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WASHINGTON — A big moment for Indian Country came on Tuesday, duirng Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing to become an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) questioned Judge Jackson about her knowledge of tribal sovereignty.
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Houston Cougars’ head basketball coach, Kelvin Sampson, is poised to lead his team to the second NCAA’s Final Four for the second straight year. Coach Sampson is a tribal citizen of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
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Hundreds of protestors marched in the streets and gathered outside a South Dakota courthouse Wednesday to celebrate the filing of a lawsuit against a Rapid City hotel whose owner said she would ban Native Americans from property.
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WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior said today it is working with states to formally designate Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) in New Mexico as voter registration agencies under the National Voter Registration Act.
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Indian Country artist Walter Roy “Bunky” Echo-Hawk Jr. (Pawnee Nation/Yakama Nation) appeared in court in Pawnee County, Oklahoma last Tuesday, March 15, for his preliminary hearing announcement date. He faces a criminal charge of lewd or indecent acts to children under 16.
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge with his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are visiting the Caribbean. Their first stop was Belize, where they met with Mopan Maya chocolatier and cacao farmer Julio Saqui and his Che'il [Wild] Mayan Chocolate business.
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She also wrote that she "can’t tell who is a bad Native or a good Native.”
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Tributes for long-term Rep. Don Young (R-AK), who served as Alaska’s congressman for almost 50 years came in over the weekend. Rep. Young, 88, passed away on Friday with his wife Anne at his side.
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A Native American student in the first-grade had his long hair forcibly cut off by two other students while attending school at Del City Elementary in Oklahoma.
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