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Last updated: September 16, 2026

Next update should be ready by: September 23, 2026

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Boarding School Healing

‘Echoes of the past’: repatriations of three Fort Peck children bring joy, tears (ICT) 9/11/2026

Environmental Protection & Climate Change

Montana drops bison lawsuit against Yellowstone National Park (Montana Free Press) 9/15/2026

Far from the Boundary Waters, the Mille Lacs Tribe resists another copper-nickel mine (MinnPost) 9/14/2026

Michigan Tribes file request to overturn state permits for Line 5 tunnel (Michigan Public) 9/10/2026

After backlash, Whitmer says EGLE must consider Michigan Supreme Court ruling on Line 5 permits (Michigan Advance) 9/9/2026

Native Lands & Sacred Places

Most Utahns want Trump’s cuts to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase reversed, survey finds (Salt Lake Tribune) 9/9/2026

Religious and Cultural Rights

Mesa Verde National Park to return thousands of Native American artifacts and Indigenous remains to Tribes (Denver Post) 9/12/2026

National Park Service publishes 23 NAGPRA notices in one day, from a marine base to county museums (Nature World News) 9/10/2026

Violence Against Native People

Years of MMIP initiatives have failed to keep Native Americans from dying and disappearing, Myron Lizer, Abigail Echo-Hawk, tell Congress (Native News Online) 9/15/2026

Voting and Civil Rights

Supreme Court blocks Trump administration’s effort to restrict mail voting ahead of midterms (Native News Online) 9/15/2026

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