Selected Native American News Stories


Last updated: July 17, 2024

Next update should be ready by: July 31, 2024

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Boarding School Healing

‘Bring our kids home’: Winnebago Tribe in court over children buried at Indian boarding school (Indianz) 7/16/2024

Environmental Protection & Climate Change

No end in sight for Line 5 conflict (Northern Express Michigan) 7/13/2024

How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining (Grist) 7/10/2024

Hunting and Fishing

Tribal agreement allows hunting and fishing across reservations (Native News Online) 7/14/2024

Native Lands & Sacred Places

Public wants indigenous knowledge to manage Bears Ears National Monument (Native News Online) 7/11/2024

Honoring tribal co-stewardship (USDA Forest Service Feature Stories) 7/10/2024

A new program invites national park visitors to donate to Native American Tribes (Conde Nast Traveler) 7/10/2024

Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Local Native talks Indigenous rights at UN summit (The Summerville Journal Scene South Carolina) 7/15/2024

Voting and Civil Rights

San Carlos Tribe opposes legislation passed by the House that would require photo IDs to vote (Native News Online) 7/12/2024

Supreme Court vacates decision to withhold legisative voting actions from public scrutiny (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 7/9/2024

Water Rights

Water-rich Gila River Tribe near Phoenix flexes its political muscles in a drying West (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 7/16/2024

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