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Mashantucket Pequot Tribe shares the importance of learning indigenous culture
November is Native American Heritage Month and Connecticut is home to several indigenous tribes, including the Mashantucket’s Pequot Tribal Nation. The tribe operates the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, which explores Native American history. “Native people first and foremost are still here,” said the museum’s executive director, Joshua Carter. “A lot of times we get stuck in the history section or...
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Biden apologizes for forced Native American boarding school policy that caused abuse and deaths of children
President Joe Biden delivered an apology Friday for a United States policy that forcibly separated generations of indigenous children from their families for more than 150 years and sent them to federally backed boarding schools for forced assimilation.
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100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states
An act of Congress a century ago guaranteed citizenship to wary Native Americans in an age of forced assimilation and marked the outset of a long journey to secure voting rights.
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Biden will sign an executive order on federal funding for Native Americans
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order during a tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds. White House domestic policy advi
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Census data shows CT Native American population is growing
This Native American Heritage Month, researchers say the Native American population in our state grew 9% in a decade.
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What is Indigenous Peoples Day? A day of celebration, protest and reclaiming history
Here is a look at why it’s called Indigenous Peoples Day, the history behind it and how people celebrate.
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A Colorado mountain tied to an 1864 massacre is renamed Mount Blue Sky
A towering mountain southwest of Denver has been renamed in honor of Colorado’s Indigenous people.
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Search for children's remains continues at former Native American assimilation school in Nebraska
Amid a renewed push for answers, archeologists resume digging for student remains at the site of a former Native American boarding school.