February 08, 2026
Opinion. Last weekend, I flew from Michigan to Minneapolis to report on the mobilization of tribal communities following the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent on Jan. 7, 2026.
Currents
The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California announced Wednesday that it has completed the purchase of more than 10,000 acres of ancestral land in the Sierra Nevada, marking the largest tribal land return ever completed in the mountain range and the third largest in California.
From Our Partners
California Indian Nations College (CINC) is proud to announce that it has been awarded full 8-year institutional accreditation by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) —a historic milestone in the college’s mission to offer accessible, culturally grounded higher education.
Opinion
You may have heard of triskaidekaphobia, or fear of the number 13, but there is also paraskevidekatriaphobia — the fear of Friday the 13th.
Opinion. Last weekend, I flew from Michigan to Minneapolis to report on the mobilization of tribal communities following the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent on Jan. 7, 2026.
Sovereignty
The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council is punching back at the sanitizing of history by the Trump administration that is removing Native American signs, markers, monuments, or exhibits at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.
Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jose Farinango Muenala, 47, of Casselberry, Florida, pleaded guilty on January 28, 2026, to misrepresenting Indian-produced goods. U.S. District Judge William M. Conley sentenced Farinango Muenala to three years of probation and imposed a $25,000 fine.
Education
Tlingit language students now have greater access to lesson plans designed for at-home learning through a digital language course.
By 2029, it will be mandatory for all high school students to take courses in Native American history. The reason: California education has failed its first people.
Arts & Entertainment
SULPHUR, Okla. – First American artists are invited to participate in the 13th annual Artesian Arts Festival Saturday, May 2, in Sulphur, Oklahoma.
It’s been a meteoric rise in Hollywood for Kali Reis. Since her breakout role in 2021's Catch the Fair One , the Seaconke Wampanoag actor and sixth-time world champion boxer has garnered critical acclaim, most notably for her portrayal of Trooper Evangeline Navarro in HBO's True Detective: Night Country (2024). In the high-stakes thriller Mercy —coming to theaters nationwide on January 24—Reis stars as officer Jack Diallo in an intense procedural alongside co-star Chris Pratt.
Health
Environment
The Arctic Village Council, the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government and the Venetie Village Council submitted comments Tuesday to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service citing major deficiencies in the agency’s assessment of a proposed 20-year right-of-way that would allow the Kaktovik Iñupiat Corp. to annually construct a snow road through parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Rappahannock Tribe has filed an appeal challenging a state-issued permit that allows Caroline County to withdraw up to 9 million gallons of water per day from the Rappahannock River and transfer it to the Mattaponi River.