Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: January 7, 2026
Next update should be ready by: January 14, 2026
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Boarding School Healing
Attorney General Dana Nessel starts criminal investigation into Michigan's Native American boarding schools (CBS News) 12/19/2025
Education
A new curriculum in Vermont schools is about and designed by American Abenaki communities in the state (WAMC Northeast Public Radio) 12/29/2025
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Dakota Access pipeline should continue operating, US Army Corps of Engineers says (Reuters) 12/19/2025
Federal judge blocks Michigan Governor Whitmer from shutting down submerged Great Lakes pipeline (AP) 12/17/2025
Federal Recognition of Tribal Status
Lumbee Tribe becomes 575th federally recognized Tribe (ICT) 12/19/2025
Hunting and Fishing
Klamath Indigenous Land Trust purchases 10,000 acres as salmon return (Native News Online) 12/29/2025
Oklahoma AG's opinion orders wildlife officials to stop ticketing Tribal citizens on reservations (KGOU NPR Oklahoma) 12/19/2025
Intellectual Property
Indigenous intellectual property needs better protections, say advocates (CBC/Radio Canada) 1/7/2026
Native Lands & Sacred Places
Apache leader walks 60 miles to court hearing that will decide fate of Sacred Oak Flat (Native News Online) 1/6/2026
Trump veto stalls effort to expand Miccosukee Tribal lands (Native News Online) 1/2/2026
After 135 years, Wounded Knee Massacre site securely in Native hands (ICT) 12/29/2025
Ute Tribe files federal lawsuit challenging Colorado Parks legislation (Native News Online) 12/22/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
Church repatriates sacred rock covered with petroglyphs after 14-year effort (AP) 12/18/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Planning to begin in Denver for American Indian Cultural Embassy (CBS) 1/5/2026
The Shinnecock Nation fights state of New York over signs and sovereignty (Native News Online) 12/26/2025
County, Tribes still wrangling with state of Montana for PL 280 money (Lake County Leader) 12/25/2025
North Dakota Gov. Armstrong open to accepting Tribal IDs for alcohol purchases (Valley News Live North Dakota) 12/22/2025
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation divests its ICE contract (Native News Online) 12/17/2025
8th Circuit rejects Tribal court jurisdiction in divorce case (Minnesota Lawyer) 12/16/2025
Violence Against Native People
New Turquoise Alert for missing Native people has been issued just six times (Source NM) 12/17/2025
Water Rights
Rappahannock Tribe raises sovereignty and environmental concerns over Caroline County water permit (Native News Online) 1/5/2026
Tribes stake their claim on the Colorado River, and help conserve it (Nevada Current) 1/5/2026
