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Trump Administration Release New FY2026 Budget Details for Indian Country Health Care

May 31, 2025 Levi Rickert
On Friday, May 30, the Trump Administration released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 President’s Budget, including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Budget in Brief.
Currents

US Dept. of Education Declares New York Mascot Ban Discriminatory

June 01, 2025 Levi Rickert Currents 4972
In a decision with sweeping national implications, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) ruled Friday that New York’s ban on Native American-themed school mascots violates federal civil rights law. The agency’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found the policy discriminatory under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits race- and national origin-based discrimination in federally funded programs.
Opinion

Cherokee Nation Sets a Model of Sovereignty and Justice

June 01, 2025 Chuck Hoskin Jr Opinion 699
Guest Opinion. As a sovereign government, one of Cherokee Nation’s most profound responsibilities is providing safety and enacting justice across our Reservation. This task is rooted in deep Cherokee values of protecting our citizens and neighbors, and we carry it out through a modern justice system, exemplified by efficiency and collaboration.

Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Survivors and Descendants of Boarding Schools

May 29, 2025 American Indian College Fund Blog Opinion 3276
Guest Opinion. We are learning when the U.S. government entered into trust and treaty relationships with Indians Tribes as sovereign nations , the federal government instead used much of the money held in trust for Native people to forcibly relocate their children to boarding schools. The goal was to assimilate them. Many children never saw their families again, some died from malnutrition or disease or abuse, and others were taken at such a young age they no longer knew their families, languages, or homelands.
Sovereignty

San Carlos Apache Tribe Applauds Federal Court Ruling Blocking Transfer of Sacred Oak Flat Land

May 12, 2025 Native News Online Staff Sovereignty 6648
The San Carlos Apache Tribe welcomed a May 9 federal court decision that temporarily halts the U.S. government’s plan to transfer Oak Flat—sacred Western Apache land within the Tonto National Forest—to Resolution Copper, a company backed by Chinese interests.

Federal Court Halts Destruction of Oak Flat

May 09, 2025 Levi Rickert Sovereignty 8230
A federal court has issued an order halting the U.S. government’s plans to transfer Oak Flat—the most sacred site of the Western Apaches—to a multinational mining corporation for destruction. In the case Apache Stronghold v. United States , the government recently indicated it could hand over the land as soon as June 16, 2025, to Resolution Copper, a mining company with Chinese ownership, which intends to transform the sacred site into a massive copper mine. This would effectively end Apache religious practices tied to the land. Apache Stronghold, a coalition of Western Apaches, other Native communities, and allies, filed an emergency motion to pause the transfer while the case awaits review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Education

Zuni Youth Enrichment Project Brings Traditional Dance and Cultural Learning to 450 Students This Spring

May 30, 2025 Zuni Youth Enrichment Project Education 903
ZUNI, NM — This spring, the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project reached 450 students in the Pueblo of Zuni through immersive in-school programs that celebrated traditional dance, cultural learning and food sovereignty. A ZYEP-led dance class at Shiwi Ts’ana Elementary School ran from Mar. 3 to May 2, while the Zuni Middle School elective class started on Mar. 24 and will conclude May 29.

Class of 2025 Leads the Way for Indigenous Graduation Regalia

May 27, 2025 Shaun Griswold and Bella Davis, High... Education 3236
The cliff fendlerbush’s blooms offered countless nibbles for one hungry young deer. Its mother watched the feast from several steps away, on the other side of a nature path crossroad below Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Getting impatient, or perhaps not feeling worried, the elder deer headed off to the Animas River and left her child behind in the bush to find its own way. Sooner or later, all parents have to let their offspring go. In the human world, we often call this “graduation.”
Arts & Entertainment

Chris Eyre's Jim Thorpe Documentary to Debut on The HISTORY Channel on July 7

May 31, 2025 Kaili Berg Arts & Entertainment 1350
The HISTORY Channel is set to premiere a new two-hour documentary on one of America’s most legendary athletes, Jim Thorpe (Sac & Fox/Potawatomi).

Muscogee Opera Soprano Kirsten Kunkle Stars in Tosca Production in June

May 30, 2025 Kaili Berg Arts & Entertainment 731
This June, Mission Opera will close its seventh season with the production of Tosca. For the first time in the company’s history, all three principal roles in an evening cast are being performed by Indigenous artists.
Health

Trump Administration Release New FY2026 Budget Details for Indian Country Health Care

May 31, 2025 Levi Rickert

Spirit Lake Reservation Addresses Water Quality Crisis with Emergency Distribution Plan

May 30, 2025 Elyse Wild
Environment

Osage Minerals Council Celebrates the Final Dismissal of Hayes II Litigation

May 24, 2025 Native News Online Staff Environment 1938
The Osage Minerals Council proudly announces the final dismissal of the Hayes II litigation, ending nearly a decade-long legal battle that posed a serious threat to oil and gas production within the Osage Mineral Estate. Originally filed in 2016, the case challenged the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review of two mineral leases. On May 5, 2025, the Federal District Court issued a judgment officially dismissing the case.

Bad River Chairman: "Line 5 is a daily threat to our clean rivers and lakes, our fish, and our wild rice."

May 24, 2025 Kaili Berg Environment 1158
Leaders and environmental experts from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa recently delivered testimony urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny a key federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute.