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Selected Native American News Stories

Last updated: October 14, 2026

Next update should be ready by: October 21, 2026

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Environmental Protection & Climate Change

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe files lawsuit to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline (North Dakota Monitor) 10/9/2026

Alaska Tribes, U.S. Department of Agriculture sign major conservation agreement (Native News Online) 10/7/2026

Line 5 pipeline construction crews breach Wisconsin aquifer (ICT) 10/5/2026

Hunting and Fishing

California water plan threatens Klamath salmon restoration, Tribes, advocates say (Native News Online) 10/12/2026

Indian Law Advancement

The legal roots of ‘Indian’ and ‘Indian Country’ (Minnesota Public Radio News) 10/12/2026

Religious and Cultural Rights

Maine, Utah approved to reimburse for traditional healing (Native News Online) 10/7/2026

Tribal Child Welfare

Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery signs Lumbee Indian Child Welfare Act (Robesonian - North Carolina) 10/12/2026

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

Hoping compromise is thing of past, Wabanaki Alliance eyes path to full sovereignty (Maine Morning Star) 10/12/2026

Tribal Nations urge Supreme Court to halt prediction market sports betting (Native News Online) 10/8/2026

Violence Against Native People

Nevada lawmakers propose new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples alert (Native News Online) 10/13/2026

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