Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: February 11, 2026
Next update should be ready by: February 18, 2026
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Education
American education has failed its first people, but hope is on the horizon (Native News Online) 2/2/2026
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Green or not, US energy future depends on Native Nations (The Conversation) 2/11/2026
Hunting and Fishing
Gwich’in fight to protect caribou from Alaska oil development (Grist) 2/11/2026
Oregon, Washington and Tribes head back to court after Trump pulls out of deal to recover salmon (ABC News) 2/5/2026
Salmon Rebound After Tribes Fight for Culvert Upgrades (Underscore Native News) 1/29/2026
Mascots, Hate & Native Representation
From ancestral mask to NFL icon: The Indigenous origins of the Seahawks logo (My Northwest) 2/6/2026
Native Lands & Sacred Places
Washoe Tribe Completes historic 10,274-acre land return near Lake Tahoe (Native News Online) 2/10/2026
Fixing one byzantine process would return reservation lands to Tribes and improve landscape health (Ground Shift) 2/9/2026
Feds greenlight $2B renewable energy project on Yakama Nation sacred site (Washington State Standard) 2/2/2026
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Wisconsin Tribes respond to ICE presence in Minnesota (Wisconsin Public Radio) 2/6/2026
Judge overturns disenrollment of prominent Squaxin Island Tribe member (Seattle Times) 2/4/2026
Trust Fund Matters
The US government says it is falling short on its legal duties to Tribal Nations (Grist) 2/6/2026
Violence Against Native People
Trump administration targets Office on Violence Against Women with ‘consolidation’ (ICT) 1/29/2026
