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WATCH: A nearly 1,000-year-old Native American canoe discovered by a group of 13-year-old boys was excavated from a North Carolina lake
A Columbus County court clerk said his children found the canoe while they were playing near a pier…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Scientists found a massive lithium deposit inside an ancient US volcano that could be a game-changer for American clean energy but spell disaster for Native Americans
The new findings could translate to more than 132 million tons of lithium on US soil, which helps m…
Rebecca Cohen,Jessica Orwig
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Government-run boarding schools were founded to 'civilize' Native Americans. Hundreds of dead children remain buried in the schoolyard graves.
Thousands of students were sent to the schools, where their languages and cultures were forbidden. …
Kelsey Vlamis,Morgan Keith
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EPA plans to withdraw a Trump-era rule that gave the state of Oklahoma power over environmental issues on tribal lands
Oklahoma Tribal nations criticized the EPA for not consulting with them when making the decision in…
Kelsey Vlamis
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The owner of a South Dakota hotel said she was banning Native people. Tribal leaders quickly issued the hotel a trespassing notice, citing an 1868 treaty.
The owner of the hotel, located in the Black Hills, said "the problem is we do not know the nice on…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A Native American woman experiencing homelessness said a Denver basic income program allowed her to pay her bills and attend college
The program helped one recipient move into an apartment and buy books for school.
Yoonji Han
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A man born in Japan where tipping is rude — is part of a growing number of Americans rejecting tipping in the US
Ken Ozeki shared his thoughts on not tipping in the US, influenced by high prices, digital register…
Jane Ridley
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Christopher Columbus statue in Rhode Island that was removed after protests in 2020 quietly finds a new home. 'It's American history,' the mayor said.
A Christopher Columbus statue in Rhode Island that was vandalized during the 2020 racial justice pr…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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An 18th-century Indigenous cemetery in Texas is back in tribe's hands
The Presidio City Council voted to transfer the land back into the hands of the Lipan Apache Tribe …
Rebecca Cohen
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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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Johnson & Johnson and 3 major drug distributors to pay $590 million settlement to Native American tribes that were impacted by opioid epidemic
According to a 2020 Washington Post analysis, Native Americans are 50% more likely to die from an o…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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I'm African American and my wife is half-Filipina. We took a DNA test to help us decide what to name our children.
Cedric and Charlotte Thompson decided to learn more about their ancestry before naming their childr…
Yoonji Han
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Native teens are nearly 4 times as likely to commit suicide. Tribes suing Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snapchat say social media addiction fuels the problem.
Two tribal nations brought lawsuits this week against social-media companies, saying they are worse…
Kelsey Vlamis
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An angry parent punched a Connecticut school board member in the face during a contentious meeting over a Native American mascot
Cell phone footage shows Mark Finocchiaro slug Glastonbury school board member Ray McFall after McF…
Erin Snodgrass
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I'm an American who's lived in Germany for 14 years. I'm mostly content, but life here hasn't been perfect.
I'm an American who moved to Germany 14 years ago and am raising a kid here. Living in Germany has …
Sabrina Cooper
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A historic Texas ranch on the market for $180 million has been devastated by wildfires, owners say
80% of Turkey Track Ranch, on sale for $180M, was destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, its owner…
Joshua Zitser
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Sitting Bull's great-grandson says he always knew his ancestry but some historians would say 'you cannot trust the Natives' oral history'
Ernie LaPointe told Insider that he hopes the DNA confirmation of his ancestry will help his effort…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A Philadelphia school will return the skeletal remains of a Native American man that were discovered in a classroom closet
"This is part of the story of early medicine around the world where the deceased entered collection…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A group of giant mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago just became the US' newest World Heritage Site take a closer look
On September 19, UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) adde…
Gabbi Shaw
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Sisters of Sacheen Littlefeather, an Apache activist who refused an Oscar on Marlon Brando's behalf, say she wasn't actually Native American: report
"It's a lie," Sacheen Littlefeather's sister, Trudy Orlandi told The San Francisco Chronicle. "My f…