Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: December 10, 2025
Next update should be ready by: December 17, 2025
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Environmental Protection & Climate Change
The Navajo Nation said no to a hydropower project. Trump officials want to ensure Tribes can’t do that again. (Grist) 12/10/2025
Louisiana is shrinking. Some Tribes are fighting to protect what’s left of their communities (AP) 12/6/2025
Federal Recognition of Tribal Status
Breaking: Final defense legislation grants federal recognition to Lumbee Tribe (Native News Online) 12/7/2025
Hunting and Fishing
Klamath Tribes seek to reverse judge’s removal in water rights case (Native News Online) 12/8/2025
Tribes and fish advocates win legal case against salmon trucking rule (Oregon Wild) 12/8/2025
Shoshone-Bannock author sheds new light on history and legal battles over Indian hunting rights (East Idaho News) 12/6/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
Undergrad researchers find Harvard owned, sold Indigenous land in Maine (Harvard Crimson) 12/10/2025
A land fight pits a sacred Apache tradition against a copper mine (Washington Post) 12/6/2025
Legislation will protect wildlife, Indigenous sites, water resources at Oak Flat (National Wildlife Federation) 12/3/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
How the gaming economy helps Tribes navigate shifting policies (High Country News) 12/8/2025
“Our sovereignty is not optional”: Tulalip responds to ICE actions (Native News Online) 12/4/2025
Violence Against Native People
Oklahoma leaders tackle crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (KOCO News 5 ABC Oklahoma City) 12/5/2025
Voting and Civil Rights
States can remove barriers for Native American voters before the midterms (The Hill) 12/6/2025
Water Rights
Proposed new WOTUS definitions and impacts on Tribes (JD Supra) 12/5/2025
