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December 08, 2025 Native News Online Staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Native News Online will host a special 90-minute year-end livestream on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, as part of its annual fundraising campaign to support its newsroom.
Currents
December 08, 2025 Native News Online Staff Currents 2077
Happy Monday morning. We know our readers are busy during the holiday season — many of you may have attended your children’s or grandchildren’s sporting events. Here are some of the stories you may have missed over the weekend:
Opinion
December 08, 2025 Levi Rickert Opinion 2229
Opinion. For generations, Native Americans have faced extraordinary health disparities: We die younger, suffer higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, and suicide, and are more likely to lack insurance than any other racial or ethnic group in the United States.
December 08, 2025 Professor Victoria Sutton Opinion 1193
Guest Opinion. The first official execution in Connecticut was that of a Native American in 1639. The man, Nepaupuck of the Quinnipiac Tribe, was executed for the murder of a colonist during the Pequot War.
Sovereignty
December 09, 2025 Native News Online Staff Sovereignty 389
The Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corporation (THTBC) issued a statement on Dec. 8 clarifying the scope of its federal contracting work and reaffirming that it does not hold contracts with federal law-enforcement or immigration agencies.
December 08, 2025 Chickasaw Nation Media Sovereignty 417
Ancestry research in the modern age is often reduced to DNA, three rather impersonal letters that clinically reveal our genetic instructions and hereditary traits. Thirty-two Chickasaw citizens’ desire to experience a deeper, more personal understanding of their origin than science could provide were amply fulfilled during the most recent Chickasaw Nation Elders Homeland Tour.
Education
December 10, 2025 American Indian College Fund Blog Education 147
It’s a scene straight from a Dickens novel: a family sits around the table on Christmas Day with an empty chair amongst them and a somber air. Except this isn’t the Victorian classic, it’s real life for far too many Native families and no well-intentioned spirits to save the day. The epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) in the United States that has existed for years continues unabated. And while Native students deal with the same end of semester pressures and holiday stresses as other students, they’re more likely to also be living in a state of fear or mourning for a relative who may never make it home.
December 01, 2025 Native News Online Staff Education 2992
Submissions for the sixth annual Tribal College Blanket Design Contest, hosted by American Indian College Fund and Pendleton Woolen Mills, are open from now until January 15, 2026 .
Arts & Entertainment
December 09, 2025 Zuni Youth Enrichment Project Arts & Entertainment 355
The Zuni Youth Enrichment Project announced today that preparations are under way for the 8th Annual Delapna:we Project. Made possible with support from the First Nations Development Institute, U.S. Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and New Mexico Behavioral Health Services Division, this innovative project brings the Zuni people’s traditional oral stories to life through the performing arts.
December 05, 2025 Native News Online Staff Arts & Entertainment 1017
The Chickasaw Holiday Art Market, showcasing work by Chickasaw artists, will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, in the Artesian Hotel Ballroom at 1001 W. First Street, Sulphur, Okla.
Health
Environment
December 02, 2025 Native News Online Staff Environment 4401
Nearly 900 acres of land have been returned to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation in California. The land borders Yosemite National Park -- one of the most visited National Parks—— and the Sierra National Forest.
November 14, 2025 Native News Online Staff Environment 3240
Leaders of the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan and the conservation group Chilkat Forever are warning the new owners of the Palmer mine project that they will face “sustained and unyielding opposition” if they pursue hardrock mining in the Chilkat Valley.