EPA proposes limiting power of states and tribes to block major projects over water concerns

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting states’ and Native American tribes’ power to wield the Clean Water Act to block major projects like natural gas pipelines, advancing ...
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Native American disinterment project resumes at former Pa. Indian School cemetery

This week, staff working with the Office of Army Cemeteries begin the somber work of trying to repatriate 19 Native Americans to their home tribes and closest descendants. All the youths died in the ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Shelburne Museum navigates ethical, legal responsibilities in building new Native American center

Shelburne Museum Director Tom Denenberg shows Vermont Public around the construction site for the Perry Center for Native American Art on Thursday, Aug. 21. The largest art and history museum in ...

Lawmakers, Va. Native tribes pitch education, sovereignty reforms to address historic injustices

The Virginia legislature plans to address the impact of a racist 1920s policy that for decades prohibited Native American children from pursuing education beyond seventh or eighth grade. The Racial ...

Can Native American tribes lay claim to territory in Canada?

Now, a Canadian constitutional scholar is warning that those U.S. groups could also claim land in Canada, citing the ...