Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: May 14, 2025
Next update should be ready by: May 21, 2025
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Environmental Protection & Climate Change
EPA terminates $20 million Walker River Paiute Tribe water infrastructure grant (Nevada Current) 5/14/2025
Federal Recognition of Tribal Status
Members of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians cheer bipartisan effort for federal recognition (Michigan Advance) 5/10/2025
Chinook Indian Nation federal status uncertain again after political break (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 5/8/2025
Mascots, Hate & Native Representation
‘Our identity has been frozen in time’: How Native American advocates are influencing Springfield (Capitol News Illinois) 5/12/2025
New York's Native American mascot ban under federal probe, as activists and academics highlight harm (WRVO Public Media Central New York) 5/7/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
Actions by Wyoming and the feds could have opposing effects on Indigenous rock art (Wyoming Public Media) 5/13/2025
Federal judge pauses Oak Flat land swap until a SCOTUS decision (Arizona Public Media) 5/9/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
Colville Tribes push back on graduation regalia bans in Central Washington schools (Source One News Washington) 5/12/2025
Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Consultation doesn’t always equal consent (ICT) 5/8/2025
Violence Against Native People
NCAI releases landmark Minority & Missing Report highlighting disparities in missing persons cases (Native News Online) 5/12/2025
Voting and Civil Rights
Democratic senators call out the harmful impacts of Trump’s anti-voter executive order and SAVE Act in Indian Country (Native News Online) 5/13/2025
Water Rights
Flooding Fort Berthold: The history of three Native American Tribes and one dam, with Angela Parker [podcast] (Resources Radio) 5/6/2025
