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The Choctaw Nation is giving its members $2,000 apiece in universal basic income from stimulus funds. Other tribes are trying similar things.
The Choctaw, Navajo, Cherokee, and Osage tribes all unveiled direct-payment plans. Their announceme…
Ben Winck
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Irish people are returning a 173-year-old favor by donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to a fundraiser helping Native American tribes
Organizers raising funds for Navajo Nation and Hopi Nation said donations have flooded in from the …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Climate change forced an Indigenous community in Louisiana to relocate from their ancestral land: 'I will always have a feeling of being displaced'
For generations, the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe called the Isle de Jean Charles home. Due to c…
Isaiah Reynolds
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During WWII, Native American code talkers used Navajo language to create an unbreakable code that helped America win the war
Native Americans were told to stop speaking their language for years. But 400 Navajos used it to cr…
Yoonji Han
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A Georgia elementary school removes assignment instructing students to write a letter as 'an American settler' to Andrew Jackson in favor of removing Indigenous people from their land
Students were told to write to President Andrew Jackson as a settler explaining why "removing the C…
Katie Balevic
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1,000 year-old Native American carvings of mysterious giant humanoids discovered on the ceiling of an Alabama cave
The only way to see the unique carvings was to digitally "stand back" from the low cave ceiling by …
Marianne Guenot
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Fox News host Jesse Watters defends Native American 'battlefield' comments: 'Not all fights are fair'
"It wasn't even the main point, but the history of the world is a clash of civilizations," Watters …
Jake Lahut
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Supreme Court rules that a large portion of Eastern Oklahoma is Native American territory
In a 5-4 decision, the Court ruled that much of Eastern Oklahoma is a Native American reservation f…
Grace Panetta
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More than 200 Cherokee and other Native Americans call on Elizabeth Warren to renounce her family claim to Native ancestry in the wake of her disastrous DNA test
Individuals who wish to join the Cherokee Nation must complete a rigorous application process and p…
Kayla Epstein
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Women reflect on the historic moment Kamala Harris took the oath of office as the first Black, Asian-American and female US vice president
Insider asked readers to share what it was like watching the historic moment Kamala Harris was swor…
Kristie-Valerie Hoang,Kayla E…
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The last Confederate troops to surrender in the Civil War were Native American - here's how they ended up fighting for the South
Wounded Native Americans pictured in The Wilderness on Marye's Height at the Battle of Fredericks…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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The Trump administration has quietly cut more than $213 million from teen pregnancy prevention programs
An HHS spokesperson confirmed the cuts in funding to Reveal but did not elaborate on the reasons fo…
Veronika Bondarenko
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Here's what all 50 state names really mean
Rhode Island: It is thought that Dutch explorer Adrian Block named modern Block Island (a part of R…
Christina Sterbenz
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Here's What All 50 State Names Really Mean
Rhode Island: It is thought that Dutch explorer Adrian Block named modern Block Island (a part of R…
Christina Sterbenz
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This horrifying story will make you question whether Andrew Jackson should be on the $20 bill
In 1818, Jackson almost risked a war with Spain for the purposes of real-estate speculation. The ge…
Marcus Baram
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These 1,429 US Towns Could Be Destroyed By Rising Sea Levels
Florida — Acacia Villas, Alva, Anna Maria, Apalachicola, Apollo Beach, Aripeka, Astor, Atlantic Bea…