Detroit News: Former Michigan U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee dead at 92; championed Tribal issues

KFGO: Lower Brule Sioux Tribe asks federal judge to stop BIA from seizing money

Law360: Calif. Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians Sues State Over Delayed Gaming Compact Talks

Law360: Oglala Sioux Tribe Won’t Help Army Corps’ DAPL Review

Taos News: The spark that changed Taos Pueblo forever

The Norman Transcript: Tribes talk intergovernmental agreements with state following McGirt ruling

Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Seven Tribes Request U of Alabama Return Human Remains From Archaeological Site

Yahoo News: Maxine Waters leads push to get justice for Black Native Americans

NPR: Young, Black Native activists say it’s time to appreciate Indigenous diversity

MLive.com: Bay Mills Indian Community plans to open marijuana dispensary in Flint Township

9&10 News: Michigan Tribes Condemn Canadian Government Over 1977 Treaty

WNMU: Activists call on Biden to back Michigan in Line 5 dispute

Law360: Juul, Altria Want Tribes’ Vape Claims Tossed From MDL

WKAR: Michigan observes Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Casino Review: Fruitport Township casino still awaiting governor’s approval

MLive.com: Michigan tribal leaders confident as federal investigation into Native American boarding schools takes next step

UM Record: Designation puts U-M Biological Station ‘at the halfway place’

The State News: Students gather at The Rock to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Native News Online: Tribes, Advocates Work to Fix a 30-year-old Loophole in Federal NAGPRA Law

Popular Science: Minnesota’s Line 3 pipeline threatens one of North America’s only native grains

MSU: Gordon Henry Appointed to New Endowed Chair Position

Law360: Justices Won’t Take Up Dispute Over (Miccosukee) Tribal Couple’s Taxes

NPR: Moccasin maker Minnetonka has apologized for appropriating Native American culture

Grand Forks Herald: Census undercount on Native American reservations complicates redistricting in South Dakota

WitnessLA: How The Criminal Justice System Disproportionately Harms Native American People

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This 21 minute video features interviews with survivors of the Holy Childhood School of Jesus of Harbor Springs, Michigan. Both of my grandparents (Henry “Hank” Shenanaquet and Laureen Peters) also attended Holy Childhood. Appearing in the video are Yvonne Walker-Keshick (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians); Eric Hemenway, Director of LTBB Department of Repatriation, Archives and Records; and Fred Kiogima (LTBB). Click on the image below to view the video.

MetroTimes: Activists urge Detroit to increase inclusion of indigenous communities

The Conversation: Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tribes: New evidence proves massacre was at Nevada mine site

NBC26.com: Gov. Tony Evers issues order apologizing for Wisconsin’s role in Indian boarding schools

White House: Executive Order on the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities

KSTP.com: Minnetonka Moccasin issues apology for appropriation of Native American cultures

NYTs: A New Cookbook by Indigenous People, for Indigenous People

Great Lakes Now: Indigenous leaders face barriers to UN climate conference

USA Today: McGirt ruling’s ongoing impact on tribal youth and families

Democracy Now: “People vs. Fossil Fuels’’: Winona LaDuke & Mass Protests Call on Biden to Stop Line 3 Pipeline

NPR (11 min. audio): Native Americans Take Over The Writers’ Room and Tell Their Own Stories

Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom: On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Governor Newsom Announces California Truth & Healing Council Partnership to Support Philanthropic and Community Engagement

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NYTs: Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Explained

NPR (3 min. audio): Native American tribes push to get Biden’s infrastructure bill passed

NRDC: Indigenous Leaders at the Frontlines of Environmental Injustice and Solutions

Green Market Report: Native American Tribes Forging Cannabis Partnerships

Ms.: “Respect Us, or Expect Us”: Indigenous Women Continue to Fight Against Pipeline 3

Sierra Club: Can Indigenous Leadership Save Our National Parks and Monuments?

Proclamation on Bears Ears National Monument

Proclamation on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Proclamation on Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument