Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: October 15, 2025
Next update should be ready by: October 22, 2025
This page includes news from the most recent update.
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Boarding School Healing
‘It’s no longer being covered up and denied’: Discovering Oregon’s hidden Native American boarding school history (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 10/13/2025
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Wisconsin Assembly dems introduce bills to protect ‘rights of nature’ and reinstitute mining law (Wisconsin Examiner) 10/13/2025
Oil pipeline threatens catastrophe for Tribes in Michigan – again (Truthout) 10/13/2025
Federal Recognition of Tribal Status
Sioux descendants file lawsuit against U.S. for federal recognition, monetary damages over land (CBS News) 10/14/2025
Intellectual Property
For Tribal governments, AI holds unique promise and risks (Marketplace) 10/7/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
The quest to restore what was lost for Indigenous People in Colorado [podcast] (Colorado Public Radio) 10/13/2025
Indigenous Peoples Day comes amid reckoning over colonialism & calls for return of Native land (Tucson Sentinel) 10/13/2025
A true American tale: Indigenous rights vs. corporate greed: The fight by the Western Apache people to save Oak Flat once again highlights the limits of religious freedom for non-Christians (Truthdig) 10/13/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
The long, slow process of repatriation of Indigenous cultural items continues [podcast] (Iowa Public Radio) 10/14/2025
Tribal Child Welfare
Eight Tribes’ child welfare data now included in federal AFCARS dashboard (The Imprint) 10/10/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Menominee County property owners argue land can’t be transferred to Tribal trust (Wisconsin Public Radio) 10/13/2025
Native survival depends on protecting both Tribal and US citizenship rights (Truthout) 10/13/2025
