Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: April 9, 2025
Next update should be ready by: April 16, 2025
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Education
Senate Commitee on Indian Affairs hears testimony on the impact of Trump's executive order to dismantle the US Dept. of Education (Native News Online) 4/4/2025
Haskell, SIPI employees reinstated but ‘doesn't change the fact of what happened’ (ICT) 4/2/2025
What Trump’s executive orders mean for Native American students in Minnesota (Minnesota Public Radio) 3/31/2025
Navajo Naabik’íyáti’ Committee passes legislation urging U.S. government to uphold trust obligations in tribal education (Native News Online) 3/28/2025
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Tribes, environmental groups appeal to Mich. Supreme Court to block Line 5 tunnel under Straits (Michigan Public NPR) 4/3/2025
Federal judge dismisses Standing Rock’s latest lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline (Michigan Advance) 3/31/2025
Dozens of tribal energy self-sufficiency projects caught in EPA funding dispute (Tribal Business News) 3/30/2025
As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans (The Conversation) 3/28/2025
Alaska wins lawsuit that could open Arctic refuge to oil exploration (Alaska Beacon) 3/25/2025
Intellectual Property
Tribes, long shut out from their own health data, fight for access and sovereignty (Stateline) 3/27/2025
Native Lands & Sacred Places
A Jemez Pueblo victory (New Mexico Magazine) 4/2/2025
Public lands did not come free: what Trump’s actions may cost Tribal Nations (National Parks Conservation Association) 4/2/2025
Religious and Cultural Rights
New Mexico becomes 20th state to guarantee students’ right to wear regalia (ICT) 3/31/2025
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Blackfeet tribal members sue feds over Canada tariffs (Montana Free Press) 4/7/2025
Building a Native economy: Apache Corners and the Tonto Apache Nation flexing their economic sovereignty (Native News Online) 4/1/2025
Most critical minerals are on Indigenous lands. Will miners respect tribal sovereignty? (Grist) 3/26/2025
Trust Fund Matters
How Trump’s funding freeze for Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law (Grist) 3/13/2025
Violence Against Native People
New Mexico governor signs bill to provide 'turquoise alert' when Native Americans go missing (U.S. News & World Report) 4/7/2025
Justice Department announces focus on crimes and missing people in Native American areas (South Dakota Searchlight) 4/2/2025
Water Rights
Tribal Water Institute launches Headwaters Report on World Water Day (New Mexico Sun) 3/22/2025
