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Supreme Court turns away Native American lawsuit over copper mine on sacred land

Sunshine Carlos said she was a member of the Lakota Sioux tribe. “I grew up participating in powwows and learning about my people and our culture,” she said. “When I cook, I don’t waste any of the ingredients, and that definitely comes from my heritage, as we use every part of the animal. There’s nothing that goes to waste. It’s something that’s been ingrained in me. And so it comes out when I cook.”

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A rare birth at Yellowstone National Park: a white buffalo calf reportedly born on June 4.

A Lakota prophecy holds that the birth of a white calf signals better times. But a tribal leader also says it means more must be done to protect the Earth.

Learn more: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/MmKGf1

Leonard Peltier, Native activist imprisoned for nearly 50 years, faces what may be "last chance" parole hearing

Indigenous fashion takes the runway with an eye to history — and the future Native Fashion Week designers embraced the runway, juxtaposing modernity and traditional Native ceremony.

Red Berry Woman is Vogue Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief's "Best Dressed" at the 2024 Oscars Hollywood—When Norma Baker-Flyinghorse originally designed Quannah Chasinghorse’s red dress she wore on the red carpet for this year’s Oscars, it was for %

Nex Benedict, a gender expansive 16 year old with Choctaw ancestry, was brutally attacked by three older students in the girl’s bathroom at Owasso High School, and died the next day. In response to this story, which is still developing, NDN Collective released the following statement:

“The loss of Nex is a tragic reminder that Q***r Indigenous youth are not safe in the so-called United States,” said Steph Viera (he/they) Associate Producer for NDN Collective. “Nex deserved a long life of joy, community, and liberation, and the world that we live in has completely failed Nex and every single Q***r Indigenous person.

Read Full Statement: ndncollective.org/ndn-collective-mourns-the-death-of-nex-benedict/

University of Minnesota to return land to Fond du Lac band The Fond du Lac Band and University of Minnesota are working on an agreement to facilitate ongoing forestry research.