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Last updated: March 11, 2026

Next update should be ready by: March 18, 2026

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Environmental Protection & Climate Change

Michigan Supreme Court to hear Line 5 cases (WEMU NPR Michigan) 3/11/2026

Lawsuit targets Trump administration action opening 2.1 million acres in Alaska to development (Alaska Beacon) 3/10/2026

The feds pulled $1.5B from Tribal clean energy. Tribes are finding another way. (Grist) 3/10/2026

Data Centers and AI are a betrayal of Indigenous lifeways (Native News Online) 3/9/2026

Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin. (Grist) 3/3/2026

Hunting and Fishing

Seattle spent years misleading the public about Skagit River salmon. Now it will pay $1 billion for fish passage (King 5 NBC Seattle) 3/4/2026

Native Lands & Sacred Places

Chuckwalla National Monument’s defenders rally to save it (San Bernardino Sun) 3/10/2026

Utah lawmakers ask Congress to undo Grand Staircase-Escalante management plan (Aspen Public Radio) 3/5/2026

Religious and Cultural Rights

Northern Cheyenne Tribe reclaims cultural belongings from the University of Montana (Char-Koosta News) 3/5/2026

Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous rights should be at the heart of climate commitments (IC Magazine) 3/10/2026

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

As Tribes fear ICE, Rep. Adelita Grijalva says ‘removing Noem doesn’t root out the lawlessness’ (KJZZ NPR Phoenix) 3/8/2026

Water Rights

How Montana Tribes are using sovereignty to restore their waterways (High Country News) 3/9/2026

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