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Fort Belknap President Jeffrey Stiffarm called the ruling “another attempt to dilute the sovereignty of Indian nations,” and a “slap in the face.”

“The Supreme Court’s decision today is an attack on tribal sovereignty and the hard-fought progress of our ancestors to exercise our inherent sovereignty over our own territories,” said National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp.

‘We would have no problem if we had…just tribal governments’

Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby has been named among nine people to be inducted this year into the National Native American Hall of Fame.

Justice Sunshine Suzanne Sykes is only the seventh Indigenous federal judge ever seated

Indian Country headlines for Monday, April 18, 2022

The nations highest court is once again entering a season of significant change with major Indian law cases on the docket and a historic nominee nearing confirmation.

The Department of the Interior is moving forward with removing and replacing a derogatory term for Indigenous women used for decades across the US, the department said Tuesday.

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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued an order declaring "squaw" derogatory in November.