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The bicameral Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act to replace Columbus Day as a federal holiday and designate the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day has been reintroduced in Congress.
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In the early morning hours of Sept. 23, the Sanford Bemidji Medical Center’s emergency department called the Bemidji Police Department to report suspicions of a sexual assault against an 11-year-old girl.
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Eliot Neal has been named as the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Person Assistant United States Attorney for the Southwest Regions (MMIP AUSA) encompassing New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and Arizona.
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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 National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) named Geoffrey Blackwell (Chickasaw, Choctaw, Omaha, and Muscogee Creek) as the organization’s new general counsel and chief of staff. The annoucment was made through an press release on Thursday.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) died at her Washington D.C. on Thursday night. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, she was at the time of her death the longest serving and oldest senator in the 118th Congress. Sen. Feinstein cast her last vote on Thursday. She was 90 years old.
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With less than three hours to spare, the U.S. Senate voted by a 88-9 margin shortly after 9 p.m. - EDT on Saturday night for a 45-day extension to fund the federal government through a continuing resolution (H.R. 5860). The legislation will be sent to the White House for President Joe Biden's signature which will avert the federal shutdown that has been looming in recent days. U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a Cherokee, the only Native American in the Senate for in favor of the bill.
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TOMAH, Wisc, — Several survivors who attended the Tomah Indian Industrial School in Tomah, Wisconsin and others gathered on Friday, September 29, 2023, to commemorate an annual observance called "Orange Shirt Day." The commemoration holds significant meaning to tribal citizens who attended boarding schools decades ago.
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On Friday afternoon, tribal leaders from throughout Indian Country were bracing for a partial government shutdown that loomed large after the Republican-led House of Representatives failed to pass a partisan, short-term spending bill with only 36 hours before the 2023 federal fiscal year ends at the end of the day on September 30.
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