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The Remove the Stain Act of 2025 will be reintroduced by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D–MA) and Jeff Merkley (D–OR), along with Representative Jill Tokuda (D–HI), on Thursday, according to Sen. Warren’s Senate office. 

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 Former Choctaw Nation Tribal Council member Ron Perry,73, was charged with six counts of sexual battery last month in Choctaw Nation Tribal Court. Perry represented District 5 of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and was first elected to the Tribal Council in 2011. He resigned his seat the same day charges were filed against him.
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On Tuesday, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) and Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), announced the new Vice Chairs of the Caucus. Rep. Nick Begich (R-AK) will serve as the Republican Vice Chair and Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) will serve as the Democrat Vice Chair. Rep. Cole is a tribal citizen of the Chickasaw Nation; Rep. Davids is a tribal citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation; and Representatives Begich and Stansbury are non-Natives.

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A new study, combining Indigenous science and cutting-edge ancient DNA and isotope analysis, reveals that Late Pleistocene horses moved back and forth between Eurasia and North America between 50,000 and 19,000 years ago in order to survive and thrive as environmental conditions shifted.

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In a powerful letter to federal leadership, the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC) has issued a clarion call for immediate and coordinated federal action to combat the crisis of violent crime, drug trafficking, and missing and murdered Indigenous persons (MMIP) across Indian Country—specifically within Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.

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In a powerful episode of Native Bidaské, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) reveals to Native News Online’s editor Levi Rickert (Potawatomi) the urgent health care crisis facing tribal communities under the Trump administration's proposed budget cuts. The vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs delivers a stark warning about the devastating potential of reduced federal health care funding in Indian Country.

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During National Police Week (May 12–16), the Law and Order Committee (LOC) seized the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., and engage with federal lawmakers to advocate for the Navajo Nation’s public safety and justice priorities.

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The Merchants Payments Coalition today welcomed a letter from some of the nation’s largest Native American tribes urging Congress to include the Credit Card Competition Act in the GENIUS Act, aiming to help reduce rising costs for tribal members.

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The Smithsonian’s Museum of the Americian Indian in Washington, D.C. will commemorate Memorial Day on Monday, May 26, 2025. The Museum will honor Indigenous service members who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

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