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Guest Essay. In early April of last year, I made a special trip to Washington, D.C., from Portland, Oregon, to research the archives pertaining to my community, the Apsáalooke. I was specifically looking for information on the last chief of the Crow Nation, Chief Plenty Coups. I was not only delighted to find information on him in print, books, newspapers and glass plate negatives, but I also discovered a wealth of material on my tribe.
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- By Wendy Red Star
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Guest Opinion. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a pristine wilderness, and it is sacred land. Since time immemorial, it has sustained the Gwich’in people, who call the coastal plain “Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit” -- the Sacred Place Where Life Begins. It’s also home to the Iñupiat, whose culture, health, and subsistence depend on the balance of this fragile ecosystem.
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- By Judith LeBlanc
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Opinion. The Trump administration released new details about its 2026 budget, which includes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Budget in Brief. As with past budgets, this document was rolled out with the usual talking points: commitment to tribal sovereignty, honoring federal trust obligations, and improving health outcomes for Native people.
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- By Levi Rickert
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That Native Americans did not make very good slaves made little difference in the commerce of slavery in early colonial America.
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- By Professor Victoria Sutton
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Guest Opinion. As the former Director of Government Affairs for the National Indian Health Board and a past Chair and CEO of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, I was proud to be part of the decade-long fight that finally secured Advance Appropriations for the Indian Health Service (IHS) in December 2022.
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- By Aaron Payment
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Guest Opinion. As a sovereign government, one of Cherokee Nation’s most profound responsibilities is providing safety and enacting justice across our Reservation. This task is rooted in deep Cherokee values of protecting our citizens and neighbors, and we carry it out through a modern justice system, exemplified by efficiency and collaboration.
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Guest Opinion. We are learning when the U.S. government entered into trust and treaty relationships with Indians Tribes as sovereign nations, the federal government instead used much of the money held in trust for Native people to forcibly relocate their children to boarding schools. The goal was to assimilate them. Many children never saw their families again, some died from malnutrition or disease or abuse, and others were taken at such a young age they no longer knew their families, languages, or homelands.
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Guest Opinion. On May 22, for the first time in California history, a District Attorney’s Office, Tribal government, and Sheriff’s Office signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formally launch a regional task force dedicated to addressing one of the most urgent—and most overlooked—public safety crises in our state: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP).
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- By Thien Ho, District Attorney, Sacramento County
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Guest Opinion. The Oak Flat sacred site, or Chíʼchil Bił Dagoteel in the Apache language, is the property at issue in a case that has not yet been granted certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court this term (distributed to the Assoc. Justices of the Supreme Court for conference on May 22, 2025).
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- By Professor Victoria Sutton
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Opinion. As we mark another Memorial Day, the flags will wave, the bugles will sound, and America will pause — if only briefly — to honor those who gave their lives in service to this country.
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- By Levi Rickert