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Selected Native American News Stories

Last updated: July 8, 2026

Next update should be ready by: July 23, 2026

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Education

Report: Native American students face harsher discipline, lost school days at NM district (Native News Online) 7/7/2026

Environmental Protection & Climate Change

How a Northwest Tribe and an endangered sea creature are helping each other (KUOW NPR Seattle) 7/6/2026

Hunting and Fishing

The Klamath Tribes couldn’t get federal dollars for salmon. Then the Yurok stepped in (High Country News) 7/2/2026

Mascots, Hate & Native Representation

White House report targets Smithsonian’s treatment of Native history, criticizes ‘stolen land’ narrative (Native News Online) 7/6/2026

California’s ban on Native American-themed mascots has been a conversation starter in schools (EdSource) 7/2/2026

Writing Indigenous people back into America’s story (WBUR NPR Boston) 6/30/2026

Native Lands & Sacred Places

California returns stretch of coast to Indigenous Tribes. ‘This is beyond huge’ (Los Angeles Times) 7/2/2026

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation sues Kansas Lottery, alleges violations of Tribal sovereignty (Native News Online) 7/8/2026

What’s the law? Legal attacks on Native Hawaiian programs (KHON2 Hawaii) 7/6/2026

White Earth Nation, feds sign funding agreement to co-manage wildlife refuge in NW Minnesota (Minnesota Public Radio News) 6/30/2026

Trust Fund Matters

Ten years, three Tribes (Rules & Results) 5/21/2026

Violence Against Native People

Q&A: South Dakota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous People liaison reflects as she departs (South Dakota Searchlight) 6/30/2026

Water Rights

Colorado River Indian Tribes shares and learns at summit on Indigenous water protections (KJZZ NPR Phoenix) 7/3/2026

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