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Last updated: March 25, 2026

Next update should be ready by: April 8, 2026

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Boarding School Healing

Congress contemplates sweeping investigation of Native boarding schools (High Country News) 3/20/2026

State Indian boarding school committee visits Yakama Reservation to hear testimony (Yakima Herald-Republic) 3/20/2026

Federal Recognition of Tribal Status

Chinook Indian Nation denied recognition in Supreme Court case, vows to ‘continue fight’ (Oregon Live) 3/23/2026

Hunting and Fishing

Oklahoma Supreme Court weighs in on Tribal hunting, fishing rights dispute (KOSU NPR Oklahoma) 3/24/2026

Native Lands & Sacred Places

Farm bill draft would permanently block return of Fort Reno to Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (NonDoc) 3/20/2026

There are dozens of Indigenous mounds in North Carolina. Why do Tribes only own a few? (NC Local) 3/19/2026

Last hope to save Apache sacred site Oak Flat fizzles out at Supreme Court (Tucson Sentinel) 3/19/2026

Bears Ears resource management plan could be Utah lawmakers’ next target using Congressional Review Act (Aspen Public Radio Colorado) 3/18/2026

Landback: 600 acres return to Indigenous stewardship in the Adirondacks (Native News Online) 3/17/2026

California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous Tribes — a step toward healing a 175-year-old broken promise (LA Times) 3/17/2026

Tribal Child Welfare

Members of Congress call for American Indian and Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (The Imprint) 3/24/2026

California bill would clarify protections for Native American children in probate cases (Mendocino Voice) 3/19/2026

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

Maine Gov. Mills, Wabanaki Nations shelve sovereignty overhaul in compromise measures (News from the States) 3/18/2026

Oklahoma federal judge decides state cannot intervene in Tulsa, Muscogee Nation settlement (KGOU NPR Oklahoma) 3/18/2026

Voting and Civil Rights

Native American Rights Fund on the SAVE America Act (Native News Online) 3/23/2026

Cast a ballot and wait for the plane. In Alaska, a grace period for ballots is seen as a necessity (ABC News) 3/22/2026

Water Rights

Tribes rely on resilience, creativity, and partnerships to fully realize water rights on the Colorado River (Aspen Public Radio Colorado) 3/24/2026

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