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Last updated: April 30, 2025

Next update should be ready by: May 7, 2025

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Boarding School Healing

New book shows generational impact of Native American boarding schools through a Wisconsin family (Wisconsin Public Radio) 4/23/2025

Education

New Mexico judge orders remedial plan to improve public education for Native American students (ABC News) 4/29/2025

Oregon weighs expanding Indigenous student grants as colleges face federal funding threats (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 4/28/2025

Navajo Nation Council rejects school voucher executive order, citing threats to sovereignty and tribal education systems (Native News Online) 4/26/2025

Environmental Protection & Climate Change

Tribes, Arizona work well in fighting fires. California may offer a model for what's next (AZ Central) 4/26/2025

Federal Recognition of Tribal Status

Why the San Manuel tribe is going back to its original name (The San Bernardino Sun) 4/27/2025

Native Lands & Sacred Places

Supreme Court declines to hear Sault Tribe's casino land case (Native News Online) 4/29/2025

Arizona federal judge will consider Apache Stronghold’s petition to delay pending Oak Flat land swap (KJZZ Phoenix) 4/29/2025

Rights of Indigenous Peoples

With climate action at stake, pro-Trump statement at UNPFII met with silence (Grist) 4/28/2025

Standing between humanity and catastrophe: Indigenous people meet at the UN to demand the right to refuse resource extraction (Ricochet) 4/24/2025

Tribal Child Welfare

Colorado among growing number of states aiming to strengthen local ICWA laws that protect tribal children and families (The Imprint) 4/24/2025

Voting and Civil Rights

Native American voters turned out big for Wisconsin Supreme Court election (Native News Online) 4/23/2025

Water Rights

‘Our prayers were answered’: After 25 years of advocacy, a small Navajo community has water (Utah News Dispatch) 4/25/2025

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