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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 02: U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland testifies during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing on May 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing to examine President Biden's budget request for the U.S. Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2024. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Education

Nearly a thousand children died at Indian boarding schools funded by the U.S.

The investigation into abuse and mistreatment of Native children at the boarding schools for more than a century proposes $23 billion in funding aimed at healing.

[EMBARGO] Carrillo/Federal Indian Boarding Schools Final Report

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Moccasin maker Minnetonka has apologized for appropriating Native American culture

A child-size Minnetonka suede and leather moccasin, pictured in 2011. The company has apologized for appropriating Native American culture and promised to do more to support Indigenous communities. Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption

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Business

Moccasin maker Minnetonka has apologized for appropriating Native American culture

The shoe company started in 1946 as one of many that sold Native-inspired moccasins to roadside gift shops. Its CEO apologized for profiting off Indigenous culture and outlined a plan for giving back.

Young, Black Native activists say it's time to appreciate Indigenous diversity

Four activists speak during a panel discussion hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian on Indigenous Peoples' Day. Clockwise, from top left: Amber Starks, Joy SpearChief-Morris, Autumn Rose Williams and Kyle T. Mays. Screenshot by NPR/Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian hide caption

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National

Young, Black Native activists say it's time to appreciate Indigenous diversity

Four young Black Indigenous activists talk about their pride, the narrow representations of Indigenous peoples and what the Indigenous Peoples' Day holiday means to them.

Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

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National

Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

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Media coverage around the death of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito looks racist to those who note that murders and disappearances of Native Americans are mostly ignored.

Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

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'Poet Warrior' Joy Harjo Wants Native Peoples To Be Seen As Human

Joy Harjo's memoir is Poet Warrior. She plays saxophone and recites poetry on her new album, I Pray for My Enemies. Shawn Miller/W.W. Norton hide caption

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Author Interviews

'Poet Warrior' Joy Harjo Wants Native Peoples To Be Seen As Human

Fresh Air

The nation's first Native American poet laureate has a new memoir in which she tells her own story — as well as the story of her sixth-generation grandfather, who was forced from his ancestral land.

'Poet Warrior' Joy Harjo Wants Native Peoples To Be Seen As Human

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Indian Boarding Schools' Traumatic Legacy, And The Fight To Get Native Ancestors Back

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Code Switch

Indian Boarding Schools' Traumatic Legacy, And The Fight To Get Native Ancestors Back

After discoveries of more than 1,300 bodies at Canada's residential schools, the U.S. is now facing a crucial moment of reckoning with its own history of Native American boarding schools.

Indian Boarding Schools' Traumatic Legacy, And The Fight To Get Native Ancestors Back

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The 400 Years Project Looks At Native American Identity Through The Native Lens

Born and raised on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation in South Dakota, Dawnee LeBeau is Oóhenuŋpa Itázipčo (two kettle and without bows) of the Tetonwan Oyate (people of the plains). After losing her father, she found comfort in doing things she did with him, like identifying plants. LeBeau was doing that with family when she made this image of her niece. Dawnee LeBeau hide caption

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The Picture Show

The 400 Years Project Looks At Native American Identity Through The Native Lens

The 400 Years Project is a pictorial collection of Native American life. It addresses colonization while centering the Native voice.

A New Spin On A Classic Video Game Gives Native Americans Better Representation

A new version of the Oregon Trail game for Apple Arcade features improved Native American representation and new playable Native American characters and storylines. Gameloft hide caption

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Games

A New Spin On A Classic Video Game Gives Native Americans Better Representation

A new version of the classic '80s video game Oregon Trail tries to represent the lives of Native Americans more accurately — no more braids or bows and arrows. But you can still die of dysentery.

A New Spin On A Classic Video Game Gives Native Americans Better Representation

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To Manage Wildfire, California Looks To What Tribes Have Known All Along

Goode looks on as sourberry bushes burn. After the bushes are burned in the winter, they sprout again in the spring. Lauren Sommer/NPR hide caption

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Environment

To Manage Wildfire, California Looks To What Tribes Have Known All Along

Native American tribes are restoring traditional burning in California, which could help the state reduce the risk of extreme wildfires.

To Manage Wildfire, California Looks To What Tribes Have Known All Along

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