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December 17, 2025 Levi Rickert
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is set to gain federal recognition once President Donald Trump signs the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026 into law.
Currents
December 17, 2025 Native News Online Staff Currents 1476
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A federal judge has approved a settlement requiring Chouteau County to redraw its county commission districts, a change that will allow citizens of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation to elect a representative of their choice for the first time in more than a decade.
Opinion
December 15, 2025 Professor Victoria Sutton Opinion 3154
Guest Opinion. The judiciary should be above reproach and when a judge falls from grace, it is alarming. When the judge comes from the highest court in a state, it is cause for particular alarm.
December 14, 2025 Levi Rickert Opinion 5360
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.
Sovereignty
December 17, 2025 Levi Rickert Sovereignty 462
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is set to gain federal recognition once President Donald Trump signs the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026 into law.
December 16, 2025 Levi Rickert Sovereignty 1485
WASHINGTON — With tribal leaders in attendance Monday afternoon at a meeting of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (9TTAC), the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service announced the finalization of two long-awaited tribal tax regulations.
Education
December 10, 2025 American Indian College Fund Blog Education 1662
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.
December 01, 2025 Native News Online Staff Education 3733
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
December 17, 2025 Shaun Griswold Arts & Entertainment 1059
At the award-winning Indian Pueblo Kitchen, Chef Josh Aragon stood with a smile at the fresh bowl of green chile stew in front of him for a photo shoot celebrating the dish being named the Best in the City by Albuquerque the Magazine.
December 16, 2025 Elyse Wild Arts & Entertainment 2200
Late Hollywood icon Rob Reiner's final project was” Wind River: Rising,” a sequel to Taylor Sheridan’s 2017 film set on the Wind River reservation in Wyoming. The film, which Reiner served as an executive producer on, is in post-production and has no set release date, according to IMDB .
Health
Environment
December 11, 2025 James Brooks, Alaska Beacon Environment 1240
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.
December 02, 2025 Native News Online Staff Environment 5618
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.