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The Salt
Cherokee Nation Cultural Biologist Feather Smith-Trevino holds an unripe Georgia Candy Roaster Squash at an educational garden in Tahlequah, Okla., where traditional native plants are grown.

How A Seed Bank Helps Preserve Cherokee Culture Through Traditional Foods

Apr 02, 2019
The seeds are free for any Cherokee, but recipients have been limited because demand is so high. Collecting the seeds has been difficult and emotional, but the program has helped unify the community.
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Space
Scientist Corey Gray and his mother, Sharon Yellowfly, are pictured at one of the two massive detectors that make up the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. One facility, where Gray works, is in Washington state, and the other is in Loui

How A Cosmic Collision Sparked A Native American Translator's Labor Of Love

Mar 31, 2019
On April 1, astronomers will start two huge machines and continue hunting for ripples in space-time. One scientist gets his mom to translate news of each discovery into her native language, Blackfoot.
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StoryCorps
Mickey Willenbring tends to one of her Navajo-Churro sheep at Dot Ranch in Scio, Ore.

After Combat, A Veteran Finds Solace In Sheep Farming

Mar 01, 2019
Army veteran Sgt. Mickey Willenbring was injured while serving in Iraq and also developed PTSD. Running a Navajo-Churro sheep farm has helped her cope with the lingering trauma of combat.
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News
Nick Sandmann, a Covington Catholic High School student, stands before Native American activist Nathan Phillips at the Lincoln Memorial in January. An independent report found the students did not instigate the confrontation.

Investigators For Diocese Say Kentucky Students Did Not Initiate Confrontation

Feb 15, 2019
A detective agency hired by the Covington Catholic school found students blameless in the standoff with a Native American man near the Lincoln Memorial that went viral on social media last month.
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National
Covington Catholic (Ky.) High School student Nick Sandmann, seen here standing before Native American activist Nathan Phillips at the Lincoln Memorial, says he has received death threats after video of their encounter went viral.

Differing Narratives After Standoff Between Native American Man, High School Student

Jan 21, 2019
The interaction between the man and the teen caused an outcry. But a more complicated picture has emerged of the day when several groups of protesters converged at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
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StoryCorps
Barnie Botone reflects on his 34-year career on the railroad in a StoryCorps interview in Bismarck, N.D., last month.

'The Dark Side Of The Railroad': A Locomotive Engineer's Fraught Legacy With The Rails

Dec 14, 2018
Barnie Botone's grandmother cried when he told her he was a locomotive engineer because an ancestor had been forcibly relocated by train. "The irony, it was too much to bear," he says at StoryCorps.
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Elections
Residential roads with no street name or number signs, such as this one in Belcourt, N.D., are common on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. Under recently tightened state rules, voters in North Dakota are required to present identification with a st

Judge Rules Native Americans in North Dakota Must Comply With Voter ID Law

Nov 02, 2018
The judge said allegations made by Native Americans seeking a waiver from the law gave the court "great cause of concern." But he was not willing to change election laws at the 11th hour.
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Science
Telescopes on the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island. Some native Hawaiians consider Mauna Kea sacred and object to construction of a new giant telescope there.

Hawaii's Supreme Court OKs Construction Of Giant Telescope Despite Native Objections

Oct 31, 2018
The massive telescope with a nearly 100-foot mirror is set to be built atop 13,800-foot Mauna Kea, considered sacred land by some of the project's opponents.
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Politics
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., released a DNA analysis to clarify questions about her Native American heritage, something President Trump commonly mocks. Warren is considering a 2020 presidential bid.

Warren Releases DNA Results, Challenges Trump Over Native American Ancestry

Oct 15, 2018
With a possible 2020 presidential run looming, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released results of a DNA test that found she is primarily of European descent, but likely had a Native American ancestor.
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National
This June, instructions were posted at an early voting precinct in Bismarck, N.D. In that primary election, tribal IDs that did not show residential addresses were accepted as voter ID. But those same IDs will not be accepted in the general election.

Many Native IDs Won't Be Accepted At North Dakota Polling Places

Oct 13, 2018
The Supreme Court has upheld a state law requiring voters' IDs to have street addresses, which many reservations do not use. Native American groups are now scrambling to prepare for Election Day.
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Arts & Life
The Pioneer Monument was dedicated in 1894. "Early Days," pictured on March 12, was one of several statues featured in the monument.

San Francisco Removes Statue Of Native Man At Feet Of Colonizers

Sep 14, 2018
The statue, called Early Days, showed a Native American gazing up at a vaquero, or Spanish cowboy, and a proselytizing priest. Native groups have long called for the sculpture's removal.
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News
A Canadian mining firm says it will begin exploration work soon on land that was previously part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.

Firm Prepares To Mine Land Previously Protected As A National Monument

Jun 21, 2018
The land used to be within the boundary of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. President Trump slashed the protected acreage by nearly half last year.
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Politics
Deb Haaland poses for a portrait in a Nob Hill Neighborhood in Albuquerque, N.M., on June 5.

New Mexico Could Elect First Native-American Woman To Congress

Jun 06, 2018
Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, won her party's nomination in the solidly Democratic 1st district Tuesday night.
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Newscast headlines

Native American Tribe Looks To Reclaim Nevada Land

May 07, 2018
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Code Switch

Forget Wealth And Neighborhood. The Racial Income Gap Persists

Mar 19, 2018
A new study finds that the gap is actually largest in America's wealthiest neighborhoods, challenging widely-held beliefs about the relative impacts of class and race on life outcomes.
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Shots - Health News

Senators Push For Leadership At Indian Health Service

Mar 01, 2018
President Trump first nominee to lead the Indian Health Service is out of the picture. Montana's senators are urging the administration to name a new nominee quickly.
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The Salt
Nabhan began researching the beans for a University of Arizona thesis. "There's a way, that I can't describe in words, where teparies to me taste like the desert itself," he says.

Arizona's Tepary Beans Preserve A Native Past, Hold Promise For The Future

Feb 21, 2018
Local Native Americans grew teparies for centuries, but the beans began to sink into obscurity. Now, thanks to seed preservation and farmers who want to preserve the past, they're making a comeback.
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National
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (left) greets National Congress of American Indians President Jefferson Keel before a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in March 2017, when both men testified to highlight their priorities for the new Trump admi

Tribal Leaders: Infrastructure Bill Should Include Indian Country Priorities

Feb 17, 2018
"Tribal infrastructure is American infrastructure," the president of the National Congress of American Indians said in response to Trump's proposal for investing in U.S. infrastructure.
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Code Switch
Blood quantum was initially a system that the federal government placed onto tribes in an effort to limit their citizenship.

So What Exactly Is 'Blood Quantum'?

Feb 09, 2018
If you're Native American, this controversial term about your blood can affect your identity, your relationships and whether or not you can become a citizen of your tribe.
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Code Switch

For Many Native Americans, Fall Is The Least Wonderful Time Of The Year

Nov 23, 2017
"Fall is the annual middle finger this country gives Native Americans," says one member of the Oglala Lakota nation.
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Code Switch
Pretty sure this isn't how things really went down.

How To Enjoy Thanksgiving Without Swallowing The Stereotypes

Nov 22, 2017
In this special holiday edition of Ask Code Switch, we explore ways of moving beyond the simple schoolbook story to celebrate with friends and family.
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Code Switch
Ray Halbritter in his office.

Goodbye, For Now, To A Vital Source For Native American News

Sep 24, 2017
Indian Country Today Media Network announced it would "cease active operations." That leaves a big hole in news coverage by, and about, Native Americans.
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Code Switch
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart said that he wouldn't tell jokes about Donald Trump.

This Week In Race: Cosby Trial Begins; No Trump Jokes For Kevin Hart

Jun 10, 2017
Bill Maher crosses a line, Kevin Hart takes a pass on Trump, and a Cosby Kid stands up for Dr. Huxtable. Let's get to it.
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Code Switch
Wes Moore speaks at the Robin Hood Veterans Summit at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum on May 7, 2012 in New York City.

This Week In Race: Fox Sued, Schools Resegregate, Shea Moisture Gets Thirsty

Apr 28, 2017
A racial discrimination suit is filed against Fox. Is an Alabama school district getting around integration? Shea Moisture apologizes for a commercial. And, there's a new philanthropist in town.
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Around the Nation
Felencia Woodie holds her son Dameon David, 8. He is one of seven medically fragile children who attend Saint Michael's Association for Special Education.

On The Navajo Nation, Special Ed Students Await Water That Doesn't Stink

Apr 12, 2017
Fundraising is underway for a new filtration system at an Arizona school for Navajo children with disabilities. Now, the water runs black and smells like rotten eggs, but is technically safe to drink.
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