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WASHINGTON — In one of her first public appearances since narrowly losing to President-elect Donald Trump by 1.5% last month, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to hundreds of tribal leaders and other attendees at the White House Tribal Nations Summit in Washington, D.C. on Monday. The vice president told the crowd the future is bright.
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U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) applauded the Senate passage of the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024, which included provisions of her bill, the Enhancing Native Elders’ Longevity, Dignity, Empowerment, and Respect (Native ELDER) Act. Co-sponsored by Senator Tina Smith (D-MN, the Native ELDER Act will improve federal programs and services for Alaska Native, American Indian, and Native Hawaiian Elders. The legislation now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.
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The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians recently donated $25,000 to the Central Coast Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots campaign, marking the 21st consecutive year the tribe has supported the nonprofit’s mission to provide toys to economically disadvantaged children during the holiday season.
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Family affected by the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Crisis feel lackluster media coverage influences how cases are perceived by the public and pursued by law enforcement. That’s according to new guidelines released by the federal government this week on best practices for media coverage of MMIP.
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In this episode of Native Bidaské, Levi Rickert, editor of Native News Online, sits down with Robert Maxim, a tribal citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and a fellow at Brookings, to unpack the recently released Brookings Report on Indian Boarding Schools.
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On Monday, Speaker Crystalyne Curley visited the homesite of Navajo veteran John Draper, 61, who will soon receive a new home after a 15-year wait on the housing list.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is calling on U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to listen to the broad coalition of New Mexicans who are calling to protect the invaluable cultural and natural resources in the Caja del Rio by designating a new national monument before President Joe Biden’s term ends in January.
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WASHINGTON — On Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden received a standing ovation from tribal leaders at the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit in Washington, D.C. As part of the welcome, he was presented with a Native blanket by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) and Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Indian Community).
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