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Selected Native American News Stories

Last updated: January 15, 2025

Next update should be ready by: January 22, 2025

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Education

California mandates Native American history in schools with new law (Native News Online) 1/8/2025

Environmental Protection & Climate Change

Court of Appeals hears arguments against Line 5 tunnel project (Michigan Advance) 1/14/2025

California wildfires and climate solutions: a Klamath River perspective (Native News Online) 1/12/2025

Native Lands & Sacred Places

In Wyoming, tribal protests prevent land transfer — for now (Grist) 1/15/2025

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Shabbona residents react to state park land transfer (Daily Chronicle Dekalb County Illinois) 1/9/2025

Minnesota regulators require studies along possible routes before pipeline construction near sacred site (Minnesota Public Radio) 1/8/2025

Religious and Cultural Rights

Fight for Native boys' remains on Army property tests strength of landmark federal law (HuffPost) 1/15/2025

10th annual repatriation conference to focus on new NAGPRA regulations (Native News Online) 1/13/2025

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

Wisconsin Tribe plans nightly road closures in easement dispute (Native News Online) 1/14/2025

Lawmakers hear proposal urging feds to fully fund law enforcement in Indian County (Montana Public Radio) 1/14/2025

City Manager Murray: City had ‘no authority’ over the federal government’s decision concerning casino (Times-Herald Valejo California) 1/13/2025

Proposed regulations provide clarity on tax treatment of entities wholly owned by tribal governments (JD Supra) 1/10/2025

Violence Against Native People

Sentencing in high profile MMIP case ‘huge for Indian Country’ (Native News Online) 1/8/2025

Voting and Civil Rights

Supreme Court upholds a North Dakota state house district on an American Indian reservation (U.S. News & World Report) 1/13/2025

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