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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.

Ann Coulter Attacks Tribal Sovereignty: ‘We Didn’t Kill Enough Indians’

July 09, 2025 Levi Rickert
Opinion. Between 1492 and 1900, millions of Indigenous people across Turtle Island—a term many Native peoples use to refer to North America—died as a result of disease, violence, and forced displacement following European colonization. Scholars estimate between 4 million and 18 million Indigenous people perished during this period. By 1900, the Native American population in what is now the United States had fallen to approximately 237,000.
Currents

National Native Organizations and Tribal Leaders Respond to Ann Clouter’s ‘We Didn’t Kill Enough Indians’ Remark

July 10, 2025 Native News Online Staff Currents 1981
When conservative pundit Ann Coulter posted “We didn’t kill enough Indians” this past weekend, she wasn’t just spreading hate speech—she was launching a direct attack on tribal sovereignty and the inherent right of Native nations to exist.
Opinion

We’re Still Here: Culture, Community, and College at the Heart of Native Resilience

July 10, 2025 Cheryl Crazy Bull Opinion 861
Guest Opinion. We know the news media and now, social media influencers, don’t intentionally give positive free “advertising,” and it is often very hard to have positive outcomes from remarkably ignorant and dangerous comments. But this week tribal colleges and universities and Native students received a bit of free advertising after a Fox News commentator made a genocidal remark on her social media account (in response to a college professor’s presentation about Native sovereignty) that “we didn’t kill enough Indians.” That remark unwittingly underscored the importance of tribal colleges and universities.

Ann Coulter Attacks Tribal Sovereignty: ‘We Didn’t Kill Enough Indians’

July 09, 2025 Levi Rickert Opinion 3698
Opinion. Between 1492 and 1900, millions of Indigenous people across Turtle Island—a term many Native peoples use to refer to North America—died as a result of disease, violence, and forced displacement following European colonization. Scholars estimate between 4 million and 18 million Indigenous people perished during this period. By 1900, the Native American population in what is now the United States had fallen to approximately 237,000.
Sovereignty

Muscogee Nation Marks Fifth Anniversary of McGirt Ruling with Sovereignty Day Celebration

July 08, 2025 Native News Online Staff Sovereignty 1151
The Muscogee Nation marked the fifth anniversary of the historic McGirt v. Oklahoma decision with a Sovereignty Day celebration held at the College of the Muscogee Nation’s STEM Building Lecture Hall. The event brought together tribal leadership, citizens, and special guests to honor the Supreme Court ruling that reaffirmed the Nation’s reservation boundaries and fortified the legal foundation of tribal sovereignty across Indian Country.

Navajo Nation Appoints Associate Justice Eleanor Shirley as Interim Chief Justice

July 06, 2025 Native News Online Staff Sovereignty 1552
On Thursday, July 3, 2025, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, 25th Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley, and Law and Order Committee Chair Eugenia Charles-Newton signed a joint letter formally recognizing Associate Justice Eleanor Shirley as the Interim Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation.
Education

NTU Launches Fast-Track Construction Trades Program

July 09, 2025 Native News Online Staff Education 456
Navajo Technical University (NTU) has officially launched its new Microcredentials–Construction Trades program through its Construction Technology department. This accelerated course condenses 16 weeks of hands-on construction training into just 9 weeks, providing students with a fast-tracked path to industry-ready skills.

Native Forward Scholars Fund Announces 2025 Students of the Year at Empowering Scholars Summit

June 27, 2025 Native News Online Staff Education 2747
Native Forward Scholars Fund , the nation’s largest direct provider of scholarships to Native students, has announced the recipients of its prestigious Student of the Year Award at the 2025 Empowering Scholars Summit.
Arts & Entertainment

Graffiti & Street Artists Paint at Eagle Butte Mural Sites on Day 2 of the 11th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam

July 10, 2025 Cheyenne River Youth Project Arts & Entertainment 301
EAGLE BUTTE, SD— Day 2 of the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 11th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam has begun. The nine headlining graffiti and street artists are returning to their large-scale mural sites across the city of Eagle Butte, prepared for a busy day of painting and mentoring local youth artists.

Cheyenne River Youth Project Showcases RedCan at Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Prepares to Kick Off 2025 Graffiti Jam This Wednesday, July 9

July 07, 2025 Cheyenne River Youth Project Arts & Entertainment 1558
EAGLE BUTTE, SD — The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that its RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam was represented at this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival, with two CRYP youth artists painting alongside RedCan headliner Hoka Skenandore on the National Mall this past week. The nonprofit youth organization also has released its official lineup of youth activities, special events and performances for RedCan 2025, which kicks off Wednesday, July 9 and continues through Saturday evening, July 12.
Health

‘The money won't bring anybody back’ | Payments Will Increase for Radiation Victims, but Compensation Still Falls Short

July 07, 2025 Elyse Wild

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July 03, 2025 Native News Online Staff
Environment

Oak Ridge Fire On Navajo Nation Grows to 9,846 Acres

July 01, 2025 Native News Online Staff Environment 5355
A wildfire that has been burning across Navajo Nation since last Saturday has grown to more than 9,800 acres with 0 percent containment, according to the latest announcement from Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren’s office .

Oak Ridge Fire Burning on Navajo Nation Grows to 6,300 acres

June 30, 2025 Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico Environment 2550
A wildfire that erupted over the weekend on the Navajo Nation near the New Mexico border has grown to more than 6,200 acres, according to the latest updates.