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Last updated: March 4, 2026

Next update should be ready by: March 11, 2026

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Boarding School Healing

Interior Department fights to dismiss Oklahoma Tribe's Indian boarding school lawsuit (KGOU NPR Oklahoma) 2/26/2026

Tribal members describe report on Native American boarding schools as "flawed" and "incomplete" (Michigan Public) 2/26/2026

Education

Native American leaders are furious with Trump’s Tribal education shakeup (Oklahoma Watch) 2/26/2026

Environmental Protection & Climate Change

State-Tribal wildlife area in Oregon stalls after timberland owner withdraws from deal (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 3/2/2026

Trump fast-tracked permitting a Utah uranium mine in record 11 days. Tribes call it a rubber stamp (KJZZ NPR Phoenix) 2/26/2026

A Superfund site in Minnesota is spreading, disrupting a tribe’s way of life (Buffalo's Fire) 2/25/2026

Hunting and Fishing

Judge orders protective measures for Columbia River salmon after Trump canceled historic deal (KUOW NPR Seattle) 2/26/2026

Native Lands & Sacred Places

Indigenous Peoples decry permit allowing mineral drilling at sacred Black Hills site (IC Magazine) 2/28/2026

BLM nominee promises to protect national monument important to Tribes (AZ Central) 2/27/2026

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

Federal judge declines to confirm Osage Nation's reservation, but offers 'roadmap' to do so (KGOU NPR Oklahoma) 3/4/2026

Fort Belknap sues U.S. government over Tribal law enforcement funding (KRTV Great Falls Montana) 3/3/2026

Wisconsin senate republicans to meet on Tribal online sports betting bill (WBAY Green Bay Wisconsin) 3/2/2026

Indian Gaming Association condemns CFTC over prediction markets, warns of threat to Tribal sovereignty (Native News Online) 3/2/2026

Yurok Tribal Council issues response to ICE concerns, says at least one citizen detained (North Coast Journal of Politics, People and Art) 2/26/2026

Choctaw Nation revises criminal code to note limited jurisdiction over non-Indians (NonDoc) 2/26/2026

Bill would require 'good faith' negotiations from governor with Tribes (Nebraska Public Media) 2/26/2026

Voting and Civil Rights

Tribal voting advocates cite harms in federal election bill (Wyoming Public Media) 2/25/2026

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