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Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture
Indigenous data sovereignty ultimately goes deeper than servers and technology, though. It’s about stewarding the cultures ...
Illinois native people say their history is important and mascots are ‘a perversion’
It really is not a sense of honor there. It is not a sense of history,” said the director of the Native American Chamber of ...
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'Our identity has been frozen in time': How Native American advocates are influencing Springfield
Attendees of the 2025 Native American Summit perform a dance in the Illinois Capitol rotunda on March 12, 2025, in full ...
SMU archaeologists help New Mexico tribe link ancestry to famous Chaco Canyon
New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon was home to Puebloan people who built monumental high-rises from sandstone and timber, established long-distance trade routes that brought in cacao and turquoise and ...
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How the Thirteen Colonies Tried—and Failed—to Convince Canada to Side With Them During the American Revolution
After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June 1775 ...
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US judge halts land exchange for Rio Tinto copper mine opposed by Native Americans
A US federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring land to Rio Tinto and BHP for a ...