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New secretary lays out agenda for Native Americans

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told a Senate panel Wednesday that "Indian education is embarrassing" as she laid out her priorities on issues affecting Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Full story

AP Exclusive: Health reforms penalize some Indians

When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California's wine country that covers all her medical needs. Full story

Will Disney's new Tonto be any better?

The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger's sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes. The latest Disney version has a shirtless Johnny Depp adorned with feathers, a face painted white with black stripes, and a stuffed crow on his head. Full story

Logging halts after damage to archaeological site

A Native American group is clashing with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and state officials over logging at a site in Northern California. Full story

SD tribe faces ultimatum on sale of massacre site

A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by dilapidated structures and hundreds of gravesites — many belonging to Native Americans massacred more than a century earlier. Full story

Gun billboard featuring Native Americans draws ire

   Some residents in northern Colorado are upset with an anti-gun control message built around a historic photo of Native Americans featured on a billboard. KUSA’s Dave Delozier reports.

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Justices struggle in weighing American Indian adoption case

Supreme Court to consider adoption case of American Indian girl

What you didn’t see at the White House Tribal Nations Summit

Health-Food Business Taps Into its Native American Roots

Boy's miracle cure makes 1st Native American saint

Ancient diet offers clues to diabetes

Climate Change First Responders: Native Americans

NYT: Gene tests trace three waves of Native Americans

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  Why the Violence Against Women Act must provide equal protection to all women

The Washington Post’s Nia-Malika Henderson and MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor respond to a controversial comment from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, about domestic violence on tribal lands – as the House GOP moves to vote on a watered down version of the bill.

  Women politically vulnerable without VAWA

Deborah Parker, vice chairwoman of the Tulalip Tribes in Washington state, joins Melissa Harris-Perry to talk about how House Republicans are working to exclude Native American women from receiving protection under the Violence Against Women Act.

  No Doubt pulls video after racism claims

Pop group No Doubt has removed the video for its single “Looking Hot” after receiving complaints from fans and the Native American community that the wild west-themed video was offensive

  Scott Brown staffers caught in offensive tape

Melissa Harris-Perry responds to a video depicting staffers of Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown making offensive actions against Native Americans. Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian joins to react.

  Scott Brown's racial politics crosses line

Rachel Maddow shares video of staffers and supporters of Senator Scott Brown mocking Native Americans with hoots and gestures as a means of taunting Brown's opponent, Elizabeth Warren.

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Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrive at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrive at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington

Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrive at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington May 9, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)

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Washington Redskins' Griffin passes against Baltimore Ravens during their NFL football game in Landover

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III passes against the Baltimore Ravens in the second half of their NFL football game in Landover, Maryland in this file photo taken December 9, 2012. The pro football Washington Redskins' team name is part of underlying U.S. racism that has stereotyped