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Researchers have successfully modeled an ancient "superhighway" system in Australia that shows how Aboriginal tribes were able to migrate across the land, according to two studies published Thursday in Nature Communications.

Special to Indian Country Today - When Alyssa London, Tlingit, was growing up, she didn’t meet her peers’ expectations of what an Indigenous person would look like.

It’s Spring! And after a long winter, folks are getting out and enjoying the weather. Arbor Day is April 30 this year. Henry Red Cloud, who is Oglala Lakota, will be planting 35,000 trees on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota with his team. John Tahsuda III has worked as the staff director for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and he’s served as a principal deputy assistant secretary for Indian Affairs. Today he talks about the new administration's changes to land into trust. Many people may not realize that Alaska is home to 229 tribes. And there’s a move right now to get the state to formally recognize them. Joaqlin Estus is our national correspondent based in Anchorage and she joins us to tell us more about this effort.

Do you agree that the relationship between Alaska’s Indigenous peoples, especially the Iñupiat and the oil and gas extractive industry has been gravely misrepresented for too long?

The Washington Post reports that Jill Biden knows enough about Navajo culture to meet with the women first.

BREAKING The CDC has updated its mask guidance as of today. If you're vaccinated against COVID, you no longer need to wear masks outdoors during most activities. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on April 27 announced in a live stream that it is safe for those who are fully vaccinated to remove their masks in small outdoor settings. People no longer need to wear masks while walking, running, hiking, or biking alone, with members of their household, or if they attend small outdoor gatherings. Additionally, the agency did say that you still need to wear masks inside and at crowded outdoor events. More info at https://youtu.be/n5AcDyf6xB8?t=2275 [Skip to 37:55 to hear CDC Director]

Holly Cook Macarro, a partner at Spirit Rock Consulting, is a familiar face. She’s a regular contributor to Indian Country Today explaining what’s going on in Washington. There’s the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Keystone XL Pipeline and thousand of other pipelines criss-crossing North America. One that’s particularly important is Line 3. Enbridge is building the 334-mile long oil pipeline across Northern Minnesota. Called Line 3, it’s part of the company's huge Mainline pipeline system and will carry 760,000 barrels of oil per day, including tar sands oil, from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin.

As the story goes, a long time ago there were no celestial light sources and people lived in darkness. Raven heard of a chieftain who owned a private collection of stars, the moon, and the sun, so he set about trying to steal the treasure to bring light to humanity.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? The chief of the Cherokee Nation wants Jeep to stop using the tribe's name on its vehicles.

The head of the state’s largest Native tribal health organization has resigned, a spokesperson has confirmed.

Friedman ordered the Interior Department to maintain the reservation status of the tribe’s 321 acres of land until the department issues a new decision on remand over whether the tribe qualifies as under federal jurisdiction in 1934.

Twenty years ago, U.S. Mint released a $1 coin dedicated to Sacajawea. On Thursday we sat down with Shoshone-Bannock citizen Randy'L Teton, the Sacajawea model on the coin. Teton explained the different spellings of Sacajawea. This historic figure is spelled and pronounced differently by many tribes. For example, The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation spell her name with a "K." Sacajawea was Lemhi Shoshone and the tribe spell it with a "J" and when U.S. Mint made the coin, it split the difference and used a "G." Indian Country Today's Reporter-Producer Aliyah Chavez is also on the newscast with some of the campaign trail stories she's been working on for more than a year.

November is Native American heritage month and as a part of that, there is a series on PBS that puts the spotlight on tribes in California. Tending Nature looks at environmental knowledge tribes have and how they have tended the land throughout time. Corbett Jones, the director and producer of Tending Nature joins us today to tell us more about the series which will air nationwide on Wednesday. Plus national correspondent Mary Annette Pember is on the newscast weighing in on the impacts the new administration could have on Indian Country.

A renowned Siksika chief and diplomat who helped negotiate Treaty 7 a historic and controversial 1877 deal between the federal government and the First Nations in what is now southern Alberta could be the face of Canada's new $5 bill.

The chief executive officer of the National Congress of American Indians announced his resignation during an opening speech of the organization’s annual convention Monday.

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Way to go New Zealand! Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced parliament's newest ministers Monday, including the appointment of Nanaia Mahuta to the role of Minister of Foreign Affairs; the nation's first Indigenous woman to hold the position.

#NativeVote20 This FNX NOW segment produced in partnership with Ethnic Media Services is titled Manipulating the Vote The episode talks about how to spot disinformation that threatens US elections. More than ever, deliberate media manipulation is a staple of our media and political environments. Some media spots aim to create confusion, depress voter enthusiasm, and change the course of the elections and most of the communities that will be affected are those of ethnic minorities, including Native American Communities, Latinx, and African Americans.

SNEAK PEAK OF OUR COVERAGE TOMORROW FOR #NativeVote20 Tune in at 07:00PM PST 08:00PM MST 10:00PM EST

NEWS FOR GRAY WOLVES - "After more than 45 years as a listed species, the gray wolf has exceeded all conservation goals for recovery," said Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.

Hey FNX FAM - it's #NATIVEVOTE20! We're streaming election coverage NOVEMEBR 3rd from Arizona and throughout the country! Tune in to your local Native channel or PBS station to watch on TV or right here on Facebook. We'd like to thank our partners at Indian Country Today for being a part of this historical night! NATIVE VOTE 2020 - NOVEMBER 6TH!... PST | 7p-9p MST | 8p-10p EST | 10p-12a See more

First Nations people in the Yukon endorse One Health approach, say it could help with COVID-19 pandemic.