Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: January 22, 2025
Next update should be ready by: January 29, 2025
This page includes news from the most recent update.
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Boarding School Healing
North Dakota researchers digitize records from Native American boarding school (North Dakota Monitor) 1/20/2025
Federal Recognition of Tribal Status
Congress to again consider Lumbee recognition bill as Trump returns to office (NC Newsline) 1/18/2025
Indigenous Peacemaking
A peaceful alternative: a Native American tradition focused on community-driven conflict resolution gains popularity in courts and in legal education (Stanford Lawyer) 1/9/2025
Intellectual Property
Department of Health and Tulalip Tribe sign historic tribal-specific data sharing agreement (Daily Fly) 1/21/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
Burgum pledges tribal consultation, pushes energy policy at Interior hearing (Native News Online) 1/18/2025
Victory: Parks group celebrates new era of public lands management with Bears Ears Collaborative Tribal Management Plan (National Parks Conservation Association) 1/15/2025
Tribal members protest so-called 'land grab' by the government [audio] (WBUR NPR Boston) 1/15/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Tribal leaders call on Colorado to respect Tribes’ sovereignty, and include them in policymaking (Colorado Public Radio) 1/16/2025
Tribal council keeps roads open as federal judge rules on Lac du Flambeau dispute (Native News Online) 1/16/2025
Violence Against Native People
Q&A: Chelsea Curtis (Diné) on creating Arizona’s first MMIWGTT database (Native News Online) 1/16/2025
Voting and Civil Rights
MHA Nation secures key victory as Supreme Court upholds majority-Native District 4A (Buffalo's Fire) 1/16/2025
