Dutton suggests Anzac Day services should not involve Welcomes to Country
By Samantha Dick
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton suggests Anzac Day dawn services should not involve Welcome to Country ceremonies and says most veterans do not support having them at the events.
Remote community wants help for smokers to quit amid high tobacco price
By Emily JB Smith and Katrina Tap
With a packet of tobacco costing more than $100, smokers in Tjuntjuntjarra are in a vicious cycle, but have "little support" when it comes to quitting.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/tjuntjuntjara-wants-help-for-smokers-to-quit/105195032
Indigenous elders say crumbling health facilities are fracturing community
By Nate Woodall
A large majority of Aboriginal community-owned health facilities in Victoria are in urgent need of infrastructure funding, according to a new report from the state's top advisory body and peak body for Indigenous health.
Price concerned NT could become a 'lockdown territory' due to wave of youth crime
By Paul Johnson
The Northern Territory senator says youth crime in the Alice and other parts of NT has risen due to the circumstances children are being brought up in.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-04/jacinta-nampijimpa-price-alice-springs-youth-crime/103670424
Indigenous tribe's name to be restored to Connecticut river under proposed bill
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First Native American woman in space steps out on spacewalk
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A tiny Juneau lot is the latest battleground in a dispute over tribal sovereignty
Alaska Natives trying to access emergency aid were met with nonsensical forms in their language with sentences like 'your husband is a polar bear'
Did you know that the 13,000 Native Americans that fought in World War I were not even U.S. citizens? Natives were not granted citizenship (of our own country) — until June 2, 1924.
You would’ve known this. Had they taught it to you in school.
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U of Kentucky one of largest holders of Native American remains that haven’t been returned to tribes
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article271144562.html
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Tribal and civic leaders condemn lawmaker's proposal for Reservation alternatives
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Tuition Waiver Program for Native Americans Off to a Promising Start
Tribal leaders in Wisconsin warn of ‘pretendians’ after Madison arts leader accused of pretending to be Native American resigns UW residency
America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains
https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-human-remains
Remains found in 2008 identified as Native American woman reported missing in 1987
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Congress must honor its 244-year-old promise to the Indigenous leaders of Delaware Nation
Experts say 2 lawsuits pose greatest threat to tribal sovereignty in decades
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Montana lawmaker wants to revisit idea of reservations
Biden signs bills that secure long-sought water rights and land for 5 Arizona tribes
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