Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: August 19, 2026
Next update should be ready by: August 26, 2026
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Boarding School Healing
She investigated Michigan Indian boarding schools — and found her family (Bridge Michigan) 8/13/2026
Appeals court sides with Winnebago Tribe on NAGPRA (ICT) 8/11/2026
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
US Army Corps approves a pipeline project it knows harms Indigenous lands (Grist) 8/19/2026
A uranium revival brings new worries to Tribal lands (NPR) 8/17/2026
New Mexico delegation introduces bill to ban uranium mining in Chama Watershed (Source New Mexico) 8/6/2026
Hunting and Fishing
8 Northeast Oklahoma Tribes enact wildlife codes, sign reciprocal licensing agreement (KOSU NPR Oklahoma) 8/7/2026
Indian Law Advancement
Tribal governance news: Sault Tribe citizens to vote on new constitution establishing 3-branch government (Turtle Talk) 8/15/2026
Peggy Flanagan could make history for Native American women in November. She’s not the only one. (the 19th) 8/11/2026
Native Lands & Sacred Places
New mining claims crop up on land cut from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante (KUER NPR Utah) 8/18/2026
Ancestral lands returned to Duwamish Tribe (Buffalo's Fire) 8/6/2026
Tribal Child Welfare
Uniform Law Commission issues model ICWA law (Buffalo's Fire) 8/17/2026
New guidance coming for state laws supporting the Indian Child Welfare Act (the Imprint) 8/11/2026
The Supreme Court and the Indian nations (SCOTUSblog) 8/10/2026
Keeping Native kids in foster care connected to their culture (Dakota News Now) 8/5/2026
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Federal judge rejects Tohono O’odham Nation’s bid to halt border wall construction (Native News Online) 8/15/2026
Fort Peck Tribes ban discussions with data center developers (Montana Free Press) 8/13/2026
Watchdog for $46 billion Tribal gambling industry can’t enforce the law without a chairperson (AP News) 8/9/2026
Violence Against Native People
Report: 20% of U.S. attorneys’ offices with Indian Country oversight are noncompliant with landmark Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples law (Native News Online) 8/11/2026
Help us track missing loved ones: Buffalo’s Fire launches community-sourced MMIP map (Buffalo's Fire) 8/5/2026
Water Rights
Navajo Nation committee advances $34 million drought relief package (Native News Online) 8/6/2026
