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Tribes support bill to change Indigenous Peoples Day date in Nevada
A proposed Nevada Assembly bill would move the state’s Indigenous Peoples Day to the second Monday in October, despite some ...
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NV lawmaker proposes new date for Indigenous Peoples Day
Nevada's only sitting Indigenous legislator has introduced a bill to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day on what she calls the ...
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Nevada bill proposes to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day in October
A bill aimed to move the celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day to the same date as Columbus Day was presented at the Legislature on Tuesday, adding to ...
Opinion
VICTOR JOECKS: The problem with Indigenous Peoples Day
Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World should be celebrated, not replaced. On Tuesday, Assemblywoman Shea Backus, D-Las Vegas, presented on Assembly Bill 144. It would establish the second ...
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Nevada lawmaker moves to put Indigenous Peoples Day on Colombus Day
Nevada law says Indigenous Peoples Day falls on Aug. 9, but a lawmaker is trying to change that with AB144, which would set the observation on the second Monday in October — the same day as ...
Oscar-nominated documentary exposes horrifying truths about Indigenous residential schools in Canada
The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada in 2021 was just the catalyst for ...
Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it's human rights. An archaeologist describes that lesson
As an archaeologist, you picture yourself traveling to some remote location, digging into the ground, and returning to a lab ...
Commentary: Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights
Since the passing of the National Museum of the American Indian Act in 1989 and the Native American Graves Protection and ...
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Building awareness for missing, murdered Indigenous relatives through art
Feb. 14 marks a day of remembrance for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. In south Minneapolis, a community ...
Bill would create alert system for missing Indigenous people
Two state lawmakers are trying to create a “Turquoise Alert” system in New Mexico for sending out statewide alerts when ...
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Pope Francis: Defending Indigenous Rights ‘a Matter of Justice’
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is hosting the meeting in order to strengthen IFAD’s partnership ...