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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 the village of Taholah’s seawall in January. The resulting flooding forced much of the Quina...

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 Seattle's National Archives building Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail Federal judge blocks sale of Seattle's 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 charges for any owner whose gun is used by an unlicensed party, gather at the Edgewater Hotel, Tuesda...

“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 activist's embrace of grassroots politics and tireless work ethic. Fast forward since then and the number of people ...