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Native Bidaské: Language as a Lifeline: Moses Wiseman on Normalizing Yup’ik YouTube video by Native News Online

How does "normalizing" a Native language save lives in a hospital? 🏥 Find out with Moses Wiseman, a 24-year-old Yup’ik language speaker and Aspen Institute 2026 Champion for Change.
Watch tomorrow, March 6th at 12 ET.
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Native News Online at 15: Humble Beginnings, Unwavering Mission Opinion. On Saturday, Native News Online celebrated its 15th anniversary of delivering news to Indian Country and beyond. With great pride, I still remember the day this publication was born.

Happy Anniversary to our partners at @nativenewsonline.bsky.social 🎉

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“We Are Still Here” | Kelly Church Is Weaving Tradition, Advocacy, and Hope into Black Ash Basketry Kelly Church’s black ash basketry anchors the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation, weaving Anishinaabe tradition, environmental advocacy, and living cultural resili...

“We are still here.” Church’s black ash basketry weaves Anishinaabe tradition, environmental advocacy, and living history into the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation exhibition—on view through April 5, 2026.
#sponsored #anishinaabe #nativeart #indigenousartist

Native Bidaské: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Impacting Native American Communities YouTube video by Native News Online

In case you missed it 👀
Last Friday’s Native Bidaské episode dives into issues shaping Indian Country right now. Thought-provoking, honest, and worth your time.
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UIM...

Native Bidaské: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Impacting Native American Communities YouTube video by Native News Online

Starting in 20 mins! Watch Native Bidaské: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Impacting Native American Communities here www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UIM... #trump #Onebigbeautifulbill #indiancountry

Storylines we’ll track in 2026 From energy and tax certainty to Native finance and federal contracting, here are the key storylines Tribal Business News will be tracking in 2026.

As we head into 2026, the pressures shaping tribal economies will feel familiar — but the ground beneath them has shifted. From energy and tax certainty to Native finance and federal contracting, here are key storylines @tribalbiz.bsky.social will be tracking.

Top 10 Stories of 2025 From budget cuts to historic wins, these were the stories that shaped Indian Country in 2025. See what Tribal Business News readers followed most closely.

TOP 10: From budget cuts and federal grant freezes to major developments like the Seminole Tribe's $826M jury award and Lumbee federal recognition — these were the stories that shaped 2025. See what our @tribalbiz.bsky.social readers followed most closely.

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Native Bidaské: The Power of Native Media YouTube video by Native News Online

Join us for a conversation about the Power of #Native #Media with Acce Agoya from Indianz.com.

Watch full Bidaské episode here:
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Sen. Luján Convenes Experts to Develop Roadmap for Native Maternal Health Solutions Most American Indian and Alaska Native pregnancy-related deaths deemed preventable

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., convened more than 55 American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian maternal health experts and organizations to develop five reports outlining the state of Native maternal health in the United States.

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Prairie Band Potawatomi Native Divests Its ICE Contract The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Chairman Joseph "Zeke" Rupnick issued a statement via a YouTube video late Wednesday afternoon to tribal members announcing that the nation and its subsidi...

The #PrairieBandPotawatomi Nation Chairman Joseph "Zeke" Rupnick issued a statement via a YouTube video late Wednesday afternoon to tribal members announcing that the nation and its subsidiaries have fully divested from the $29.9 million U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement #ICE...

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Breaking: Lumbee Tribe Set for Federal Recognition Under NDAA Passed by Senate The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is set to gain federal recognition once President Donald Trump signs the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026 into law.

🚨 Breaking: Lumbee Tribe Set for Federal Recognition Under NDAA Passed by Senate

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is set to gain federal recognition once President Donald Trump signs the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026 into law.

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Montana County Redraws District After Settlement to Ensure Chippewa Cree Votes Count GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A federal judge has approved a settlement requiring Chouteau County to redraw its county commission districts, a change that will allow citizens of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the ...

A federal judge has approved a settlement requiring Chouteau County to redraw its county commission districts, a change that will allow citizens of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation to elect a representative of their choice for the first time in more than a decade.

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Year-End Giving for the Stories That Matter Help Indian Country Media, LLC reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.

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Ethics Complaint Alleges Former Navajo Nation Chief of Staff Accepted Gifts From Contractor A special prosecutor has filed an ethics complaint in Navajo Nation District Court against Patrick Sandoval, the former chief of staff to Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, alleging multiple violatio...

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Ethics Complaint Alleges Former Navajo Nation Chief of Staff Accepted Gifts From Contractor

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My Tribe’s ICE Contract Betrayed Our Values Opinion. Late last Monday afternoon, my daughter sent me a text with a link to a Topeka, Kansas television station story with the headline, “Prairie Band lands $30M contract for ICE ‘mega centers.&quo...

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My Tribe’s ICE Contract Betrayed Our Values
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Treasury finalizes tribal tax rules ending decades of uncertainty Treasury and the IRS finalized long-awaited tax rules clarifying tribal general welfare benefits and the tax status of wholly owned tribal businesses.

After more than three decades of pressure from tribal governments seeking relief from IRS uncertainty, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on Monday announced that two long-awaited tribal tax regulations have been finalized...

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Law Should Not Get in the Way When "Manifest-ing Destiny" Guest Opinion. The judiciary should be above reproach and when a judge falls from grace, it is alarming. When the judge comes from the highest court in a state, it is cause for particular alarm.

Law Should Not Get in the Way When "Manifest-ing Destiny"
Guest Opinion.
The judiciary should be above reproach and when a judge falls from grace, it is alarming. When the judge comes from the highest court in a state, it is cause for particular alarm.

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Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Crisis The Senate unanimously approved legislation last week to address chronic staffing shortages in Tribal Law enforcement and improve resources for missing persons cases.

The Senate unanimously approved legislation last week to address chronic staffing shortages in Tribal Law enforcement and improve resources for missing persons cases.

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Senators Demand Accountability Amid Reports of ICE Questioning Native Americans U.S. Senator Patty Murray   has penned a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem condemning the treatment of Native Americans at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enfor...

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) has penned a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem condemning the treatment of Native Americans at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

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Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to NY Indigenous Mascot Ban A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Native American Guardians Association and Massapequa Union Free School District seeking to block New York’s ban on Indigenous mascots — including the ...

5️⃣ Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to NY Indigenous Mascot Ban

Klamath Tribes Seek to Reverse Judge’s Removal in Water Rights Case The Klamath Tribes filed a motion Nov. 19 in Klamath County Circuit Court seeking to amend their petition to overturn what they call illegal orders that removed the longtime administrative law judge o...

4️⃣ Klamath Tribes Seek to Reverse Judge’s Removal in Water Rights Case

“Our Sovereignty Is Not Optional”: Tulalip Responds to ICE Actions The Tulalip Tribes issued a statement this week pushing back against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, saying federal agents have no jurisdiction over the Tribe or its citizens.

3️⃣ “Our Sovereignty Is Not Optional”: Tulalip Responds to ICE Actions

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Fires Executives After ICE-Related Contract Sparks Outcry The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation on Tuesday terminated senior management of its economic development corporation after a tribal subsidiary secured a $29.9 million federal contract to design potentia...

2️⃣ Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Fires Executives After ICE-Related Contract Sparks Outcry

Breaking: Final Defense Legislation Grants Federal Recognition to Lumbee Tribe Federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina was included in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act , a massive 3,086-page bill released Sunday by congressional leaders.

Top 5 Stories of the Week:

1️⃣ Breaking: Final Defense Legislation Grants Federal Recognition to #Lumbee Tribe

The Absence of October's Job Report Shows Why Native American Communities Need Better Data Guest Opinion. On November 19, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that, as a result of the government shutdown, it would not release its October jobs report—the first time in the report’s 77-yea...

Last month’s lack of jobs report showed the importance of reliable federal economic data. However, Native communities have never had access to high-quality federal data, with significant negative impacts for Tribal governance.

My new piece for @nativenewsonline.bsky.social with Steven Estrada:

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Tribes search for alternatives as federal clean energy funding vanishes Federal clean energy funding has vanished, leaving tribal projects scrambling. But tribal energy leaders say they're finding new paths forward through private capital, philanthropy and tribal partners...

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Tribes search for alternatives as federal clean energy funding vanishes

Cody Two-Bears spent more than $1 million training Native workers for clean energy jobs. Then the jobs disappeared.
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Navajo Mother Welcomes Federal Charges in 2020 Killing of Her Son The Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives Task Force and the 25th Navajo Nation Council said they are offering prayers and continued support to Vangie Randall-Shorty after federal officials announced c...

The Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives (MMDR) Task Force and the 25th Navajo Nation Council said they are offering prayers and continued support to Vangie Randall-Shorty after federal officials announced charges in the 2020 killing of her son, Zachariah Shorty.

New Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research Analyst Will Examine Cancer Disparities in Oklahoma Tribes The University of Oklahoma’s Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research recently named Grace Fox as its first tribal health care policy analyst.

The University of Oklahoma’s Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research recently named Grace Fox (Seminole) as its first tribal health care policy analyst. Fox will lead projects related to the National Institutes of Health-funded initiative Improving Cancer...

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