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2022 Impact Report

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In February 2023, we celebrate our 12th year of delivering Native News to readers throughout Indian Country. For the past dozen years, we’ve covered the most important news stories that are usually overlooked by other media.

Native News Online is proud to share our first impact report to illustrate our growth and impact as a leading digital news organization in Indian Country and how we’ve informed our audience with your support. Our news is free for everyone to read, but it is not free to produce. That’s why we are grateful for our readers who provide financial support to help us tell the stories that are so often ignored, erased, or overlooked.

 

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12 years of Native News

Support our Indigenous-led newsroom and celebrate our 12th year with a recurring donation of $12 per month to help fund our coverage of important news about Indian Country that’s usually overlooked by other media.

My Tribe’s ICE Contract Betrayed Our Values

December 14, 2025 Levi Rickert
Opinion. Late last Monday afternoon, my daughter sent me a text with a link to a Topeka, Kansas television station story with the headline, “Prairie Band lands $30M contract for ICE ‘mega centers." As a tribal citizen of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, I felt as if I had been kicked in the stomach.
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Native News Weekly (December 14, 2025): D.C. Briefs

December 14, 2025 Native News Online Staff Currents 1477
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.
Opinion

My Tribe’s ICE Contract Betrayed Our Values

December 14, 2025 Levi Rickert Opinion 1853
Opinion. Late last Monday afternoon, my daughter sent me a text with a link to a Topeka, Kansas television station story with the headline, “Prairie Band lands $30M contract for ICE ‘mega centers." As a tribal citizen of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, I felt as if I had been kicked in the stomach.

Celebrating 35 Years of Gaming Success

December 14, 2025 Chuck Hoskin Jr Opinion 856
Guest Opinion. Thirty-five years ago, our people made a courageous choice to dare a new path. What began as a humble bingo hall in Roland in 1990 has grown into a thriving gaming and hospitality enterprise — Cherokee Nation Entertainment — that today embodies opportunity and drives revenue for Cherokees families across our reservation and the world. The decision to invest in ourselves was rooted in hope, self-determination, and the belief that true prosperity for the Cherokee Nation must come from within.
Sovereignty

Cherokee Nation Launches Digital Dictionary to Support Language Revitalization

December 12, 2025 Levi Rickert Sovereignty 989
Cherokee Nation leaders and Cherokee language speakers joined representatives from Kiwa Digital Ltd. on Tuesday to launch the new Cherokee Language Dictionary app during an event at the Durbin Feeling Language Center.

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Chairman Addresses Homeland Security Contract

December 12, 2025 Levi Rickert Sovereignty 5230
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Chairman Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick released a YouTube video on Friday addressing concerns that surfaced after the announcement that KPB Services — a subsidiary of Prairie Band, LLC, the Nation’s economic arm — had received a $29.9 million Homeland Security contract.
Education

Hanging a Red Dress for Christmas: MMIP, Native Higher Education, and Hope for a Better New Year

December 10, 2025 American Indian College Fund Blog Education 1433
It’s a scene straight from a Dickens novel: a family sits around the table on Christmas Day with an empty chair amongst them and a somber air. Except this isn’t the Victorian classic, it’s real life for far too many Native families and no well-intentioned spirits to save the day. The epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) in the United States that has existed for years continues unabated. And while Native students deal with the same end of semester pressures and holiday stresses as other students, they’re more likely to also be living in a state of fear or mourning for a relative who may never make it home.

Native Students Can Win $5,000 Scholarship, International Distribution in Pendleton Design Contest

December 01, 2025 Native News Online Staff Education 3520
Submissions for the sixth annual Tribal College Blanket Design Contest, hosted by American Indian College Fund and Pendleton Woolen Mills, are open from now until January 15, 2026 .
Arts & Entertainment

Vision Maker Media Honors MacDonald Siblings With 2025 Frank Blythe Award

December 11, 2025 Native News Online Staff Arts & Entertainment 1680
Vision Maker Media (VMM), a leading source of media by and about Native Americans since 1976, has named filmmakers Ivan and Ivy MacDonald, members of the Blackfeet Nation, as recipients of the 2025 Frank Blythe Award for Media Excellence. The award, named for VMM’s late founder, recognizes individuals or organizations that advance Indigenous media opportunities by engaging and empowering Native American and Alaska Native creators. The MacDonalds will receive $2,000 for professional development.

First Tribally Owned Gallery in Tulsa Debuts ‘Mvskokvlke: Road of Strength’

December 11, 2025 Native News Online Staff Arts & Entertainment 1498
The Muscogee (Mvskoke) Nation on Saturday will celebrate the grand opening of the Mvskoke Waters Gallery, the first tribally owned art gallery in the Tulsa metropolitan area, with its inaugural exhibition, Mvskokvlke: Road of Strength .
Health

Johns Hopkins Collecting Tribal Success Stories from $1.5B Opioid Settlement

December 10, 2025 Elyse Wild

Arizona MMIP Task Force Holds Listening Session for Survivors and Families

December 10, 2025 Native News Online Staff
Environment

Trump signs law that revokes some limits on drilling in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve

December 11, 2025 James Brooks, Alaska Beacon Environment 916
President Donald Trump has signed a resolution backed by members of Alaska’s Congressional delegation to revoke restrictions on drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve on the North Slope.

Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation Gets 900-Acres ofLand Back

December 02, 2025 Native News Online Staff Environment 5258
Nearly 900 acres of land have been returned to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation in California. The land borders Yosemite National Park -- one of the most visited National Parks—— and the Sierra National Forest.