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Selected Native American News Stories

Last updated: September 9, 2026

Next update should be ready by: September 16, 2026

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Education

Federal court strikes down education department policy requiring green cards for Jay Treaty students (Native News Online) 9/3/2026

Environmental Protection & Climate Change

Line 5 remains shut down, weeks after an accident damaged the pipeline in Wisconsin (Michigan Public) 9/8/2026

Intellectual Property

Navajo Nation moves to claim its data as 'inalienable' property as AI anxiety grows (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 9/8/2026

Indigenous scholars establish guidelines for governance of Indigenous data in scholarly publishing (Native News Online) 9/3/2026

Native Lands & Sacred Places

Developers eye Native Nations, Tribal communities for new data center projects (News from the States) 9/4/2026

Patagonia, Tribes and conservationists reopen suit to block Utah national monuments reduction (Courthouse News Service) 9/2/2026

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

New Mexico Tribe and Pueblos wrap up case that Kalshi sports betting hurts their sovereignty (Source New Mexico) 9/8/2026

‘These records are priceless’: 3 National Archives locations set to close without Tribal consultation (ICT) 9/7/2026

Federal government transfers Alaska Native Medical Center to Tribal ownership after decades-long advocacy (Alaska Public Media) 9/4/2026

Violence Against Native People

Turquoise Alert for missing Native people needs fixing, lawmakers say (New Mexico In Depth) 9/3/2026

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