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News Susan LaFlesche Picotte(1865-1915) was an Omaha Native American doctor and reformer in the late 19th century. Susan is widely acknowledged as the first Native American to earn a medical degree. She campaigned for public health and for the formal, legal allotment of land to members of the Omaha tribe.
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NewsThe Dann Sisters, Mary Dann(1923-2005), and Carrie Dann (1932-) are Western Shoshone ranchers and land rights activist. Their work on behalf of the rights of others earned them the 1993 Right Livelihood Award. In 2008 American Outrage, a documentary film explored their leadership in the disputes with the federal government over the government’s breaking of […]
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LAS VEGAS (AP) – The U.S. Census Bureau says Nevada’s Clark County has one of the fastest growing Native American populations in the country. The bureau estimates that between July 2017 and 2018 the number of Native Americans living in the county that includes Las Vegas grew at a faster rate than any other large county […]
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NewsStacey Montooth excited for challenge of leading Nevada Indian Commission
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NewsSince 1997, the state of Nevada has declared the fourth Friday of September as Native American Day
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NewsCARSON CITY, Nevada – Leaders from 13 Nevada tribes have sent letters to President Donald Trump and Energy Secretary Rick Perry protesting the federal government’s shipment of a half metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium to the Nevada National Security Site without informing state government officials or the tribes. Tribal chairmen from the Las Vegas Paiute […]
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NewsGuy Clifton, Travel Nevada CARSON CITY — With blessings delivered in the native languages of the Paiute, Western Shoshone and Washoe tribes, a new chapter in story of Stewart Indian School commenced on Wednesday. More than 250 people, including Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, dozens of alumni and leaders from several Nevada tribes, attended the blessing […]
School spirit The Stewart Indian School is poised to rewrite some long-overlooked parts of local history. By Kris Vagner This article was published on 01.04.18. in Reno News & Review When Buck Sampson was in high school in the late 1960s, he and his history teacher did not see eye to eye on a history textbook. Sampson, […]
