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Travis Trueblood, Associate Justice Pro Tempore for The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi Supreme Court, which is based in Michigan. (Photo courtesy of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi) ICT The Supreme Court of the Nottawaseppi…

Joaqlin Estus Indian Country Today At the request of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the state of Washington, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Tuesday issued a disaster declaration for a wildfire in north central…

Many people in Indian Country went above and beyond this year despite seemingly overwhelming obstacles In 2020, we covered many stories about heroes in Indian Country. If we could, Indian Country Today would honor millions of people for their heroism…

Two Lummi women are working to free a killer whale free before Tokitae’s mother dies Joaqlin Estus It’s been 50 years since the orca known as Sk’aliCh’elh-tanaut, or Tokitae, swam in the ocean. Two Lummi women of Washington and a legal rights group…

Time to create a system where no one in 'federal system can put Navajo Nation or any sovereign nation in harm's way again' Joaqlin Estus New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she will help make sure that voters know about the potential benefits…

Trump administration opens southern Utah national monument lands to development including grazing, mining, and oil and gas development Thursday the Trump administration announced it was opening two national monuments to development. The culturally…

‘Sacred land and sites of North American Indigenous people ... have been put at risk of desecration’ An international cultural conservation fund has put $300,000 toward a $1 million campaign to help protect and restore areas of Bears Ears National…