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The Wrap: No more headdresses or facepaint Headlines for Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021 Author: Headlines for Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021 Lios enchim aniavu, relatives. Okay, here's what you need to know today: Washington Football Team bans headdresses, face paint Less than a month after the Washington Football Team announced that its new mascot wouldn’t have any connection to a Native-themed mascot, it banned headdresses and face paint from its football field. The team announced new stadium policies on Tuesday, and approved fan attire that doesn’t include “Native American inspired ceremonial head...

The Wrap: Protecting the Native vote Headlines for Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Author: Headlines for Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Anpetu Waste, relatives. Thanks for stopping by Indian Country Today’s digital platform. Each day we do our best to gather the latest news for you. Remember to scroll to the bottom to see what’s popping out to us on social media and what we’re reading. Okay, here's what you need to know today: Vice President Kamala Harris wants to protect the Native vote Native community leaders from across Indian Country met with Vice President Kamala Harris and Interior Secretary Deb ...

Chinook, Cayuse passes through Mt. Rainier National Park open Friday By Q13 News Staff Mountain passes in Mt. Rainier National Park (Photo courtesy WSDOT) MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK - SR-410 (Chinook Pass) and SR-123 (Cayuse Pass) through Mount Rainier National Park will reopen for the season by 8 a.m. Friday, May 28, in time for Memorial Day weekend.  According to the Washington State Department of Transportation, maintenance crews are in the final stages of clearing both roadways after a "robust winter snowpack." When the gates open, park visitors can travel Chinook Pass (elev. 5,430 fee...

By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily A group of University of Wyoming professors and students is researching an unusual belt of lava-formed rocks that stretches over 2,000 miles throughout North America, from Canada to Mexico. The igneous rock belt runs through Idaho, Montana, Nevada, southeast California and Arizona. One clue to the origin of the belt of igneous rocks is that the rocks chiefly formed 80 million to 50 million years ago, during a mountain-building event called the Laramide orogeny. “Geoscientists usually associate long belts of igneous rocks with chains of volcanoes at subducti...