Native American tribes across the country are celebrating after a June 15 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a challenge to the 45-year-ol.
Seven years after it was first introduced and nearly 185 years after most of the Cherokee were forced west on the Trail of Tears, a bill seeking to return to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians more than 76 acres of sacred homeland in East Tennessee last week passed the U.S. House on a path its sponsor hopes takes it to President Joe Biden s desk.
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National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer event for public lands, held annually on the fourth Saturday in September. Since 1979, National Public Lands Day has brought together hundreds of thousands of volunteers to help restore America’s public lands.
Interior leaders visited public lands across America on Saturday to celebrate National Public Lands Day and highlight President Biden’s America the Beautiful initiative.