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Native veterans living and dead are remembered at Steele Indian School Park for Memorial Day
Descendants of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native veterans were on hand for a Memorial Day ceremony at Steele Indian School ...
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A Native American tribe will cover the costs of the funerals for all of the Alabama tornado victims
A Native American tribe says it will cover the funeral and burial expenses for all the victims of Sunday’s tornadoes. The Poarch Band of Creek Indians tribe will be making a $184,000 donation to ...
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‘Eternally Grateful’: Community honors life, service of Youngsville native Cpl. Glenn H. Hodak with full military funeral
Cpl. Glenn H. Hodak is home. Warren County residents and dignitaries gathered Monday to pay final respects to Hodak, a World ...
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Why do so many Native American women go missing? Congress aiming to find out
Days later McLemore missed her own mother’s funeral, and she’s missed every family gathering since. McLemore, who would be 31 today, is one of the thousands of Native American women who go ...
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Tribal Elders Are Dying From the Pandemic, Causing a Cultural Crisis for American Indians
One by one, those connections are being severed as the coronavirus tears through ranks of Native American elders ... what happens to them until we see a funeral announcement,” said Abigail ...