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KDNK News Director Morgan Neely has Tuesday's updates, including a look at recently released quarterly fundraising numbers in the upcoming 2024 Third Congressional District race between Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch.
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On June 2, the Biden administration placed a 20-year moratorium on new oil, gas, and mineral development in a 10-mile radius around Chaco Canyon national park. While several tribes supported the decision, the decision upset leaders of the Navajo Nation.
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The remains of five Native American children who died at a notorious Indian boarding school more than a century ago will be returned to their living relatives.
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KDNK’s News Director Morgan Neely brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
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May 5th marked a national day of awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). Students from the American Indian Academy of Denver organized a rally on the steps of the state capitol Friday to commemorate the date.
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Governor Jared Polis signed two laws on May 4 that protect important rights for Native Americans. In both cases, these are rights that currently exist, but Colorado’s legislature is reinforcing them anyway.
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KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.
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President Joe Biden designated Avi Kwa Ame, a mountainous area in Nevada that’s revered by many tribes, as a national monument Tuesday.
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A new report shows the overrepresentation of Native Americans and Alaska Natives in state prison systems, and some of the greatest disparities are in the Mountain West.
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Last November, the Navajo Nation elected its youngest president and the first female vice president to hold that position. Nine of the 24 tribal council members elected are women. And in an election of firsts, the tribal council selected Crystalyne Curley as council speaker, the first woman ever to hold that position.