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Last updated: November 10, 2026

Next update should be ready by: November 18, 2026

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Education

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe celebrates “outstanding legal victory” (Seaway News, Canada) 11/4/2026

Intellectual Property

Reporter’s notebook: Sharing Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge reporting with fellow science writers (Underscore News) 10/29/2026

Native Lands & Sacred Places

Tribal officials sound alarm over two threats that could shrink their authority over sacred sites (KOSU NPR Oklahoma) 11/7/2026

Minnesota utility regulators grant permit for controversial pipeline to reopen near sacred site (Minnesota Public Radio) 11/5/2026

Tribal Child Welfare

Returning Native adoptees welcomed home at Gathering for Our Children Pow Wow (The Circle) 11/9/2026

In historic firsts, Deb Haaland and Peggy Flanagan win elected office — Indigenous women with ties to child welfare issues past and present (The Imprint) 11/4/2026

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

Reporter's notebook: On the Tohono O’odham border, a chairman’s resolve to defend his Nation (Native News Online) 11/9/2026

New York State, like Buffalo, sues to strip Seneca sovereignty from nation-owned lands (WRVO NPR Central New York) 11/9/2026

Tribes hope for renewed relationship with Oklahoma under Governor-elect Mazzei (KGOU NPR Oklahoma) 11/6/2026

Kalshi hit with injunction over sports contracts on California Tribal lands (The Block) 11/6/2026

‘An egregious attack’: Ute Indian Tribe accuses Uintah County Sheriff’s Office of threatening tribal sovereignty (ABC 4 Utah) 11/5/2026

New bill slashes Tribes’ role in projects that impact ancestral sites, water and wildlife (High Country News) 11/5/2026

For Tribal Nations in Virginia, it’s been a tough year on their sovereignty (WVTF Virginia Public Radio) 11/4/2026

Violence Against Native People

San Diego Tribes, law enforcement unite to solve missing Indigenous People cases (NBC San Diego) 11/9/2026

Voting and Civil Rights

Distant polls, spotty mail obstruct Native American voting 6 years after law meant to help them (CalMatters, California) 11/6/2026

Federal lawsuit alleges Montana's Blaine County election map shortchanges Native voters (Montana Free Press) 11/6/2026

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