Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: March 26, 2025
Next update should be ready by: April 9, 2025
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Education
Federal government treaty-bound to provide education funding, Soo Tribal leader says (Public Radio 90 WNMU Great Lakes) 3/25/20025
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Tribal Nations in Michigan withdraw from Line 5 tunnel project discussions (Michigan Advance) 3/25/2025
Hunting and Fishing
Billy Frank Jr. statue brings modern representation to U.S. Capitol (KNKX Public Radio Seattle) 3/20/2025
How the Klamath dams came down (Grist) 3/19/2025
Indian Law Advancement
Together we rise: Native attorneys take their federal oath (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 3/25/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
LAND BACK: Illinois Governor signs law allowing Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to reclaim its stolen land (Native News Online) 3/25/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
New Mexico Governor signs bill protecting students’ right to wear regalia (The Grant County Beat) 3/19/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Rebecca Nagle considers Supreme Court wins and what’s at stake for Tribes under Trump (High Country News) 3/25/2025
Oregon bill would allow Tribes to petition for removal of state control from tribal affairs (Investigate West) 3/24/2025
More than 100 Tulsa cases involving Natives sent to Tribes in mayor’s sovereignty push (Public Radio Tulsa) 3/21/2025
Montana legislature aims to resolve law enforcement dispute (ICT) 3/20/2025
Tribal Nations back Swinomish in legal battle against BNSF Railway Co. (New Mexico Sun) 3/17/2025
Violence Against Native People
BIA to use forensic technology to help solve Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons cases (KUNR Aspen Public Radio) 3/24/2025
New Mexico bill would provide ‘turquoise’ safety alert when Native Americans go missing. Here’s what that means (Time) 3/21/2025
