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A peyote plant blooms while growing in the nursery at the Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative homesite in Hebbronville, Texas, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Texas 17 hours ago

Peyote that grows naturally in South Texas and Mexico threatened

Peyote, a cactus that contains mescaline, a hallucinogen, grows naturally in South Texas and northern Mexico. It is sacred to many Indigenous people, playing a central role in their ceremonies, spiritual practice and medicine.

FILE – A building that formed part of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School campus is seen at U.S. Army’s Carlisle Barracks, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Carlisle, Pa.

Native Americans December 9, 2024 2:03 pm

Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument to mark era of forced assimilation

President Joe Biden designated a national monument at a former Native American boarding school site in Pennsylvania to commemorate the resilience of tribes whose children were forced to attend the school and similar abusive institutions.

US President Joe Biden speaks at the Gila River Crossing School in the Gila River Indian Community, in Laveen Village, near Phoenix, Arizona on October 25, 2024. Biden apologized for one of the country’s “darkest chapters:” the abduction of Native American children from their families and placement in abusive boarding schools aimed at erasing their culture. The first public apology issued by a sitting US president. From the early 1800s until the 1970s, the US ran hundreds of Indian boarding schools across the country to forcibly assimilate Native children into European settler culture, including conversion to Christianity.

Native Americans October 25, 2024 11:48 am

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.

Food & Drink July 19, 2024 5:26 pm

Meet the chef bringing flavors of her Kickapoo Nation to the Bay Area

California Live’s Jobeth Devera is in the kitchen with Crystal Wahpepah, the chef and owner of Wahpepah’s Kitchen in Oakland, to learn how to make her beloved Three Sisters Veggie Bowl. As a member of the Kickapoo nation of Oklahoma, Crystal’s objectives for Wahpepah’s Kitchen go beyond serving up delicious food to her community, using cuisine as a vessel...

Food & Drink July 19, 2024 5:23 pm

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FILE – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge wears a Native American headdress of the Sioux tribe as he is adopted as Chief Leading Eagle and first white chief of the tribe at the celebration of the 51st anniversary of the settlement of Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1927. Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.

Native Americans June 1, 2024 4:10 pm

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.

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, Nov. 30, 2022.

Native Americans December 6, 2023 7:31 am

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

Native Americans November 2, 2023 7:57 am

From educational workshops to powwows, SoCal hosts several events in honor of Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage Month is in full swing and Southern California is honoring dozens of tribes, their customs and individuality with several events to the public.

Native Americans October 14, 2024 7:45 am

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.

FILE – Mount Blue Sky is seen near Idaho Springs, in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, Sept. 10, 2016.

Colorado September 15, 2023 3:52 pm

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.

People pose during the announcement of new grants for Tribal Conservation Corps. The event was at the community garden of the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians in July of this year.

Environment August 10, 2023 6:03 pm

First of its kind program gives $101M funding for tribal nature-based solutions to fight climate crisis, support Native Americans

The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) established a Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Program as part of the agency’s commitment to fighting climate change and fostering partnerships with California Native American tribes.