Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: June 26, 2024
Next update should be ready by: July 3, 2024
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Education
Bismarck Public Schools opens discussion about curriculum with Indigenous parents, asks for input (Buffalo's Fire) 6/17/2024
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Seneca Nation waters flooded with wastewater from nearby city (Native News Online) 6/26/2024
Army Corps of Engineers gets earful at hearing (ICT) 6/17/2024
Hunting and Fishing
Federal leaders knew Northwest dams would hurt Native communities — and they approved (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 6/21/2024
Native Lands & Sacred Places
Where the buffalo roamed: Bill would return herds to ancestral Native American lands (Cronkite News) 6/25/2024
In green energy boom, one federal agency made the Yakama Nation an offer they had to refuse (High Country News) 6/24/2024
Illinois may soon give land to make up for what the US stole from a Prairie Band Potawatomi chief (KEVN Black Hills Fox) 6/23/2024
A below-the-radar public lands decision with big implications for Alaska Native communities (Center for American Progress) 6/21/2024
U.S. Senate unanimously passes bill to return land to Nebraska’s Winnebago Tribe (KOLN Nebraska) 6/20/2024
Investigation reveals how universities profit off land taken from Indigenous people (PBS) 6/18/2024
Religious and Cultural Rights
They took part in Apache ceremonies. Their schools expelled them for satanic activities (The Guardian) 6/24/2024
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
SCOTUS leaves the door open for Tribal nations to expand into online gaming (Marketplace) 6/21/2024
Black Hills Visitor Center under new joint tribal, federal oversight (Public News Service) 6/20/2024
