Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: February 19, 2025
Next update should be ready by: February 26, 2025
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Boarding School Healing
Buried but not forgotten: a Colorado archeologist describes her work honoring the lives of Indian boarding school students (The Imprint) 2/14/2025
Education
SD Senate rejects effort to boost Native American history, culture lessons in schools (South Dakota Searchlight) 2/18/2025
Tribal education compact bill takes next step into bringing tribal sovereignty into public education (KTOO Public Media Juneau) 2/12/2025
Mascots, Hate & Native Representation
Sen. Lisa Murkowski: "it's Denali"; co-sponsors legislation to formally recognize its Native name (Native News Online) 2/14/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
Layoffs at National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service raise concern over sacred lands (Native News Online) 2/18/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights − an archaeologist describes the day that lesson hit home (The Conversation) 2/12/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Naabik’íyatí Committee approves legislation advocating for Indigenous representation in federal dietary guidelines (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 2/17/2025
Sen. Murkowski defends tribal sovereignty on senate floor (Native News Online) 2/14/2025
Native organizations' leaders defend tribal sovereignty before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (Native News Online) 2/13/2025
Violence Against Native People
New bill would utilize OHA for responding to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People cases (KLCC NPR Oregon) 2/18/2025
Voting and Civil Rights
Bill to eliminate Native American voting barriers goes before Montana legislature (Char-Koosta News) 2/13/2025
