Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: May 21, 2025
Next update should be ready by: May 28, 2025
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Boarding School Healing
NY governor apologizes for ‘atrocities’ at state boarding school for Native Americans (WKTV - Utica, New York) 5/20/2025
The fight to repatriate Indigenous students who died at boarding schools (Yes! Magazine) 5/14/2025
Education
Tribal colleges face uncertain future amid federal funding cuts [video] (PBS News Hour) 5/20/2025
Education Department retracts CTE grants for Native American and Hawaiian students (Higher Ed Dive) 5/15/2025
Wichita Public Schools cut Native American education staff amid budget struggles (KAKE ABC - Kansas) 5/14/2025
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Indigenous Tribes ask for seat in Chesapeake Bay program (The Bay Net - Southern Maryland) 5/17/2025
Indian Law Advancement
Wabanaki Tribe reclaims seat in Maine House as relations improve (Portland Press Herald) 5/14/2025
Mascots, Hate & Native Representation
Sacramento County renames residential street to remove Native American slur (Sacramento Bee) 5/14/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
In the name of efficiency, Navajo president calls on Trump administration to preserve Bears Ears (Utah News Dispatch) 5/14/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
Native ancestors’ return to rest: A paperwork-laden process underway in Illinois (Capitol News Illinois) 5/19/2025
Push on to protect Native heritage: Indigenous leaders gather with legislators to support five-bill agenda (Daily Hampshire Gazette) 5/16/2025
California lets students wear tribal regalia at graduations. Why it’s still controversial (Cal Matters) 5/16/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Tribal IDs accepted during Real ID requirement (ICT) 5/19/2025
Tribal court warrants to be enforceable by state authorities (Salish Current - Washington) 5/15/2025
Trust Fund Matters
Tribal leaders say cuts to federal health programs could harm Native Americans (Alaska Public Media) 5/16/2025
Violence Against Native People
Arizona governor signs 'Emily's Law' to alert when Native Americans go missing (NBC News) 5/14/2025
Voting and Civil Rights
A federal appeals panel has made enforcing the Voting Rights Act harder in 7 states (NPR) 5/14/2025
