This week's stories: Google celebrates Native American engineer; Canadian courts approve settlement on certain survivors of the Sixties Scoop; Seminole Tribe eliminates plastic straws at its casinos; Cherokee Nation make first conservation area on tribal land for an endangered beetle species; ShoShona Kish to receive 2018’s Womex Professional Excellence Award.

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This week's stories: Lumber launches first Native American program to aid disabled veterans; 14 tribes receive grants from the Bueau of Reclamation; Cherokee Nation System Solutions supporting USDA data project; New scholarship aimed at brining more Native Americans into the medical field; Disney’s Epcot opens new Native American exhibit.

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This week's stories: Bipartisan legislation introduced to help Native American veterans; Gary and Carmen Davis launch ‘Native Business’; AIGCS/Gates Millennium Scholar alumna receives Fulbright to study in Denmark; Oneida elder honored for her military service; Ritchie Valens Memorial Highway celebration.

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This week's stories: DOE issues tribal energy loan guarantee program; The second 2018 Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists announced; Savage Storm wins Division 1 NABI championship; Cyclists finish 2018 Remember the Removal Bike Ride; The 2018 Fiesta Bowl Lori Piestewa National Native American Games.

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This week's stories: The Winnebago tribe is a top leader in renewable energy; Joanne Shenandoah partners with RNCI to bring attention to #WhyWeWearRED; The Iroquois Nationals arrive in time to compete in the World Lacrosse Championships despite passport issues; New law allows school districts to transfer land to the Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation; Rap artist, Buggin Malone releases new album and saves a life.

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This week's stories: Groundbreaking research reveals depth of discrimination against Native American; University group launches water purification project for the San Carlos Apache; “American Indian Business: Principles and Practices,” a book written for Native Americans by Native Americans; Native American students attend leadership Institute at Princeton University; “Woman Walks Ahead” set for wider theater release. Native News Update with anchor Kimberlie Acosta from the studios of IndianCountryTV.com

This week's stories: The opening of the 17th Protecting Mother Earth conference; Design selected for the National Native American Veterans Memorial; ‘Native America’ a new series to air on PBS; ‘Bowwow Powwow’ a new children’s picture book told in two languages; The rise of Supaman. Native News Update with anchor Kimberlie Acosta from the studios of IndianCountryTV.com

This week's stories: Healthy kids healthy futures app contest; Pacific lamprey returning to Umatilla River; Gil Birmingham costars in the new TV series ‘Yellowstone’; 2018 N7 collection unveiled; Canadian rapper releases new video about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

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This week's stories: A treaty rights victory for Tribes in Washington state; Blackfeet water-rights settlement signed; Puyallup Tribe partners with the Seattle Seahawks to give to charities; The U.S. Open honors first Native American golfer, Oscar Bunn; The Yurok Tribe featured in a new California Academy of Sciences exhibit.

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This week's stories: Deb Haaland is on track to become the first Native American congresswoman; British museum loans Native American artifacts to tribal museum; REI teams up with the National Forest Foundation to restore national forests; Henry Red Cloud educates tribes on energy independence; Yankees draft Navajo member, Anthony Seigler.

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