Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: August 10, 2022
Next update is planned to be published by: August 17, 2022
This page includes news from the most recent update.
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Culture & Tradition
‘Time honored’ harvesting knowledge altered by climate change (Indian Country Today) 8/8/22
Opinion: Castro-Huerta decision ‘flips federal Indian law on its head’ (Indian Country Today) 8/2/22
Chippewa Tribe members in Minnesota consider whether to continue blood quantum (NPR) 8/2/22
Land & Water
Interior Sec. Haaland Announces Members of Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names (Native News Online) 8/9/2022
Arizona tribes wait for water as settlements languish in courtrooms and bureaucracy (AZCentral) 8/9/2022
Their pleas for water were long ignored. Now tribes are gaining a voice on the Colorado River (The Spectrum) 8/8/2022
Recognition & Enrollment
Emotional hearing on Freedmen citizenship yields discussion but few solutions (KOSU / NPR) 7/28/2022
Tribal Government
Renewed push for repeal of Navajo Nation's same-sex marriage ban (Fox 13 - Salt Lake City) 8//8/2022
National Tribal Trial College gives Indigenous advocates the skills to work in tribal courts (WisBlawg) 8/2/2022
Voting
Tribe claims prejudice, sues county for diluting Native vote (Indian Country Today) 8/3/2022
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Native News Sources:
Turtle Talk Blog
Indianz.com
Indian Country Today
PECHANGA
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Web News Digest
IMDiversity
Cultural Survival
For a list of American Indian media see Lisa Mitten's web site.