Native Americans
Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma will lead House Republican spending discussions for the rest of the 118th Congress.
The Republican, who was already barred from the lands of two other tribes, is reportedly on Donald Trump's vice presidential shortlist.
"The worst kind of colonialism," Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said of schools and museums holding on to thousands of stolen bones. But it's complicated.
A legacy of land theft thwarts most tribes' efforts to restore wild buffalo. Wind River Indian Reservation has crafted a unique solution.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The funding will “help build lasting and generational change that Tribal communities need to stay resilient,” said Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
The “Killers of the Flower Moon” star encouraged fans to "look at one of the teams playing" ahead of the Super Bowl.
The exhibits are from an era when museums "did not respect the values, perspectives, and indeed shared humanity of Indigenous peoples," the museum's president said.
The "Killers of the Flower Moon" star has Blackfeet and Nez Perce heritage and grew up on a Native American reservation until she was 10.
Director Charles Sams wants visitors to the nation’s 428 park sites to learn about modern tribal governments, “regardless of the bad, the ugly or the good.”
“We’ll make a difference in 2024,” said the Minnesota lieutenant governor, the new chair of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association.