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The inability to provide a proper burial is a familiar atrocity for tribes across the U.S., where the push to correct those injustices has found renewed energy since the 2021 discovery of mass graves

This is the KGOU PM NewsBrief for Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.

This is the KGOU AM NewsBrief for Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.

A district court judge in Pawnee county said there was probable cause for the case against Walter Roy "Bunky" Echo-Hawk Jr. to move forward after he was arrested last year and charged with one count of lewd or indecent acts to a child under the age of 16 and one count of producing, distributing and possessing juvenile pornography.

The remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans are held by prestigious U.S. institutions, despite a 1990 law meant to return them to tribal nations. Here’s how the ancestors were stolen — and how tribes are working to get them back.

On-campus events this week include a cooking lesson, Indigenous Peoples Day events, and a spooky Shakespeare show. By Lauren Hill

No Hawaiian has done as much repatriation work as Edward Halealoha Ayau, who has been bringing back Native Hawaiian human remains for more than 30 years, battling foreign and domestic institutions, including Bishop Museum, along the way. But his fiercest opposition has been from other Native Hawaiians.

Tribal leaders from Arizona and across the country will have direct access to advising the U.S. Department of the Interior for the first time in history with the creation of a tribal advisory panel.

Tribal leaders from Arizona and across the country will have direct access to advising the U.S. Department of the Interior for the first time in history with the creation of a tribal advisory panel.

Secretary Deb Haaland announced the launch of the first-ever Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC).