The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced this week that it has added two tribes to the Tiwahe Initiative Social Services Demonstration Program.
Nicole Mann, a member of the Native American tribe of Penobscot Nation, recently made history as the first Native American astronaut to travel to space.
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Legislation was introduced on Wednesday by Representative Mary Pelota, a Yupik, and Senator Markwayne Mullin, a Cherokee Nation citizen, to protect the Second Amendment rights of tribal citizens to buy, keep, and bear arms.
Bipartisan lawmakers in the US Senate and the House of Representatives have reintroduced legislation to amend the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934.