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Redbone's hit cracked the Billboard Top 5 this month in 1974. It was a first for a band with all Native and Mexican American members — but the song itself had a quietly political message, too.
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New research shows that a majority of Indigenous languages in America are endangered. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Native American language preservationist Alaina Tahlate.
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A CEO of one of the companies offering "memorial spaceflights" says his customers view it as "an appropriate celebration" of their loved ones.
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Throughout November, TPR has presented 'Native American Moments,' a special series exploring both well-known and little known stories of indigenous people, descendants of Native Americans, and the policies that influenced the evolution of the United States. This special report collects and expands on all those stories.
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More than 400 young men from the Navajo Nation enlisted in the Marines during World War II.
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It's been reported that Indigenous women experience a disproportionate amount of violence compared to the general population — but their cases often get underreported or ignored. Fewer of their cases are included in the Department of Justice database. This leaves the indigenous community to bring awareness and urgency to their own missing and murdered women.
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The new national monument that President Biden is designating in Arizona today comes after Native nations advocated for decades to protect the area
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Native Americans in the United States experience higher rates of mental health issues than their white counterparts. Texas Native Health is expanding mental health services to meet the needs in the state.
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The case pitted prospective adoptive parents and Texas against the act, a federal law aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their extended families and their tribes.
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NBC News partnered with ProPublica for the Repatriation Project, a series investigating the delayed return of native remains. NBC News reporter Graham Lee Brewer and Ramón Vásquez, a member of the Tāp Pīlam Coahuiltecan Nation, speak about the struggle to regain access to pieces of tribal heritage and the renewed interest by some institutions to repatriate remains.