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Fueled by the demands of hard-right House Republicans, the federal government appears to be heading towards a shutdown at the end of the month, which marks the end of the federal government’s fiscal year. Every year, Congress is supposed to pass 12 different spending bills that fund the government once signed by the president. When there is a lack of progress and the deadline is near, sometimes Congress will pass a temporary extension called a continuing resolution that allows the feder...

Indigenous leaders and human rights advocates are making the long-imprisoned Native activist's freedom a 2024 election priority.

Indigenous leaders and human rights advocates are making the long-imprisoned Native activists freedom a 2024 election priority.

Today, 35 people were arrested and cited for violations in Washington, D.C., during a planned demonstration near the White House advocating for the release of Leonard Peltier from federal prison. The organized demonstration took place near Lafayette Square, a public park just north of the White House, bringing hundreds of supporters to push an organized message to President Biden to free Peltier from prison on his 79th birthday. “For 79 years, this warrior, a relative, our elder, walked...

A caravan that started in Western South Dakota is heading to Washington D.C. to demonstrate for the release of political prisoner Leonard Peltier near the White House on Tuesday, September 12, Peltier’s 79th birthday.

A study shows how forced relocation of Native Americans in the U.S. has moved them to lands more susceptible to climate change.

The new owners of NFL's Washington Commanders have found support from a Soros foundation-funded group that's been fighting to remove Native American images nationwide. Now, other groups are pushing back.

“You’ve become complicit in this injustice for Indian Country,” charged Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians.