NYTimes: Teaching About the Native American Fight for Representation, Repatriation and Recognition (with six short lesson plans)

USA Today: What are tribal land acknowledgments? Native American leaders say words and actions are needed

KCBY.com: Coquille Indian Tribe partners with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for Chinook Salmon catching

Wisconsin Public Radio: Research looks to mitigate threats to black ash trees in Northern Wisconsin, Black ash trees are important cultural resources on tribal land that grad student Angela Waupochick is hoping to protect

The Independent: Louisiana’s Indigenous communities recovering from Hurricane Ida are watching the coast disappear

WKYC.com: Native American groups look forward to cheering on Cleveland Guardians

Milwaukee Independent: Exploited by Conservatorships – The Sad History of How “Friendly White Lawyers” Swindled Native Americans

NYTs: “In Arizona, Drought Ignites Tensions and Threatens Traditions Among the Hopi“

Yesterday’s National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools came with two developments.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Sharice Davids, and Rep. Tom Cole reintroduced a bipartisan bill to establish a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies. The bill text is available here.

In addition, Interior issued a press release announcing that it would hold tribal consultations on the Indian Boarding School Initiative. The consultations will take place on November 2, 16, and 18, and details are available here.

TC Record-Eagle: “LRBOI: Bringing back the ghost of nmégos, Arctic grayling“

The Northwind: “Partnership helps heal generational wounds in Indigenous communities“

Law360: “Michigan Asks To Apportion Tax On Keweenaw Bay Tribe“

Law360: “Tribes, NCAI Tell 10th Circ. Feds Must Cover Health Costs“

South Bend Tribune: “Nearly 100 years after it was built, Hotel Elkhart comes back to life in downtown [after Pokagon Band investment]“

Michigan Radio: “Education secretary’s Midwest tour stops at Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College“

NPR: “The Cherokee Nation Has Agreed To A $75 Million Settlement With Opioid Distributors“

Reuters: “U.S. judiciary seeks five more Oklahoma judges after [McGirt] ruling“

CBC: Canada will observe the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. Here’s “The history behind the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation“

Sierra: “The Village at the Edge of the Anthropocene“

Observer: “Federal officials seek probe into dispute between New York, Seneca Nation over casino pact“

PBS Newshour: “How prejudice affects the cases of missing Indigenous women“

MSN/WaPo: “This was the worst slaughter of Native Americans in U.S. history. Few remember it.“

WaPo: “Tribes want ‘immediate action’ to reverse Trump’s cut to Bears Ears National Monument“

NYTs: “Selling Marijuana on Tribal Lands, a Legal Gray Area“

HCN: “Marilyn Vann becomes the first Freedman in Cherokee Nation government“

MinnPost: “Starting in 2022, tribal members will get free permits to Minnesota state parks“

AP: “Tesla builds 1st store on tribal land, dodges state car laws“