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The new law includes an option that could allow some schools to keep using team names like Chiefs, Braves, Indians or Tomahawks. School administrators would need to consult with a nearby tribe and win permission for respectful use beyond January 1, 2022. Several school districts in central and eastern Washington have already begun those conversations with tribal leaders.

In one of the new books, two animals that are complete opposites want to play with each other.

The Sitka School Board will consider acknowledging Tlingit lands when it formally opens its meetings.

You asked: If it’s not the dark, is it the cold? Why did you focus on men, not women? And how can we help?

The bill establishes a competitive grant program to support Native language immersion schools.

Juneau police are asking for help identifying a man in connection with a racist incident during Saturday morning’s Celebration parade through downtown.

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid says the NFL should consider ousting Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder.

– Tuesday at 9 p.m. –  Kemosabe? Loincloths, fringed pants, and feather headdresses? Heap big stereotypes. Reel Injun is an entertaining trip through the evolution of North American Native people (“The Indians”) as portrayed in famous Hollywood movies, from the silent era to today. Jim Jarmusch, Clint Eastwood, Graham Greene, John Trudell and others provide […]

Native Americans at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation have voted to overturned a more than century-old ban on alcohol in a decision that critics say will spur an increase in already high rates of domestic abuse, suicide and infant mortality.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Thursday the birth of a pair of Sumatran tigers, a species that has dwindled to less than 500 in the wild.