Native America & Indigenous Issues

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  The nation’s oldest and largest Indigenous sorority is bracing for DEI orders

  The 19th - Alexis Wray

  Alpha Pi Omega is helping young Native women grow strong in their identities — but their future on college campuses is in question. Applications for …

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  Manitoba Indigenous leaders among those in Rome to say farewell to Pope Francis, remembered as 'strong ally'

  CBC News - Santiago Arias Orozco

  Indigenous leaders from Manitoba were among those who paid their last respects to Pope Francis at a funeral mass in Rome on Saturday, honouring his …

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  Chemainus law student wins top award for paper on Indigenous legal rights

  lakecowichangazette.com - Morgan Brayton

  John Hawthorne, a second-year law student at Thompson Rivers University, has received the Dean’s Course Prize for earning the highest grade in the …

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  Trump admin speaker at UNPFII met with silence

  High Country News - B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster

  This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance, a collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay and other Indigenous …

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  Pentagon restores histories of Navajo Code Talkers, other Native veterans after public outcry

  Associated Press - By TERRY TANG

  PHOENIX (AP) — The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans on Wednesday, days after tribes condemned the action. The initial removal was part of a sweep of any military content that promoted diversity, …

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  Info on Navajo Code Talkers is scrubbed from Army, Defense websites

  USA TODAY - Arlyssa D. Becenti

  The move is the latest government action in response to President Donald Trump's campaign against DEI. The Department of Defense and U.S. Army have removed articles on the Navajo Code Talkers and their contribution to America's victories during World War II from some websites amid President Donald …