Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Next update should be ready by: August 20, 2025
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Environmental Protection & Climate Change
With reforms in place, California’s Karuk Tribe works to reestablish cultural burning as 'common practice' (Boise State Public Radio) 8/1/2025
Rural communities, Tribes sue EPA over $2.8 billion in canceled funding for flood mitigation and resilience projects (Daily Yonder) 7/31/2025
Tribal Nations left with few options to resist Oklahoma's Westwin Elements due to complex history (KGOU NPR Oklahoma) 7/30/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
'It's insulting': Feds decline to review approval of drilling at planned copper mine (Arizona Republic) 8/6/2025
Denver plans $20M American Indian Cultural Embassy near sacred bison herds (Denverite) 7/31/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
Native languages need radio, which is at risk of being lost (High Country News) 8/1/2025
Can A.I. help revitalize Indigenous languages? (Smithsonian) 7/31/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Reopen Alcatraz? Indigenous People say it’s more than madness – it’s historical erasure (The Guardian) 8/2/2025
Washington's congressional delegation introduces bill to give Tribal law enforcement equal footing with federal counterparts (The Chronicle - Washington) 8/1/2025
Voting and Civil Rights
The importance of the Voting Rights Act for Indian Country (written by NARF Executive Director John Echohawk) (ICT) 8/6/2025
Water Rights
Oregon Tribe threatens legal action over resort water rights (Tribal Business News) 8/2/2025
