Selected Native American News Stories


Last updated: July 2, 2025

Next update should be ready by: July 9, 2025

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Boarding School Healing

Now that Indian boarding schools have been acknowledged, Tribes look for accountability (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) 7/1/2025

Education

Texas education board approves Native Studies course, skirting concerns about state’s K-12 DEI ban (Texas Tribune) 6/27/2025

Environmental Protection & Climate Change

How Indigenous People find themselves on the frontline of the green transition (The Guardian) 7/1/2025

Federal Recognition of Tribal Status

Wisconsin’s Brothertown Indian Nation is fighting for federal acknowledgement (Wisconsin Public Radio) 6/27/2025

Mascots, Hate & Native Representation

Coeur d’Alene Tribe celebrates the renaming of Camp Larson to ch ułts’e’l (Coeur d"Alene / Post Falls Press) 6/29/2025

Native Lands & Sacred Places

Native American Church members continue fight to save Yanaguana (ICT) 6/29/2025

Tribal Nations band together to denounce 'Alligator Alcatraz' on Florida ancestral homelands (Tallahassee Democat) 6/26/2025

Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous leaders at UNPFII underscore the need for genuine consent (High Country News) 5/14/2025

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

Oklahoma Supreme Court rules 'McGirt' precedent doesn't apply in state income tax protest (KOSU NPR Central Oklahoma) 7/1/2025

Muscogee Nation and City of Tulsa reach agreement on criminal jurisdiction and public safety collaboration (Native News Online) 6/26/2025

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