Selected Native American News Stories

Last updated: October 17, 2018

Next update is planned to be published by: October 26, 2018

This page includes news from the most recent update.
To see earlier articles, please visit the news archive.

Culture and Tradition

'We are breathing life into our culture': Native youth carry on traditions (Indianz) 10/17/18

Chief mascot replacement talks on (MY SA) 10/16/18

Here's why cities are replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day (Circa) 10/8/18

Economic Development

EVO Hemp partners with Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to grow organic hemp (Native News Online) 10/16/18

Citizen Potawatomi Nation hits end of the line at Supreme Court (Indianz) 10/15/18 (See Citizen Potawatomi Nation v. Oklahoma)

North Dakota tribes want sales tax exemption for casinos (Myrtle Beach Online) 10/10/18

Environment and Energy

A coal fight in Indian country turns ugly (Indianz) 10/10/18

Health and Welfare

Alaska Natives to Congress: Expand Violence Against Women Act (Alaska Native News) 10/14/18

Federal judge strikes down ICWA (Rapid City Journal) 10/9/18

North Dakota tribes join 'historic' court filing to detail impact of opioid crisis (The Bismarck Tribune) 10/9/18

Udall: Opioid package gives tribes resources to build treatment, prevention solutions (U.S. Senator Tom Udall) 10/5/18 (See 115th Congress H.R.6)

Intergovernmental

'We've never had justice': How the Supreme Court rigged land deals against Native people (Michigan Radio) 10/16/18

New face of Bureau of Indian Affairs returns to Alaska after making history (Indianz) 10/16/18

Alaska tribal courts see infusion of federal funds (KTOO Public Media) 10/13/18

Former tribal chairman disputes state cigarette tax (Red Lak Nation News) 10/8/18

Who's the law in this town? Yakama Nation sues Toppenish, Yakima County in battle over police jurisdiction (Yakima Herald) 10/5/18

Land & Water

Trial under way in long-running northern Arizona water case (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 10/16/18

Recognition and Enrollment

Elizabeth Warren has a Native American ancestor: Does that make her Native American? (The New York Times) 10/15/18

Cherokee Nation upset after Sen. Warren releases results of DNA test (Indianz) 10/15/18

Sacred Places

Native American tribes join fight over Long Island (The Patriot Ledger) 10/8/18

Voting

A voter ID decision could impact Native Americans - and the Senate race - in North Dakota (CNN) 10/12/18

Native voting rights group aims to remove hurdles in North Dakota (The Bismarck Tribune) 10/12/18