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missing Native Americans, task force,
Nov 29, 2023

New Mexico creates new council to address cases of missing and slain Native Americans

New Mexico is creating a new advisory council that will be charged with implementing a state plan for responding to cases of missing or slain Native Americans, with top state officials vowing Tuesday that the work will lead to more people being found and families gaining closure.

Native Americans, boarding schools, Arizona, Canada, map
Aug 30, 2023

Legacy of Native American boarding schools comes into view through new interactive map

A group focused on shedding more light on the troubled legacy of boarding schools where Indigenous children were stripped of their culture and language as part of assimilation efforts released a new interactive map that includes dozens of additional schools in the U.S. and Canada.

Indian Child Welfare Act, Supreme Court, Indigenous, tribes, Native American families, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, National Indian Child Welfare Association, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Arizona, Indiana, Texas
Nov 10, 2022

Justices grapple with legality of Indian Child Welfare Act in marathon hearing

Over the course of three hours Wednesday, the Supreme Court grappled with whether a law meant to keep Indigenous children with Native American families should be overturned as racist and unconstitutional, as critics charge.

Jul 17, 2018

Arizona lawmaker draws fire for comments on women, religion

An Arizona lawmaker who recently apologized for excessive speeding is now drawing fire for comments about women and religion.

Jun 15, 2015

Arizona tribes eye plan for flexibility under No Child Left Behind

The way Navajo Nation Council Delegate Lee Jack Sr. sees it, “God gave us different ways to speak, God gave us different ways to live.” It stands to reason, then, that we should have different ways to teach, he said.

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