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[l] at 1/7/25 7:11am
With these two new monuments, Mr. Biden has protected more federal land and waters than any other president, about 674 million acres.

[Category: Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, United States Politics and Government, Alternative and Renewable Energy, Conservation of Resources, National Parks, Monuments and Seashores, Federal Lands, Native Americans, Environment, Presidential Election of 2024, Biden, Joseph R Jr, California]

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[l] at 1/7/25 3:01am
With these two new monuments, Mr. Biden has protected more federal land and waters than any other president, about 674 million acres.

[Category: Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, United States Politics and Government, Alternative and Renewable Energy, Conservation of Resources, National Parks, Monuments and Seashores, Federal Lands, Native Americans, Environment, Presidential Election of 2024, Biden, Joseph R Jr, California]

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[l] at 1/5/25 4:00am
Instead of proclaiming performative acknowledgments of Native peoples, institutions should establish strong relationships with Native nations.

[Category: Federal-State Relations (US), Native Americans, Indigenous People, Race and Ethnicity, Minorities, Seminole Indians, Land Use Policies, Cherokee Indians, Federal Aid (US), United States Economy, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Florida State University, Supreme Court (US), United States, Oklahoma]

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[l] at 12/28/24 11:11am
The Biden administration’s consideration of three proposed tribal casinos in California and Oregon has touched off a fierce debate about tribal sovereignty and land rights.

[Category: Native Americans, Casinos, Gambling, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior Department, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Kotek, Tina, Newsom, Gavin, Trump, Donald J]

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[l] at 12/20/24 4:34pm
The eldest daughter of Nelson Rockefeller, she founded a nonprofit to support Indigenous culture and helped fill two Smithsonian institutions with artifacts.

[Category: Deaths (Obituaries), Native Americans, Philanthropy, National Museum of the American Indian, Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, Roberts, Ann Rockefeller, Civil Rights Movement (1954-68), Rockefeller, John D Jr, Acadia National Park (Me), Mount Desert Island (Me)]

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[l] at 11/29/24 7:15am
The world is a gift, not a giant Amazon warehouse, Robin Wall Kimmerer said. In her new book, “The Serviceberry,” she proposes gratitude as an antidote to prevailing views of nature as a commodity.

[Category: Books and Literature, Content Type: Personal Profile, Flowers and Plants, Environment, Native Americans, Kimmerer, Robin Wall, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Book), Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (Book), State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Adirondack Mountains (NY)]

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[l] at 11/29/24 12:19am
The descendants of a 19th-century federal official decided to return a prized collection of heirlooms to a descendant of a Lakota leader, Chief Spotted Tail.

[Category: Native Americans, Museums, South Dakota, repatriation, Collectors and Collections, Lakota, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Arts and Antiquities Looting]

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[l] at 11/28/24 3:03am
The descendants of a 19th-century federal official decided to return a prized collection of heirlooms to a descendant of a Lakota leader, Chief Spotted Tail.

[Category: Native Americans, Museums, South Dakota, repatriation, Collectors and Collections, Lakota, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Arts and Antiquities Looting]

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[l] at 11/26/24 3:02am
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger works to empower Indigenous peoples to lead the way on climate justice and decolonize environmental policy.

[Category: Deranger, Eriel Tchekwie, Global Warming, Indigenous People, Land Use Policies, Native Americans, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Conservation of Resources, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Women and Girls]

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[l] at 11/19/24 3:02am
The Native American guitarist graced records by Bob Dylan and John Lennon, but fell to addiction in 1988. A new book and exhibit are telling his story.

[Category: Pop and Rock Music, Blues Music, Native Americans, Books and Literature, Content Type: Personal Profile, Bob Dylan Center (Tulsa, Okla), Jesse Ed Davis, Washita Love Child: The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jess Ed Davis (Book), Douglas K. Miller]

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[l] at 11/15/24 3:04am
Este cultivo sudamericano, antaño pilar de la dieta indígena, está resurgiendo, en parte por sus beneficios para la salud.

[Category: twintertravel24, Food, Agriculture and Farming, Incas, Flowers and Plants, Cooking and Cookbooks, Aztecs, Diet and Nutrition, Peru]

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[l] at 11/14/24 3:00am
Once a mainstay of Indigenous diets, the South American crop is having a resurgence in popularity, in part because of its health benefits.

[Category: twintertravel24, Food, Agriculture and Farming, Incas, Flowers and Plants, Cooking and Cookbooks, Aztecs, Diet and Nutrition, Peru]

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[l] at 11/13/24 4:06pm
The City Council will vote on a package for former Black and Latino residents of a neighborhood that burned more than 50 years ago.

[Category: Palm Springs (Calif), Reparations, Black People, Race and Ethnicity, Minorities, Compensation for Damages (Law), Land Use Policies, Hispanic-Americans, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Native Americans]

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[l] at 11/13/24 2:33pm
The governor of South Dakota has defied coronavirus restrictions and been a vocal critic of President Biden’s immigration policies.

[Category: Noem, Kristi, South Dakota, Homeland Security Department, Republican Party, United States Politics and Government, Trump, Donald J, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Native Americans, Presidential Transition (US), Governors (US), Immigration and Emigration]

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[l] at 11/9/24 10:36am
In the 1880s, the only roles for Indigenous performers were laden with negative stereotypes. So Mohawk decided to write her own narratives.

[Category: Mohawk, Gowongo (1860-1924), Actors and Actresses, Indigenous People, Deaths (Obituaries), Race and Ethnicity, Theater, Biographical Information, Writing and Writers, Native Americans, New Jersey]

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[l] at 11/5/24 3:02am
Tim Long, a pianist, conductor and teacher, conceived his project to fill a cultural need: “There is no repertoire like this in existence.”

[Category: Classical Music, Native Americans, Eastman School of Music, Choctaw Nation, National Sawdust (Brooklyn, NY, Performance Space), Long, Tim, Herbert, Christopher Dylan, Oklahoma, Rochester (NY)]

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[l] at 11/5/24 3:01am
Going on a Navajo-led tour of this national monument in northeastern Arizona takes you to ancient ruins and sacred places that most tourists never see.

[Category: National Parks, Monuments and Seashores, Anasazi Indians, Native Americans, Navajo Indians, National Park Service, Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz)]

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[l] at 11/3/24 3:01am
As the wildly popular TV western prepares to air its final episodes, we look at four ways it seized the country’s attention.

[Category: Television, Sheridan, Taylor (1970- ), Costner, Kevin, Montana, Yellowstone (TV Program), Native Americans, Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Cable Television, Soap Operas]

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[l] at 11/2/24 3:03am
A city with temple pyramids not far from the road and a site with a Maya complex built alongside a sinkhole lend to evidence that the Maya civilization was even more sprawling than known.

[Category: Mayans, Archaeology and Anthropology, Mesoamerica, Tulane University, Canuto, Marcello, Mexico, Marcello Canuto, Luke Auld-Thomas]

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[l] at 10/29/24 3:00am
“Tree islands” deep in a sea of grass once helped Native Americans elude capture by U.S. troops. A tour of these refuges reveals a rich culture and a new risk: rising water.

[Category: Travel and Vacations, Native Americans, Alligators, Museums, Islands, Everglades (Fla), Miccosukee Tribe, Global Warming]

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[l] at 10/25/24 4:03pm
President Biden offered a formal apology on Friday on behalf of the U.S. government for the abuse of Native American children from the early 1800s to the late 1960s.

[Category: Apologies, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Native Americans, Child Abuse and Neglect, United States Politics and Government, Race and Ethnicity]

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