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WASHINGTON — In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently.
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Alaska Natives in Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, expressed outrage on Wednesday after a video surfaced on social media showing police hauling the body of a 17-year-old through a street of the village, located on Barrow Point, north of the Arctic Circle.
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On January 31, 2025, the Utah Seventh Judicial District Court finalized the adjudication of all Navajo Nation rights to surface and groundwater use within the state, fully integrating the Navajo Nation / State of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was formally recognized as chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Wednesday. She succeeds Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), who held the position for the past four years.
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Tribes are still pushing back on the Trump administration’s push to reduce federal funding on initiatives for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA), with tribes taking a strong position that they are separate from DEIA initiatives, and their federal assistance is instead rooted in government-to-government relationships enshrined in treaties and trust responsibilities.
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U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) on Tuesday, February 4, reintroduced their bipartisan Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act after it failed to pass in Congress’ last session.
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Native Americans born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens, and ICE cannot detain or deport them for immigration violations. Since 1924, federal law has guaranteed Native American citizenship. A 2025 Executive Order has ignited debates on the Fourteenth Amendment, referencing past denials of Native rights. While it does not target Native citizenship, understanding this history and knowing your rights is crucial.
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On Wednesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) urging the agency to promptly issue a directive ensuring that all federal agencies protect American Indian tribes, their programs, and the federal funding they receive, from being impacted by the implementation of the President’s Executive Orders and policies.
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This Day in History – Feb. 6, 1976. Forty-nine years ago today, February 6, 1976, Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) was arrested in western Canada. His arrest was based on a warrant issued by the United States for his alleged involvement in the June 26, 1975, shooting deaths of two FBI agents, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
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