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Wednesday, August 19, 2026 — Native American groups have limited success fighting border wall construction

Tohono O'odham Chairman Verlon M. Jose vows to continue fighting after a federal judge turned down the tribe’s efforts to stop construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Arizon...

Black members of Oklahoma Native American tribe file federal lawsuit to gain citizenship rights

A lawsuit filed Thursday names Principal Chief David Hill and the Muscogee Nation Citizenship Board as defendants.

Black members of Oklahoma Native American tribe file federal lawsuit to gain citizenship rights

Two descendants of Black people once enslaved by a Native American tribe are asking a federal court in Oklahoma to force tribal leaders to issue them citizenship cards as ordered a...

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 — Texas ‘ghost tribe’ rakes in millions of dollars with little to no official tribal docume...

The Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas and it’s leader, Juan Mancias, have established themselves as leaders in environmental causes including the DAPL pipeline protests and another...

Indigenous violence survivors see fewer services after federal cuts

Organizations serving American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of violence say reductions in federal funding have led to over 1,000 unmet requests for help, according to a new r...

Woman Fined and Shamed for Pleading to Selling Less Than $1,000 in Counterfeit Native American Jewelry

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 — Tribes condemn federal Colorado River water use plan

Tribes that collectively make up the largest water rights holders along the Colorado River say the Trump Administration’s newest plan to deal with diminishing water levels is inade...

Indigenous violence survivors see fewer services after federal cuts

Organizations serving American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of violence say reductions in federal funding have led to over 1,000 unmet requests for help, according to a new r...

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 – Southeast Alaska tribes closer to land designation more than a half century after being locke...

A bill making its way through Congress offers new hope for five Native communities in Southeast Alaska to secure their own land for the first time. For more than 50 years following...

At the United Nations, Indigenous Human Rights Defenders Testify on Persecution and Treaties

At the United Nations, Indigenous Human Rights Defenders Testify on Persecution and TreatiesBy Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Thursday, July 16, 2026GENEVA --  At the U.N....

Indigenous violence survivors see fewer services after federal cuts

Organizations serving American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of violence say reductions in federal funding have led to over 1,000 unmet requests for help, according to a new r...

Thursday, August 6, 2026 — Testing the limits of religious freedom

Two separate instances are putting Native authority related to religious freedom to the test. The Northern Arapaho Tribe demands the Christian ministry, Foundations Nations Chur...

DOJ’s $400 Million Alaska Native Health Settlement Signals High Stakes in Tribal Contract Funding

The Justice Department has authorized a $400 million settlement to resolve litigation brought by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium over contract support costs under the In...

DOJ’s $400 Million Alaska Native Health Settlement Signals High Stakes in Tribal Contract Funding

The Justice Department has authorized a $400 million settlement to resolve litigation brought by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium over contract support costs under the In...

The Supreme Court and the Indian nations

This article was adapted from an essay that first appeared in the essay collection America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance (MIT Press, 2026).***Indian nations occupy tw...

Monday, July 20, 2026 — Tribes sue after feds redefine “harm” in Endangered Species Act, upend decades of land conservat...

Conservation groups and at least two Pacific Northwest tribes filed lawsuits against the federal government after it redefined “harm” in the Endangered Species Act earlier this mon...

Friday, August 28, 2026 — Two states make progress in Native-focused education

Efforts to improve representation of Native American perspectives in historical and cultural lessons just made considerable progress in two states. A curriculum developed by the Su...

Cherokee youth win legal rights for waterway in first all-female U.S. effort

Before the proceedings began, the young women carried Longperson into the room with them, water gathered from the mountain headwaters and held in traditional pottery. The chamber f...

Indigenous Earth Fund distributes $5 million to Indigenous-led projects

Edgar Villanueva says that Indigenous communities have solutions to environmental problems but struggle to access funding. The post Indigenous Earth Fund distributes $5 million to...

Tohono O'odham Nation -- US Government is Violating Laws for Unnecessary Border Wall

Border wall drilling rig on the Tohono O'odham O'odham Nation protected by armed federal agents. Photo courtesy Tohono O'odham Nation.Tohono O'odham Nation -- US Government is Viol...

FBI sets $25,000 minimum reward for dozens of unsolved Indian Country cases

The FBI has established a minimum reward of $25,000 for help in solving some cold cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country.

The newest federally recognized tribe wants better healthcare. It may be on its own.

LUMBERTON, N.C. — Soybean fields surround Angie Lowery’s home in Robeson County, on a plot of rural land in southeastern North Carolina. Dozens of antique gas station signs, 20 fee...

A rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one week

At the sacred prairie of Pe’ Sla in South Dakota, Indigenous and environmental groups banded together to halt drillingThis story was co-published and supported by the journalism no...

Friday, September 4, 2026 — Two historic preservation fights in Kansas exemplify the power of persistence

Eliza "Lyda" Conley was a strong, independent Wyandot woman who is credited with preserving the cemetery where her family and other tribal members were buried in the face of mounti...