Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: May 13, 2026
Next update should be ready by: May 20, 2026
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Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Report: Nevada’s lithium boom comes at the expense of Indigenous rights (Grist) 5/12/2026
Hunting and Fishing
Inside the Indigenous fight to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay (Inside Climate News) 5/9/2026
Mascots, Hate & Native Representation
Legislation would address changes to exhibits at federal sites (Cherokee Phoenix) 5/12/2026
Native Lands & Sacred Places
‘Failed experiment in human suffering’: Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail to close (Guardian) 5/13/2026
Mining company pulls out of controversial Pe’ Sla drilling project (ICT) 5/8/2026
Tribes renew opposition to Goldendale pumped storage project during ceremony near sacred site (KGW8 NBC News Portland) 5/8/2026
Religious and Cultural Rights
Tribes want Cal State to return Native remains and artifacts. Here’s why it’s not so easy (Cal Matters) 5/8/2026
Tribal Child Welfare
U.S. Supreme Court is asked, again, to overturn ICWA as unconstitutional (The Imprint) 5/6/2026
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Bipartisan bill aims to prevent wrongful detention of Native Americans during ICE enforcement (Native News Online) 5/13/2026
Ho-Chunk Nation wins federal decision in Kalshi case (WEAU News Wisconsin) 5/12/2026
Alaska Legislature considers exempting some Native corporations from public disclosure (Alaska Beacon) 5/12/2026
Violence Against Native People
U.S. Interior Department announces Indian Country Violent Crime Task Force (Source New Mexico) 5/6/2026
Voting and Civil Rights
Montana district court blocks law restricting voter registration hours, allows voter ID law (Daily Montanan) 5/11/2026
