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2022 Recognition & Enrollment News Stories

Wabanaki tribes criticize Maine Sen. King after proposal to let them benefit from federal laws fails (Maine Public Radio) 12/21/22

The Nooksack tribe in Washington is attempting to evict people from tribal homes (NPR) 12/11/22

Grand Ronde citizens vote to limit disenrollment (Indian Country Today) 12/4/22

For our descendants: Grand River Band won’t give up fight for federal recognition (WOODTV.com) 11/6/22

Outgoing senators Richard Shelby and Richard Burr back U.S. recognition for 2 state tribes (Alabama Today) 10/31/22

The Chinook Nation’s existential fight for recognition (Indian Country Today) 10/30/22

Alaska tribes clarify corporation’s non-sovereign status (Indian Country Today) 10/25/22

The Interior Department is developing a new policy for Native Hawaiian consultation (Honolulu Civil Beat) 10/18/22

‘We have always been here’ – NH recognition of Native American tribes unlikely (Concord Monitor) 10/10/22

How a federal border became a dividing line for Nooksack citizenship (Crosscut) 10/6/22

Indiana's Miami tribe battling for federal recognition after rule changes (Kokomo Tribune) 9/17/22

Sault Tribe celebrates 50 years of federal recognition (Upper Michigan's Source) 9/7/22

Chinook Nation rallies in support of federal recognition (Indianz) 8/29/22

California Indian Tribes Denied Resources for Decades as Federal Acknowledgement Lags (San Francisco Public Press) 8/11/22

Emotional hearing on Freedmen citizenship yields discussion but few solutions (KOSU / NPR) 7/28/2022

When tribal nations expel their Black members (The New Yorker) 7/25/22

Alaska Senate passes tribal recognition bill (Alaska Public Media) 5/16/22

The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe wants federal recognition. A new Stanford student group is supporting their efforts. (The Stanford Daily) 5/16/22

Stolen justice: Reinstate federal recognition of the Chinook Indian Nation (Chinook Observer) 5/10/22

This Native American tribe wants federal recognition. A new DNA analysis could bolster its case (Smithsonian Magazine) 4/18/22

Resolution seeks recognition of sovereignty for Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ Nation (The Ithacan) 3/30/22

This tribe has fought for years to get federal recognition. It's about their identity (KALW Public Media) 3/6/22

Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians gain more support for federal recognition (Native News Online) 3/4/22

New generation of Native Americans faces exclusion from parents’ tribes (Phoenix magazine) 3/3/22

Alaska state recognition of tribes will be on ballot (Indian Country Today) 3/3/22

Stafford's Patawomeck tribe seeks federal recognition (Culpeper Star Exponent) 1/18/22

A tribe's bitter purge brings an unusual request: Federal intervention (The New York Times) 1/2/22

 

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