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Thank you for your donation and support of our Indigenous-led newsroom. I launched Native News Online in Feb. 2011 with the belief that everyone in Indian Country deserves equal access to news and commentary pertaining to them, their relatives and their communities. We have grown over the years, but our goal has always been to make sure that the news on our website is free — and we want to keep it that way, for all readers.  

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