January 26, 2026
The tragic death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs intensive care unit nurse, on a street in Minneapolis on Saturday morning is the second death at the hands of federal agents in the city this month. On Jan. 7, 2026, an ICE officer killed Renée Good. Both victims were citizens of Minneapolis.
Currents
Happy Monday Morning! Here are some of the stories you may have missed from this past weekend:
From Our Partners
From January 21 to February 1, The Visitors will be at Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC), making its international debut in New York City. Written by Jane Harrison and directed by Wesley Enoch, this award-winning play is a Moogahlin Performing Arts and Sydney Theatre Company Production, produced by Performing Lines, and presented in partnership with Under the Radar Festival©.
For generations, many Native families have relied on community knowledge, not institutions, to guide their financial lives. That wisdom remains essential.
Opinion
Guest Opinion. Denmark is the architect of a campaign to stop the births of Inuit people in Greenland from the 1960s to as recently as 1991. When Greenland took over health care from Denmark, it became responsible for another 15 cases since 1992, and authorities have continued to receive reports as recently as 2022. The Danish Institute of Human Rights claims it is still happening.
Guest Opinion. My foremost responsibility as Principal Chief is to protect the well-being of the Cherokee people. That responsibility extends beyond our health, culture and sovereignty to include safeguarding the financial security of our families.
Sovereignty
The Navajo Nation Commission on Emergency Management on Friday declared a state of emergency in response to severe winter weather, as forecasts call for snow, low temperatures and hazardous road conditions across the region.
The boom in online sports betting and prediction markets is disrupting Tribal government gaming—and in the process, creating an existential threat to Tribal sovereignty and economies.
Education
Congress has approved $13.482 million in federal funding for the Institute of American Indian Arts for fiscal year 2026, rejecting a Trump administration proposal that would have eliminated the school’s federal appropriation.
The William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Tribal Leadership Council on Tuesday announced a new partnership to launch an executive education certification focused on Tribal governance, business strategy and organizational leadership.
Arts & Entertainment
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.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida will host the 2026 Seminole Tribal Fair and Pow Wow from Friday, Jan. 30, through Sunday, Feb. 1, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, celebrating Native culture through film, music, dance and tradition.
Health
Environment
Published on January 9, 2026
The leader of an organization that has been facing off against a foreign mining company with designs on destroying a sacred Indigenous site is walking more than 60 miles across Arizona to attend a court hearing that will decide the fate of 2,400 acres of federal public lands.