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The Democratic National Committee’s Resolutions Committee unanimously approved a resolution this week asking President Biden to consider clemency for Leonard Peltier. The American Indian Movement (AIM) activist has been in prison for 46 years after being convicted for aiding and abetting the 1975 murders of two FBI agents in South Dakota.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Thousands gathered along the shores of the Grand River at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids, Mich. to celebrate at the Grand Valley American Indian Lodge Powwow 61st Annual Traditional Powwow.
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WASHINGTON — Here is this week's roundup of news and policy updates from Washington, D.C. that affect Indian Country.
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OAKLAND— At a press conference yesterday, the city of Oakland announced its plans to return five acres of city land to Indigenous stewardship. The city will host hearings to consider transferring the land to the East Bay Ohlone Tribe, Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation and Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, an Indigenous women-led group based in the San Francisco area.
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Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch who served the United Kingdom for more than seven decades, passed away on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, her summer residence. Her death came two days after she swore in Prime Minister Liz Truss in what was her last official appearance. She was 96.
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At a press conference this afternoon, leaders of the James Cree Nation spoke publicly for the first time about the mass murder of 10 people on and near the reservation in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Myles Sanderson, the primary suspect in the stabbing spree on James Cree Nation that left 10 people dead and 19 injured over the weekend, died in police custody Wednesday afternoon, Canadian law-enforcement officials have reported.
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The University of Alabama has more than 10,000 Native American human remains in its possession, according to a federal notice published by the National Park Service last week.
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WASHINGTON — The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona have been awarded $7.8 million in funding from The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA).
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