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Biden will sign an executive order on federal funding for Native Americans
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order during a tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds. White House domestic policy advi
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Census data shows CT Native American population is growing
This Native American Heritage Month, researchers say the Native American population in our state grew 9% in a decade.
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What is Indigenous Peoples Day? A day of celebration, protest and reclaiming history
Here is a look at why it’s called Indigenous Peoples Day, the history behind it and how people celebrate.
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A Colorado mountain tied to an 1864 massacre is renamed Mount Blue Sky
A towering mountain southwest of Denver has been renamed in honor of Colorado’s Indigenous people.
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Search for children's remains continues at former Native American assimilation school in Nebraska
Amid a renewed push for answers, archeologists resume digging for student remains at the site of a former Native American boarding school.
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Colorado Bison Reintroduced to Native Lands as US Tribes Seek to Restore Bond With Animal
Dozens of bison from a mountain park outside Denver were transferred Wednesday to several tribes from across the Great Plains
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US Renames Places in Four States That Used Racist Slur for a Native Woman
The U.S. Department of the Interior has renamed five places in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas that previously included a racist term for a Native American woman.
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Law Protects Export of Sacred Native American Items From US
The law creates an export certification system that would help clarify whether items were created as art and provides a path for the voluntary return of items that are part of a tribe’s cultural heritage.
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Tribal Nations Help Contribute to CT Native American Curriculum
Gov. Ned Lamont and the Connecticut State Department of Education announced a new partnership with the state’s recognized tribal nations to create a new Native American studies model curriculum.
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3 CT Schools Can't Receive Funding After Review of Native American Names
Three Connecticut schools are now ineligible for funding from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund after a review of the schools’ names, images and symbols showed noncompliance with state statutes. The schools are the Canton High School Warriors, the Killingly High School Redmen and Red Gals, and the Windsor High School Warriors. Killingly was supposed to receive more than $94,000…