Lummi Carvers Arrive at the Straits of Mackinac
To raise awareness about environmental threats to the Place Where Life Began (the Straits of Mackinac), the Bay Mills Indian...
Native Lands
Tribes Respond to KXL Pipeline Termination
On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, TransCanada (TC Energy) announced that it is terminating its Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline project. Rosebud...
A Pause to Assess the Impacts on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
On June 1, the Department of the Interior announced a temporary halt to oil and gas development in the Arctic...
Gwich’in Tribes Fight to Protect Sacred Arctic Lands
On December 15, 2020, the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, Arctic Village Council, and Venetie Village Council, sought a...
Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Oneida Nation Boundaries
Today, following in the footsteps of the US Supreme Court’s recent decision reaffirming the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation boundaries, the...
Historic Win in McGirt v. Oklahoma
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the nation’s oldest, largest, and most representative organization comprised of American Indian and...
Great Plains Tribes Win Important Legal Fight to Protect Tribal Water and Treaty Resources
The Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association (GPTCA), the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), and the National Congress of American Indians...
Trump must respect sovereignty when he visits Mt. Rushmore on July 3
Cheyenne River, Oglala, and Rosebud Sioux tell administration to respect sovereignty as they address pandemic Sioux Nation, South Dakota — In...
Court Decision Protects the Badger-Two Medicine Area
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued a ruling in Solenex v. Bernhardt, a case...
KXL Pipeline Man Camps – The New Smallpox Blanket
Francis Parkman was the first to document British General Jeffrey Amherst’s shameful plan to exterminate Indians by giving them smallpox-infected...
