Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: May 28, 2025
Next update should be ready by: June 4, 2025
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Boarding School Healing
Tribes say the US misappropriated funds to pay for Native American boarding schools (Courthouse News Service) 5/22/2025
Education
US Dept. of Education affirms Native students are citizens of sovereign Indian nations with legal relationship with federal government (Native News Online) 5/22/2025
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Reflecting on six months of Indigenous climate coverage (Boise State Public Radio) 5/26/2025
Colorado joins the Eastern Shoshone Tribe in managing bison like wildlife (Wyoming Public Media) 5/22/2025
More ‘good fire’ in Michigan restores Indigenous land practices (Michigan Live) 5/21/2025
Indian Law Advancement
Native American lawmakers turn political capital into policy gains (Montana Public Radio) 5/28/2025
Diné woman confirmed as first Native federal judge in California (ICT) 5/19/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
Supreme Court turns down Apaches' bid to block copper mine on sacred site (CBS News) 5/27/2025
What will happen to Bears Ears monument under Trump? Tribes fear loss of sacred spaces (AZ Central) 5/25/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
Class of 2025 leads the way for Indigenous graduation regalia (New Mexico In Depth) 5/26/2025
Tribal Child Welfare
Bill extending Montana Indian Child Welfare Act signed into law (Montana Free Press) 5/27/2025
Tribes are ‘decolonizing’ child welfare practices, national researchers find (The Imprint) 5/22/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
New Oregon law allows Tribes to petition for removal of state control from tribal affairs (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 5/27/2025
New law paves way for La Center and Cowlitz Indian Tribe to share public services (The Reflector - Washington) 5/26/2025
New state code aims to resolve law enforcement dispute between Lake County, state, Tribes (Montana Free Press) 5/23/2025
More Indigenous Tribes are launching cannabis markets (Forbes) 5/21/2025
Governor Stitt's claims spark tension with Creek Nation over road fund contributions (News Channel 8 ABC Tulsa) 5/20/2025
Violence Against Native People
United Indian Nations of Oklahoma urges lawmakers to override governor's veto of MMIP bill (Native News Online) 5/26/2025
Report: In Wyoming, homicide rates of Indigenous people rise to 8 times that of white people (Wyoming Public Media) 5/22/2025
