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The Wisconsin Lottery announced yesterday that a married couple from the Oneida Indian Reservation claimed a winning Powerball ticket worth $316.3 million, their half of the jackpot worth $632.6 million, shared with another winning ticket purchased in California. 

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On February 8, 1887, the Dawes Act, also known as the General Allotment Act, was passed by Congress. This Act ultimately allowed the Federal government to legally seize and break up tribal lands. This act was one of the pivotal pieces of the American Government’s attack on Native people and continuation of settler colonialism.

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Visitors to the recently opened First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City will soon be greeted by a bronze statue of one of Indian Country's leading female rocket scientists: Mary Golda Ross of the Cherokee Nation.

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Indian Country artist Walter Roy “Bunky” Echo-Hawk Jr. (Pawnee Nation/Yakama Nation) faces one criminal charge for allegedly inappropriately touching a minor, according to court documents obtained by Native News Online.

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The Michigan Indian legal community is mourning the passing of Jim Keedy, who served as the executive director of Michigan Indian Legal Services (MILS) for 30 years before his retirement in 2018. Keedy passed away from complications from COVID pneumonia this past Tuesday. Keedy was 69.

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WASHINGTON — In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country during the past week.

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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez met with New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, House Speaker Brian Egolf (D-Dist. 47), and state legislators at the New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M. on Friday.

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For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Labor included American Indians and Alaska Natives in its monthly jobs report that is released on the first Friday of each month. U.S. Dept. of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh spoke with Native News Online in an interview Friday morning, about the inclusion of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the monthly jobs report. Walsh noted the inclusion is the result of campaign promises made by President Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign.

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Austin Corbett is heading to the NFL’s biggest game playing with the Los Angeles Rams as they face the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, February 13. The 26-year-old is in his third season, currently second with the Rams, and plays a vital role for one of the NFL’s top offenses—he’s the starting right guard. He’s also a member of the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Nevada. And this is his first appearance in the Super Bowl.