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Homicide is the fourth-leading cause of death among Native American women between the ages of 1 and 19 years and the sixth-leading cause of death for ages 20 to 44, as of 2017 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The news does not cover these murders and the federal government (FBI) does not bother to investigate them. The U.S. Supreme Court determined that Native American Tribes were “domestic, dependent nations” and that the federal government’s laws would apply except where tribal law applied much like state law.

Old Fort Niagara will host its second annual smoke dance competition,

Two Native nations based in San Diego County are slated to receive money from a new, first-of-its-kind state program aimed at supporting efforts to return land across California to its original caretakers.

The Environmental Justice Clinic filed the brief on behalf of five federally recognized Montana tribes.

The nearly completed National Park Service visitor center on Lookout Mountain shares the Wabanaki story of the land and people.