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, many tribal leaders took a wait-and-see approach, given his poor record on Indigenous affairs. Four years later, Indian Country has weathered a failed pandemic response, budget cuts and diminished environmental regulations. Over the span of his administration, many leadership positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Interior Department were left empty or filled by appoint...