Native Vote. Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (White Earth Ojibwe) on Thursday received endorsements from four additional U.S. senators in her bid for the U.S. Senate, adding to a growing list of national Democratic support in a contested primary.
SEATTLE — The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) will elect its administrative officers on Thursday, including president, first vice president, secretary and treasurer. Whoever is elected for each position will serve for a two-year term and will be sworn in on Friday.
Federal and tribal law enforcement officials announced a major drug bust on Monday, seizing more than 37,000 fentanyl pills valued at nearly $1.5 million during a coordinated operation on the Pueblo of Isleta Reservation in New Mexico.
Four years after discovering a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in Lake Mendota, archaeologists with the Wisconsin Historical Society and regional First Nations continue to uncover new details from one of the most significant underwater archaeological sites in the Great Lakes.
The Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Cherokee Nation have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, alleging that Gov. Kevin Stitt and state officials are unlawfully prosecuting tribal citizens for hunting and fishing on tribal land.
On Sunday, November 16, 2025, the United Houma Nation welcomed French Army General François Lecointre, Grand Chancellor of France's Legion of Honor, to its Tribal Office in Houma, Louisiana. A reception was held to commemorate the historic bond that has existed between the Houma Nation and France since historic times.
SEATTLE — Native News Online will officially launch its Cultivating Culture initiative during a livestream from the 2025 National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Annual Convention & Marketplace in Seattle. The launch will take place at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT.
Happy Native American Heritage Month. Two weeks ago I lectured at a local college in Grand Rapids, my hometown. After I introduced myself I asked the 13 students how many knew what is celebrated during the month of November. Not one of them knew November is Native American Heritage Month.
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition has postponed its Oral History Project site visit to New Mexico due to the recent federal government shutdown and a Federal Aviation Administration emergency order that caused widespread flight cancellations and delays.