This mom is giving kids in her community clothes, education, and a link to their Native American culture
Becoming a foster mom gave Elisia Manuel the family she always wanted. After experiencing serious gaps in resources, she ...
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Foster needs persist across reservation
Foster care needs in the Cherokee Nation continue to eclipse the number of tribal homes currently open to Cherokee children, ...
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“A Lot of Our Traditional Clothing, We Had to Fight to Keep”—Fashion Designer Norma Baker–Flying Horse
“To be a Native American designer showing for the Fashion ... A lot of our traditional clothing, we had to fight to keep. My work is a mixture of our cultural clothing and today’s modern ...
‘Peace and closure’: Native American children’s remains from Carlisle to be returned to families
The Army has conducted exhumations at the cemetery since 2017 to help bring closure to Native American families and tribes by ...
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Thinking about the Indian Removal Act, at the National Archives Museum and National Museum of the American Indian
gave the president the legal authority to remove Native people by force from their homelands east of the Mississippi to lands west of the Mississippi. It became for American Indians one of the ...
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This mom is giving kids in her community clothes, education, and a link to their Native American culture
Across the state, Native American children ... basic items like clothing, diapers, toiletries, and toys and distributing them from her warehouse on the Gila River Indian Community.