Native Americans

President Joe Biden speaks at the Gila River Crossing School in the Gila River Indian Community, in Laveen Village, near Phoenix, Ariz., on Oct. 25. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A young bison calf with its herd at Bull Hollow, Okla., on Sept. 27, 2022. American bison, or buffalo, have bounced back from their near extinction due to commercial hunting in the 1800s. Many tribes are participating in their restoration. Audrey Jackson/AP hide caption

Lemiley Lane, who grew up in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, walks along the Bountiful High School campus during her junior year in 2020 in Bountiful, Utah. The school changed its nickname in 2021 to "The Redhawks." Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption

Denise Lajimodiere speaks at the Minnesota Children's Book Festival in Red Wing, Minn., on Sept. 18, 2021. This week, Lajimodiere became the first Native American state poet laureate in North Dakota's history. Chap Achen via AP hide caption

Marilynn Malerba stands next to a photograph of late Chief Ralph Sturges at tribal offices in Uncasville, Conn., on March 4, 2010. On Wednesday, President Biden announced his intent to appoint her U.S. treasurer in a historic first. Jessica Hill/AP hide caption

Johnson & Johnson and the opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal Health reached a settlement with Native American tribes over their role in the opioid crisis. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder or the American Indian Movement, is shown speaking in 2018 at Minneapolis City Hall. Bellecourt, a leader in the Native American struggle for civil rights and a founder of the American Indian Movement died at 85 on Tuesday night from cancer. Amy Forliti/AP hide caption

Supporters of Native Americans pause following a prayer during the 38th National Day of Mourning at Coles Hill in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 22, 2007. Denouncing centuries of racism and mistreatment of Indigenous people, members of Native American tribes from around New England will gather on Thanksgiving 2021 for a solemn National Day of Mourning observance. Lisa Poole/AP hide caption

Author Louise Erdrich next the cover of her new book, The Sentence. LA Johnson hide caption

A dry landscape pictured on Navajo Nation is seen in the town of Gallup, N.M., in June 2019. New research says the near-total loss of tribal lands in the U.S. has left Indigenous people more vulnerable to climate change. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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

President Biden finishes signing one of three executive orders to expand the areas of three national monuments during an event at the White House on Friday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

Annie Parfait, a Houma Nation elder, sits outside her home in Dulac, La., on Sept. 21, three weeks after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana. Parfait, 70, rode out the storm at the Houma Nation Headquarters in Houma, La. Annie Flanagan for NPR hide caption