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Potawatomi first federally-recognized tribe in Illinois

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By Hannah MeiselCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribal nation in the State of Illinois after a decision from the recent U.S. Department of the Interior. The move represents the first...

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Growth of hemp started in small plots of Native people

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Reprint from May 26, 2022 and June 2, 2022Last of four parts Native people offer growing interest in the Green Revolution. Winona LaDuke writes on Alex White Plume, a leader of the Ogala Lakota tribe in the Spring 2021 edition of Yes! magazine. “And though tribes had been reluctant to...

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Native Americans’ right to vote systematically violated

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Reprinted from November 12, 2020Last of three parts Native Americans’ right to vote has been systematically violated for generations. In the new book, Voting in Indian Country, The View from the Trenches, Jean Reith Schroedel weaves together historical and contemporary voting rights’ conflicts on the eve of the November 3...

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Native Americans’ right to vote systematically violated

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Reprinted from November 12, 2020Second of three parts Native Americans’ right to vote has been systematically violated for generations. In the new book, Voting in Indian Country, The View from the Trenches, Jean Reith Schroedel weaves together historical and contemporary voting rights’ conflicts on the eve of the November 3...

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Traditional hemp economies a revival for Native peoples

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First of two parts Here is a A post-petroleum transition plan: Winona LaDuke writes the following article for YES Magazine on tribes’ revive traditional hemp economies: “More than 20 years ago, Alex White Plume, a leader of the Oglala Lakota, planted his first hemp crop on Wounded Knee Creek, on...

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Waubonsee Community College programs on Native American heritage virtual, in person

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Waubonsee Community College will be host to several programs to educate and raise awareness about Native American heritage, culture, traditions, and customs during Native American Heritage Month. These events will honor the generations of Native Americans who have shaped America’s legacy by sharing their stories while examining the complicated intersection...

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Oneida Indian Nation gives praise to name change

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The national grassroots Change the Mascot campaign, led by the Oneida Indian Nation, praised the July 23 decision to change the Cleveland Indians’ Major League Baseball (MLB) name to the Guardians. Cleveland has been known as the Indians since 1915, but announced the name change with a video on Twitter...

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Abuse at Native American schools acquired by interviews

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Last of three parts The second part is at thevoice.us/secretary-of-interior-deb-haaland-assists-in-probe Joe Nelson of the The Press Enterprise in California tells us of the federal probe of Native American boarding schools ‘“The Interior Department will address the inter-generational impact of Indian boarding schools to shed light on the unspoken traumas of...

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Native American forbidden culture dark part of history

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First of three parts The United States just has celebrated another Fourth of July Independence Day. We celebrated the day with familiar songs, about the land of the free with loud and many beautiful displays of fireworks. We give thanks and recognition to the many individuals who have sacrificed their...

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The Americas’ origins start with migration over Beringia

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We do not know precisely how or when the Native Americans first settled here. The theory is that people migrated from Eurasia across Beringia, a land bridge that connected Siberia to Alaska during the Last Glacial Period and then spread southward throughout the Americas over subsequent generations. Deglaciation along the...

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One Spirit seeks to assist Lakota Native Americans daily

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In many of these difficult times, accelerated by COVID-19 and resultant economic and health situations, banning together in groups is helpful. Native Americans grapple with similar situations continually. (See The Voice November 5 and 12 on Native American voting challenges.) One Spirit is an organization which seeks to address the...

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Native Americans’ voting problems include address variations

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Last of two parts The first part is at thevoice.us/native-americans-right-to-vote-among-the-most-violated Native Americans’ right to vote has been systematically violated for generations. In the new book, Voting in Indian Country, The View from the Trenches, Jean Reith Schroedel weaves together historical and contemporary voting rights’ conflicts on the eve of the...

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Native Americans’ right to vote among the most violated

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First of two parts Here’s how Native Americans’ right to vote has been systematically violated for generations In the new book, Voting in Indian Country, The View from the Trenches, Jean Reith Schroedel weaves together historical and contemporary voting rights conflicts on the eve of the November 3 election. She...

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