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A railroad worker figured out how to send thousands of gallons of drinking water by rail from Mississippi to the Navajo Nation to alleviate the water crisis
Andrew Halter delivers water from Mississippi 1,200 miles via the railroad to families on the Navaj…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Washington state will alert the public to missing Indigenous people, and other states should follow, advocates say
"Now that we do have that moment of spotlight, what we need to do is get together and really let pe…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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2.2 million people in America live without access to running water and basic plumbing: report
While the Biden administration aims for universal broadband internet in the United States, some peo…
Hanna Kang
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In a scathing dissent, Neil Gorsuch compared the Navajo Nation's plight to the experience of 'any American who has spent time at the Department of Motor Vehicles'
Gorsuch's 26-page dissent in Arizona v. Navajo Nation was twice as long as the majority opinion wri…
Sonam Sheth
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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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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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The hard-hit Navajo Nation is relying on an international relief group to help fight the coronavirus
Doctors Without Borders is being deployed around the world to communities that have been "excluded …
Kelly McLaughlin
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The Navajo Nation's coronavirus infection and death rates are 10 times higher than Arizona's
Massive social, economic, and health disparities are exacerbating the coronavirus crisis in the Ind…
Isaac Scher
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I'm a member of the Navajo Nation, and my people are dying from the coronavirus. We're facing the virus head-on with limited access to healthcare and supplies.
Tyrone Whitehorse, of the Navajo Nation, writes that the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on his commu…
Tyrone Whitehorse
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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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Native American and Alaska Native tribes are supposed to receive $8 billion in COVID-19 relief, but they haven't seen a cent yet
Tribal governments say they need the funds to provide healthcare, protective gear, and meals to the…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A couple with their 6 dogs are traveling across the Navajo Nation in a van and rescuing puppies along the way
Chantal Wadsworth and Vernan Kee, who sleep in a trailer attached to the van, are reconnecting with…
Monica Humphries
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The Trump campaign is waging an all-out legal war to stop the expansion of vote-by-mail in 7 different states
Trump has challenged state efforts to make it easier to cast a ballot by mail, arguing without evid…
Connor Perrett
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Native Americans were promised $40 million to fight the coronavirus, but members of the Navajo Nation are afraid it's too little, too late
"When you look at the health disparities in Indian Country - high rates of diabetes, cancer, heart …
Isaac Scher,Isaac Scher
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The National Park Service is investigating a video that shows a park ranger using a Taser on a Native American man who strayed off a marked trail
Body camera footage shows a park ranger using a Taser on a man identified as Darrell House at Petro…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Kylie Jenner's luxury Utah vacation near Navajo Nation drew criticism as COVID-19 disproportionately affects Native American communities
Kylie Jenner faced criticism on social media for vacationing near the Navajo Nation while the terri…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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In the 1950s, thousands of Native American children were placed in Mormon homes for 'racial assimilation.' Now, experts fear an upcoming Supreme Court ruling could allow that to happen again.
In 1954, the Church of Latter-day Saints placed Navajo children in Mormon homes to teach them to be…
Yoonji Han
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A Kansas representative wore a traditional Navajo outfit to her swearing-in ceremony
Christina Haswood told Insider that wearing the outfit gave her strength and was a visual represent…
Celia Fernandez
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Navajo artist Emma Robbins is bringing tap water and solar power to hundreds of homes that never had it before
One in three homes on the Navajo Nation don't have running water. So Robbins is dropping off 275-ga…
Hilary Brueck
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How one Native American tribe is protecting itself from the coronavirus amid legal threats and funding delays from the US government
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is embroiled in a lawsuit with the government over highway checkpoin…