Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: December 3, 2025
Next update should be ready by: December 10, 2025
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Education
Tribal colleges in the U.S. are under threat (NPR) 11/26/2025
Hunting and Fishing
Tribes move whitefish upriver in bid to revive Great Lakes runs (Michigan Live) 11/28/2025
Landowners, Adams district, Nez Perce Tribe restore 1.25 miles of the Little Salmon River (Idaho Capital Sun) 11/27/2025
‘An honor and such a blessing’: People come together to mourn and learn from beached whale in Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 11/26/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
Southern Sierra Miwuk reclaims 900 acres of Yosemite National Park in California(Fresno Bee) 12/2/2025
Land back and rematriation of land on Turtle Island (Cultural Survival) 12/2/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
Denver bison herd helps Indigenous residents connect with their heritage (NPR) 12/2/2025
Leger Fernández introduces bill to protect sacred Tribal sites, cultural items, & practices from public disclosure (Los Alamos Daily Post) 11/25/2025
Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Hawaiʻi Island chosen to host prestigious international Indigenous conference in 2028 (Maui Now) 11/29/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Oklahoma asks SCOTUS to ignore Muscogee citizen tax dispute or 'revisit McGirt' ruling (KGOU NPR Oklahoma) 12/3/2025
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her Tribal ID ‘fake’ (Seattle Times) 11/28/2025