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Tribes support bill to change Indigenous Peoples Day date in Nevada
A proposed Nevada Assembly bill would move the state’s Indigenous Peoples Day to the second Monday in October, despite some ...
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NV lawmaker proposes new date for Indigenous Peoples Day
Nevada's only sitting Indigenous legislator has introduced a bill to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day on what she calls the ...
Bill would create alert system for missing Indigenous people
Two state lawmakers are trying to create a “Turquoise Alert” system in New Mexico for sending out statewide alerts when ...
Thousands to march to honor missing and murdered Indigenous people
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives March will start at the Minneapolis American Indian Center at 11 a.m., with speakers from the community. People will then march to ensure the memory of ...
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Minneapolis to mark Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Day
The Minnesota Department of Safety, along with community members, are remembering missing and murdered Indigenous peoples on Friday in Minneapolis.
Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights − an archaeologist describes the day that lesson hit home
As an archaeologist, you picture yourself traveling to some remote location, digging into the ground, and returning to a lab ...
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Nevada bill proposes to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day in October
A bill aimed to move the celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day to the same date as Columbus Day was presented at the Legislature on Tuesday, adding to ...
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'Respect our existence': Lawmakers hear bill to establish Indigenous Peoples Day in MT
Where past discussions on similar legislation focused on Native American history and culture and the atrocities Christopher ...
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Nevada lawmaker moves to put Indigenous Peoples Day on Colombus Day
Nevada law says Indigenous Peoples Day falls on Aug. 9, but a lawmaker is trying to change that with AB144, which would set the observation on the second Monday in October — the same day as ...
Opinion
VICTOR JOECKS: The problem with Indigenous Peoples Day
On Tuesday, Assemblywoman Shea Backus, D-Las Vegas, presented on Assembly Bill 144. It would establish the second Monday in October as “Indigenous Peoples Day.” Currently, that day is recognized on ...
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Pope Francis: Defending Indigenous Rights ‘a Matter of Justice’
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is hosting the meeting in order to strengthen IFAD’s partnership ...
Commentary: Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights
Since the passing of the National Museum of the American Indian Act in 1989 and the Native American Graves Protection and ...