Opinion
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Guest Opinion. The path forward for rare disease patients and their families historically has been rocky, littered with systemic gaps in education, awareness and care. Yet, today, Cherokee Nation is setting a different precedent, shining a spotlight on rare disease advocacy with our second annual Rare Disease Summit.
- Details
- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
- Type: Headshot
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Guest Opinion. As both Chairperson of the Lytton Rancheria and Chairman of the Sonoma County Indian Health Project, I carry a dual responsibility—one to uphold our sovereign Tribal nation’s future and another to protect the health and well-being of Native families across Sonoma County. Today, I am compelled to speak out because Congress is on the brink of breaking a promise—one that could have deadly consequences.
- Details
- By Andy Mejía
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Guest Opinion. The name “One Beautiful Bill” might sound harmless, charming, even, but for Indian Country, its passage would be nothing short of a policy earthquake. Behind the rhetoric of fiscal responsibility and government streamlining lies a sweeping assault on the foundational programs that uphold tribal sovereignty, self-determination, and the bare minimum of equitable federal support that Native Nations have fought to establish over generations.
- Details
- By Kevin J. Allis
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
The U.S. Supreme Court is asked to review federal legal questions when they are in conflict between federal circuit courts, or it is an issue that is important. So you cannot simply appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, rather you ask them if they will review a legal issue for an opinion with a petition for a writ of certiorari.
- Details
- By Professor Victoria Sutton
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Guest Opinion. For nearly half a century, the Talking Leaves Job Corps Center has stood as a beacon of opportunity within the Cherokee Nation. Nationally, the program has operated for six decades as a career lifeline for countless youth, including many who faced housing insecurity before joining the program. When traditional education and career pathways failed these young people, Job Corps has been there to open a better future.
- Details
- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Opinion. This Sunday. June 8, 2025, marks the 119th anniversary of the Antiquities Act of 1906, a landmark conservation law that gives U.S. presidents power to protect public lands of historic, cultural, or scientific significance.
- Details
- By Levi Rickert
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Guest Essay. In early April of last year, I made a special trip to Washington, D.C., from Portland, Oregon, to research the archives pertaining to my community, the Apsáalooke. I was specifically looking for information on the last chief of the Crow Nation, Chief Plenty Coups. I was not only delighted to find information on him in print, books, newspapers and glass plate negatives, but I also discovered a wealth of material on my tribe.
- Details
- By Wendy Red Star
- Type: Headshot
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Guest Opinion. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a pristine wilderness, and it is sacred land. Since time immemorial, it has sustained the Gwich’in people, who call the coastal plain “Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit” -- the Sacred Place Where Life Begins. It’s also home to the Iñupiat, whose culture, health, and subsistence depend on the balance of this fragile ecosystem.
- Details
- By Judith LeBlanc
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
Opinion. The Trump administration released new details about its 2026 budget, which includes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Budget in Brief. As with past budgets, this document was rolled out with the usual talking points: commitment to tribal sovereignty, honoring federal trust obligations, and improving health outcomes for Native people.
- Details
- By Levi Rickert
- Type: Default
- Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
- Reader Survey Question: No Question
- Video Poster: https://nativenewsonline.net/images/10_Years_Logo.png
That Native Americans did not make very good slaves made little difference in the commerce of slavery in early colonial America.
- Details
- By Professor Victoria Sutton