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On Friday, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) issued a statement on Pope Francis' apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in the mass abuse and mistreatment of Native children in Indian residential schools operated by the church.

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On Friday, Pope Francis, leader of the Roman Catholic, met with a First Nation delegation to discuss the Catholic Church's role in the abuse and mistreamtent of children who attended the Indian residential schools operated by the Catholic Church in Canada. Read the Pope's complete statement:
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For the first time in history, the leader of the Catholic Church in Vatican City, Rome, on Friday acknowledged the role of the church in perpetrating harm on the more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis children sent to residential schools in Canada. 

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On Wednesday, the Presidents Cup and American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) announced the return of the Junior Presidents Cup which will be held Monday, September 19, and Tuesday, September 20. It is to be held at Myers Park Country Club in Charlotte, N.C. This will be the third year that the Junior Presidents Cup will be contested. Notah Begay III and South Africa’s Tim Clark as captains of the U.S. and International Teams, respectively.

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On March 20, Grand Gateway Hotel co-owner Connie Uhre commented on a post made by Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender’s Facebook that Native Americans would no longer be allowed on the property, including “Cheers,” a popular bar attached to the hotel. Uhre’s comment came after a late night shooting at the hotel that resulted in a young Lakota man being taken to the intensive care unit at the local hospital. In response, Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairwoman Janet Alkire has sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, noting the ban is a violation of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution and the 1964 Civil Rights Act

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In a letter released on Monday, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) expressed their support for nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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WASHINGTON — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration submitted President Biden’s proposed $5.8 trillion 2023 budget to Congress, with historic investments to Tribal communities. The White House reports that it will direct $18.1 billion to the Department of Interior (DOI), an increase of $2.9 billion, or 19 percent, from the fiscal year 2022. The request for the DOI’s Indian Affairs programs is $4.5 billion, a $1.1 billion increase above the 2021 enacted level. This includes $2.8 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, $1.6 billion for the Bureau of Indian Education, and $112.7 million for the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration.

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Washington—History was made today when the Chair of the Natural Resources Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), announced in a press conference that the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Effective Consultation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act has full committee markup by the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee. 

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On Saturday, the Great Sioux Nation in South Dakota issued a “Notice of Trespass (Cease and Desist)” order against Connie Uhre-Grand Gateway Hotel and its subsidiaries with instructions to vacate the premises.

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