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Selected Native American News Stories

Last updated: July 23, 2026

Next update should be ready by: July 29, 2026

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Environmental Protection & Climate Change

Line 5 opponents furious with permitting decision (Michigan Public NPR) 7/17/2026

‘They’re raping the land.’ | Massive wild horse round up proceeds on ancestral Native lands (Native News Online) 7/10/2026

Navajo leaders review uranium cleanup progress, call for greater accountability at Cove meeting (Native News Online) 7/9/2026

Hunting and Fishing

Swinomish and Squaxin Island Tribes file lawsuit challenging rescission of Endangered Species Act harm rule (Journal of the San Juan Islands) 7/17/2026

Native Lands & Sacred Places

‘This landscape holds our prayers.’ What Indian Country is saying about Trump shrinking sacred lands (Native News Online) 7/20/2026

Bears Ears cuts also end first-of-its-kind Tribal land commission (High Country News) 7/17/2026

New Mexico advocates, elected officials decry federal proposal to curtail Chaco Canyon protections (Source New Mexico) 7/16/2026

Trump revokes Bears Ears National Monument protections, Tribal leaders prepare legal fight (Native News Online) 7/15/2026

Trump moves to shrink Grand Staircase-Escalante, Bears Ears; Tribes condemn decision as attack on consultation and cultural heritage (Native News Online) 7/13/2026

Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Data centers are booming. Indigenous leaders want help protecting their lands. (Grist) 7/16/2026

As climate and conflict collide, Indigenous leaders confront overlapping crises at the UN (Grist) 7/13/2026

Tribal Child Welfare

Murkowski, Schatz introduce sweeping bill to improve outcomes for Native children (Native News Online) 7/17/2026

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

Navajo Nation Judicial Branch welcomes major investment in justice infrastructure (Native News Online) 7/16/2026

6 years post-McGirt ruling, Choctaw court system managing caseload expanded by 1,000% (KGOU NPR Oklahoma) 7/13/2026

Will Washington DC settle the question of Hawaiian sovereignty? (Honolulu Civil Beat) 7/10/2026

Oregon State Police Tribal liaison talks priorities (Underscore Native News) 7/9/2026

Violence Against Native People

Federal funding cuts threaten Tribal victim services, new UIHI report finds (Native News Online) 7/15/2026

‘This is in your hands.’ | Native leaders urge lawmakers to take action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis (Native News Online) 7/15/2026

Voting and Civil Rights

Can Republicans undistrict Montana’s Native vote? (Montana Free Press) 7/9/2026

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