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Gathering will mark 45 years since the largest radioactive release in U.S. history hit New Mexico

The Church Rock spill is the third largest radioactive waste release globally, after Fukushima and Chernobyl

DATE: Jul 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Southern Ute Indian Tribe sues Colorado over sports betting

Complaint alleges ‘bad faith’ and ‘anti-sovereign’ by state officials

DATE: Jul 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents

Clemency request is pending before President Joe Biden

DATE: Jul 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Birth of rare white buffalo fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times

Move over grizzlies and wolves: Yellowstone visitors hope to catch a glimpse of bison

DATE: Jun 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

100th anniversary of Indigenous voting rights is ‘bittersweet,’ says S. Ute tribal leader

Snyder Act, which established citizenship for Native Americans, signed 100 years ago today

DATE: Jun 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Western Slope leaders mull tribal ownership of former Indigenous boarding school

‘I don't think any of us feels that this shouldn't go back to the tribes’ Grand Junction council member says

DATE: May 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water

Nearly a third of homes in the Navajo Nation don’t have running water

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Research into Colorado’s Indian boarding school receives new funding

Bill directs researchers to collect confidential oral histories of survivors

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water

Nearly a third of homes in the Navajo Nation don’t have running water

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Ignacio School District to take down Southern Ute flag Friday

Decision has sparked backlash from some students

DATE: May 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t the only answer

HISLE – Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young. Goodlow, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, said she’s lost six...

DATE: May 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Four Corners

Southern Ute archivist dives into boarding school history

A look into what the Southern Ute Dormitory was and its relation to other institutions during the time

DATE: Apr 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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