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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 recently.
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The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) alum and faculty mentor Tommy Orange (Cheyenne and Arapaho) has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow.
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The International Indian Treaty Council will host its annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day sunrise gathering on Monday, October 13, 2025.
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Amidst the federal partial shutdown, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm William “Billy” Kirkland (Navajo) to serve as the 15th Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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In the weeks leading up to the shutdown, tribal nations campaigned hard — though with mixed results — to ensure that the federal government continued to fulfill its treaty obligations.
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Margaret Wickens Pearce, a cartographer and Clark University alumna, has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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The White House on Thursday released a presidential proclamation designating Monday, October 13, 2025, as Columbus Day. In the statement, President Donald J. Trump praised the 15th-century explorer as “the original American hero” and “a giant of Western civilization.”
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How do generations of story, struggle, and spirit shape what it means to survive? This Friday, October 10 at 12 p.m. ET, Native Bidaské host Levi Rickert sits down with Julian Brave NoiseCat to explore his forthcoming book, We Survived the Night, a deeply personal narrative of identity, memory, and reclamation.
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The Association on American Indian Affairs (the Association) has announced the release of Strengthening the Circle: Collaborating with Native Nations to Support Native Youth, a groundbreaking guidebook designed for state and local youth justice practitioners working with Native youth. This new resource offers practical strategies for identifying Native youth, building respectful partnerships with Native Nations, and embedding culturally grounded support within youth justice systems.
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