U.S. Native American Indian Tribes
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Bears Ears: Why Tribal Leaders Are Fighting to Protect a Sacred Landscape
October 31, 2026
Bears Ears is back at the center of a national struggle over sacred places, tribal sovereignty, and the future of America’s public lands. In southeastern Utah, this landscape of sandstone canyons, wooded�
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Quinault Indian Nation: History, Culture, and Life Today
October 31, 2026
The Quinault Indian Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Quinault, Queets, Quileute, Hoh, Chehalis, Chinook, and Cowlitz people. They are a Southwestern Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Continue�
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota
November 1, 2026
The Dakota and Nakota people of Standing Rock include the Upper Yanktonai (in their language called Ihanktonwana, which translates to “little end villages”) and Yanktonai from the Cut Head Band. The Cut�
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Salishan Language Tree: Branches, Tribes, and Native Languages of the Pacific Northwest
July 5, 2026
The Salishan language family includes five branches and more than 20 distinct languages spoken by tribes across the Pacific Northwest and Plateau regions. Here's how they connect.Continue to Salishan Language Tree: Branches,�
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George Colbert: The Legacy of a Chickasaw Chief
October 31, 2026
George Colbert was a Chickasaw chief who negotiated directly with President Andrew Jackson against the forced removal of the Chickasaw Nation. He died on the Trail of Tears in 1839.Continue to George�
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Nokomis and the spider: the story of the dreamcatcher
June 9, 2026
“I spent over 10 years traveling to Native American pow wows across the United States, visiting a different reservation almost every week. Dreamcatchers were everywhere, from grandmother-made heirlooms to commercial versions sold�
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Standing Rock Sioux Reservation
May 14, 2026
Views: 3129 The lands of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe were reduced to a reservation by the Act of March 2, 1889. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribal members are descendants of the Teton�
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