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Although the Navajo Generating Station carries the name of the Navajo people, the “Navajo” Generating Station previously negotiated in 1968 and 1969 had significant flaws for the Navajo Nation. First, five power companies along with the United States Bureau of Reclamation...
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The “dental divide”—the absence of services and access to dental health services in low income communities—is real, especially in Indian country.
Native people represent America’s most rural communities and those communities struggle to find dentists who will practice in...
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Dear Readers:
Too often we simply accept that tribal governments (as opposed to our traditional governments) have elected representatives—presidents, chiefs, chairmen or CEO’s and so forth. They are entrusted with great powers and are expected to rule according to their...
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There's an old saying, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse." It means the law applies whether or not you know the law exists. It's based on the idea that you have an obligation to know the law, and assumes that the law makes itself known.
But how does the law make itself...
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A thousand people were asked in April if the Washington NFL franchise should change its name and (shocker) 79 percent said no. Respondents were mostly white (65 percent), middle-aged (55 percent, 30-64), conservative to moderate (70 percent) pro football fans (56 percent),...
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Tony Hillerman used to say there’s more cultural distance between city folk and country folk than between non-Indians and Indians. Whether he was right or wrong, the categories overlap substantially.
Most Indians, in the 21st century, remain country folk. With termination...
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“The American Indian is of the soil . . . He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers, he belongs just as the buffalo belonged . . .” – Luther Standing...
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At Least Six Dead as Tornado Decimates Moore, Oklahoma, Hometown of Rep. Tom Cole, and Levels School
A massive tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, the hometown of U.S. Representative Tom Cole, on... 
