Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: August 20, 2025
Next update should be ready by: August 27, 2025
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Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Public hearings kick off over disputed Enbridge Line 5 reroute (ICT) 8/12/2025
Tribal Nations scramble to save clean energy projects as federal support vanishes (Grist) 8/11/2025
Hunting and Fishing
Southeast Tribes move to dismiss long-running Metlakatla fishing rights case (Alaska Public Media) 8/7/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
‘A land that our ancestors walked’: L.A. County Tribe wins land back for the first time (Los Angeles Times) 8/19/2025
Appeals court blocks Oak Flat land swap, giving copper mine opponents a late reprieve (Arizona Republic) 8/18/2025
Tribes, NARF join legal fight to protect Chuckwalla National Monument (ICT) 8/11/2025
With their largest land acquisition, the Rappahannock Indian Tribe is returning to its river (Radio IQ - Virginia Public Radio) 8/7/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
University of California president's office promises return of Native American remains by 2028 (KCRA NBC Sacramento CA) 8/19/2025
Santa Ana Pueblo tracking 150 missing artifacts from 1984 cold case (KOAT ABC News Albuquerque) 8/14/2025
Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous sovereignty in the AI era (United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) 8/8/2025
Tribal Child Welfare
Native foster youth survey reveals lessons for child welfare professionals, advocates (The Imprint) 8/7/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Native Nations reshape rural health care through Tribal governance (Daily Yonder) 8/18/2025
Despite Tribal citizenship, traffic tickets for Freedmen descendants to remain in city court (The Frontier) 8/18/2025
Some Oklahoma towns still ticket Tribal citizens, in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling (The Frontier) 8/14/2025
Oklahoma tax case could affect Tribes nationwide if brought to Supreme Court (KOSU Oklahoma Public Radio) 8/6/2025
Army Corps may remove Soo Locks monument on Native American burial ground (WCMU Public Media Central Michigan University) 8/6/2025
Judge issues summary judgment in favor of homeowners and Town of Lac du Flambeau in roads easement case (WXPR Wisconsin Public Radio) 8/6/2025
Voting and Civil Rights
Lawsuit filed: county must update voting map so Chippewa Cree votes also count (Native News Online) 8/15/2025
Water Rights
With improved collaboration, high hopes for real solutions in the Walla Walla watershed (Underscore Native News) 8/7/2025
