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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee OK Governor Stitt vetoes funding for Missing, Murdered Indigenous Persons office on MMIP Day
www.kjrh.com Stitt vetoes funding for Missing, Murdered Indigenous Persons office on MMIP DayOn a day meant to call awareness to missing and murdered indigenous people, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill that would fund the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons.
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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee 
www.kunm.org Advocates call for more resources for missing Indigenous people as they fear funding cutsMay 5th marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People across the country. In Albuquerque, the Indian Affairs Department held an event on Monday at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center where families of the missing, state officials and advocates came together to bring aw...
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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee 
nbcmontana.com Montana Board of Public Education vows to improve how Native American culture is taughtA group of Montana students, families and tribes recently reached a settlement agreement with the Montana Board of Public Education — a major development in a y
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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee 
indianz.com Native America Calling: Native public media’s uncertain futurePublic media -- including tribal radio stations and Native programming -- is under threat.
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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee 
www.resources.org Flooding Fort Berthold: The History of Three Native American Tribes and One Dam, with Angela ParkerAngela Parker discusses the history and legacy of the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River, which displaced the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Tribes who continue to live on the Fort Berthold Reservation.
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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee 
nativenewsonline.net NCAI Condemns Trump Administration’s Elimination of Boarding School Truth and Preservation FundingThe National Congress of American Indians on Monday condemned the Trump administration's decision to rescind critical federal funding for Native American boarding school research, education, and preservation announced last month. The rescission resulted in more than $1.6 million in grants, primaril...
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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee uk.news.yahoo.com Native American women are bringing back facial tattoos: ‘We’re a living culture’A collective is breathing new life into inchunwa for south-eastern Indigenous people across the US
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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee Indigenous activists see Trump's Columbus Day rhetoric as cause for continued advocacy
www.dailymail.co.uk Indigenous activists see Trump's Columbus Day rhetoric as cause for...This week, President Donald Trump announced he won't recognize Indigenous Peoples Day and will bring Columbus Day
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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee 
www.kfyrtv.com UTTC preserves Native American culture with seed bankThe crops preserved at the seed bank are significant in Native American culture and have been used by Native communities for generations.
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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee 
www.irishecho.com Indigenous Aid to Ireland during the Great HungerA new exhibition on "Indigenous Aid to Ireland during the Great Hunger" has been launched by Ireland's Great Hunger Institute in the Arnold Bernhar...
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Indian Country & Beyond @lemm.ee Hotina Hattak @lemm.ee 
azcir.org FACT BRIEF:Do Native Americans have higher rates of diabetes and chronic disease than the general population?Yes. Studies have consistently found that American Indians and Alaska Natives are more likely to be diagnosed with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, liver disease or kidney disease. Such health disparities are often linked to a range of external conditions that can affect well-being, such as incom...
