The Muscogee Nation is celebrating the decision by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Review Committee that the remains and funerary objects held by the university are culturally affiliated and should be returned.
A decision by a federal committee may mean the Muscogee Nation will get human remains and historical objects back. They’ve been held for nearly 80 years by the University of Alabama
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) The University of Southern Mississippi is now displaying flags to recognize students enrolled there from six Native American nations. The flags were dedicated during a ceremony Oct.
The Third Annual New Orleans Center for the Gulf South Indigenous Symposium will take place on Friday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. This year’s theme is Being Native Today Indigenous Identities in the Gulf South.
The Third Annual New Orleans Center for the Gulf South Indigenous Symposium will take place after a yearlong postponement this Friday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. This year’s theme,
Being Native Today Indigenous Identities in the Gulf South, addresses how native identity has changed over time. Past years have focused on (de)colonialism and native and French encounters, over 300 years, and land sovereignty. To register, click here.
States With the Biggest Native American Populations
By Ellen Dewitt, Stacker News
On 1/16/21 at 9:00 AM EST
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More than 5 million Native Americans live in the United States as members of 574 federally recognized and 63 state-recognized tribes. That number is projected to rise to 10 million people by 2060. A federally recognized tribe is a sovereign entity with a government-to-government relationship with the United States, as well as the rights of self-governance in such areas as tribal law and taxation.
An estimated 78 percent of Native Americans do not live on reservations. But there are about 326, comprising roughly 56.2 million acres. The 16 million-acre Navajo Nation Reservation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah is the largest, and the 1.32-acre Pit River Tribe cemetery in California is the smallest.