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Last updated: April 15, 2026

Next update should be ready by: April 22, 2026

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Environmental Protection & Climate Change

Eco jurisprudence – international momentum is growing (Native News Online) 4/13/2026

‘Energy dominance’ agenda sidelines Tribes (High Country News) 4/13/2026

Hunting and Fishing

Bill could lift decades-old funding lockout for Nisqually fish hatchery (Seattle Times) 4/13/2026

‘The salmon people’: How Alaska’s only Native reservation saved its fishing culture (Northern Journal) 4/8/2026

Native Lands & Sacred Places

Plans to withdraw protections from oil and gas development around Chaco prompt 70,000 public comments to federal agency in one week (Native News Online) 4/11/2026

New Mexico officials, Tribal leaders vow to oppose slate of federal actions on public lands (Source New Mexico) 4/9/2026

Religious and Cultural Rights

Lawsuit challenges prison ban on Indigenous faith practices (ACLU Nebraska) 4/13/2026

New Wisconsin law allows Indigenous students to wear regalia at graduations (Green Bay Press Gazette) 4/10/2026

Tribal Child Welfare

Six years after landmark settlement, New Mexico makes limited progress on child welfare reforms (The Imprint) 4/13/2026

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

Tribal gas stations offer a reprieve from high prices during Iran war (ICT) 4/13/2026

What you need to know about Tribal sovereignty and birthright citizenship (Native News Online) 4/12/2026

Governer Evers signs bill to allow sports betting in Wisconsin - the bill became law after all 11 recognized Wisconsin Tribes said they backed it (Wisconsin Public Radio) 4/9/2026

Tribal leaders reflect on a year of uncertainty — and possibility (High Country News) 4/9/2026

Voting and Civil Rights

Did Arizona previously pass a law similar to the SAVE Act that disproportionately disenfranchised Native American voters? (Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting) 4/9/2026

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