Selected Native American News Stories
Last updated: November 19, 2019
Next update is planned to be published by: December 4, 2019
This page includes news from the most recent update.
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Culture and Tradition
'Homecoming': Pueblo of Acoma set to reclaim sacred item (Indianz) 11/18/19
Book explores 600 generations of Montana native culture (The Missoulian) 11/14/19
Student organizes celebration of female Blackfeet leader (The Montana Kaimin) 11/13/19
Education News
Native American students left behind by S.D. education system (South Dakota News Watch) 11/13/19
Environment and Energy
Navajo Nation withdraws bond backing for Spring Creek Mine (Indianz) 11/18/19
Hearing on proposed expansion of Dakota Access pipeline focuses on spill risk (The Bismarck Tribune) 11/13/19
Health and Welfare
American Indian traditions interconnect with public health at Changing Winds exhibition in Atlanta (Indian Country Today) 11/18/19
Many Native Americans can't get clean water, report finds (NPR) 11/18/19
Gazette opinion: Better care for Native American children (Billings Gazette) 11/18/19
'We want to be calling the shots': Naat'aanii partnership poised to deliver Medicaid to Navajo (Navajo Times) 11/14/19
Cherokee Nation celebrates grand opening of largest tribal outpatient health center in country (Tahlequah Daily Press) 11/14/19
Intergovernmental
Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Act advances on Capitol Hill (Indianz) 11/18/19 (See 116th Congress H.R.4029)
Cherokees object to state's arbitration proposal on gaming contracts (Muscogee Phoenix) 11/14/19
Land and Water
Tribes' water rights at Klamath River upheld by federal circuit court (Eureka Times-Standard) 11/15/19
Makah Tribe in Washington hopes to hunt whales again after 20 years of legal fights and layers of scientific review (The Oregonian) 11/15/19
Historically left out, Colorado River tribes call for more sway in western water talks (Aspen Public Radio) 11/13/19
Recognition and Enrollment
Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation faces federal recognition deadline (Indianz) 11/18/19
It happened here: Kis-'am-xay testifies to Congress, saves Yakama Nation from termination (The Yakima Herald) 11/17/19
Yaqui, O'odham history and sovereignty in the borderlands (Arizona Public Media) 11/15/19
Government recommends not recognizing Yosemite-area tribe (Herald-Mail Online) 11/13/19
How an Arrow Lakes elk hunt became a case of tribal recognition (High Country News) 10/28/19
Sacred Places
Las Vegas water pipeline battle is life-or-death fight for Shoshone sacred site (Reno Gazette Journal) 11/13/19
Tribal Government
Cherokee Nation's Career Readiness Act will drive new job opportunities in northeast Oklahoma (Tulsa World) 11/14/19
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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.