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Selected Native American News Stories

Last updated: October 21, 2026

Next update should be ready by: October 28, 2026

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Environmental Protection & Climate Change

As Utah pushes nuclear power, some environmental and Tribal groups push back (Fox 13 Salt Lake City) 10/17/2026

Who pays when a remote Alaska village can no longer stay? (Alaska Beacon) 10/16/2026

Federal Recognition of Tribal Status

United Houma Nation submits supplemental petition for federal recognition (Native News Online) 10/19/2026

Indian Law Advancement

The Tribal Supreme Court Project (SCOTUSblog) 10/15/2026

Intellectual Property

Native organizations demand Tribal consultation over planned National Archives closures (Native News Online) 10/16/2026

California Attorney General Rob Bonta sues federal government to stop Bay Area National Archives closure (KQED NPR California) 10/15/2026

Native Lands & Sacred Places

U.S. historic preservation law faces the most serious threat in its 60-year history (NPR) 10/15/2026

Tohono O’odham brace for conflict; feds to uproot sacred saguaros (Popular Resistance) 10/14/2026

Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

Federal judge orders release of man arrested by ICE on Oregon Tribal land (Oregon Live) 10/19/2026

Court backs EPA giving Oklahoma authority over environmental rules on Tribal lands (Reuters) 10/16/2026

Credit union, sports bar discriminated against Native Americans using Tribal IDs, Minnesota Department of Human Rights says (CBS News) 10/16/2026

Violence Against Native People

New Mexico task force weighs legislative agenda on Missing and murdered Indigenous people (New Mexico In Depth) 10/14/2026

Voting and Civil Rights

‘More barriers than most’: Native American Rights Fund deploys volunteers to protect Native voting rights (South Dakota Searchlight) 10/14/2026

Sovereignty at the ballot: How do Tribal Nations in Oklahoma navigate elections? (Public Radio Tulsa) 10/13/2026

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