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At the request of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American told hold the position, investigators found more than 500 bodies at just 19 of the schools, and said more were being discovered as the work continues.

The Senate voted 36-to-14 Monday to advance a bill that would set up a memorial highway through the Blackfeet Reservation in honor of the tribe’s late chief, Earl Old Person.

The now-defunct resolution contained language many found to be stereotypical and offensive.

Throughout his campaign, Buu Nygren promised the Navajo people he would improve infrastructure, bring in water lines and broadband, and secure more funding from the U.S. government.

Seeing Arizona Tribes spotlighted during Governor Katie Hobbs’s inauguration ceremony was refreshing for local tribal advocates, and it affirms Hobbs’s commitment to upholding relationships with tribal nations.

Public Law 280 is a federal law under which the state and Lake County agreed in 1963 that the county will investigate and prosecute felony cases against Native Americans on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

Rev. Katie Sexton-Wood writes, "The stated purpose of these schools was education, but education meant forcible assimilation of Native children into a white, Christian dominator society, intentionally stripping them of their culture and heritage."

The president also announced economic, climate and land management actions the administration is taking to foster a strong federal relationship with Indian Country.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill into law in February ordering the attorney general to work with other state, federal and tribal agencies to investigate these cases.

Zach Hawkins writes, "National American Indian Heritage Month offers a great opportunity for our teachers, students, and communities to highlight and celebrate the rich cultures and histories of our Indian friends and neighbors."