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RFK, Jr.’s Fireside Chat with Tribal Leaders

April 13, 2025 Levi Rickert
Tribal leaders from the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) joined HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a fireside chat during the Tribal Self-Governance Conference on Tuesday, held on the Gila River Indian Community reservation near Phoenix.
Currents

Nevada Assembly Champions True Justice: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Bill Advances to the Senate

April 15, 2025 Native News Online Staff Currents 1492
The Nevada Assembly on Tuesday passed Assembly Bill 144 that would officially recognize the second Monday in October as Indigneous Peoples' Day. Sponsored by Assemblymember Shea Backus, the bill passed the Assembly Floor in a 27-15 victory.
Opinion

Tell Congress: We Need to be Strengthening the Social Security Administration, Not Dismantling It!

April 15, 2025 Judith LeBlanc Opinion 588
Guest Opinion. Even as Native elders experience higher rates of poverty than the national average, Native people receive Social Security benefits at a lower rate than the general population, with even wider gaps among Natives with disabilities.

No Handout: Why Tribal Solar is America’s Best Energy Bet

April 14, 2025 Cody Two Bears, Indigenized Energy Opinion 2753
Guest Opinion. When I first tried to pursue solar energy development after the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, I learned a lot.
Sovereignty

Legislation Reintroduced to Protect Buffalo Tract

April 16, 2025 Native News Online Staff Sovereignty 159
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, have reintroduced the Buffalo Tract Protection Act. This legislation seeks to permanently prohibit mineral development on four parcels of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in southern Sandoval County, including the Buffalo Tract and the Crest of Montezuma. U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are original cosponsors of the bill.

Cheyenne River Youth Project Provides Trips to Welcoming the Thunders Ceremony & Pipestone National Monument

April 15, 2025 Cheyenne River Youth Project Sovereignty 229
EAGLE BUTTE, SD — In late March, the Cheyenne River Youth Project offered two special opportunities for youth to visit sites that are sacred to the Lakota Nation. On March 21-23, a group of teens traveled to South Dakota’s Black Hills for the annual Wakinyan Aglipi (Welcoming Back the Thunders) ceremony at Hinhan Kaga (Black Elk Peak), and on March 27-29, another group visited Pipestone National Monument in Minnesota.
Education

Fire Destroys Diné College’s Student Union Building on Navajo Nation

April 15, 2025 Levi Rickert Education 6849
A massive overnight fire destroyed the Student Union Building at Diné College, located on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Tsaile, Arizona.

Illinois House of Representatives Votes to Ban Native American Mascots in Public K-12 Schools

April 11, 2025 Kaili Berg Education 3514
On Thursday, April 10, the Illinois House of Representatives approved House Bill 1237 , which would prohibit public K-12 schools from using Native American names, mascots, or imagery.
Arts & Entertainment

Q&A with Fierce Auntie! Illustrator Steph Littlebird

April 15, 2025 Neely Bardwell Arts & Entertainment 364
Today, Indigenous author and illustrator team Laurel Goodluck and Steph Littlebird released their new children’s picture book titled FIERCE AUNTIES! , a celebration of what makes aunties so special.

Dark Winds Continues to Build Tension in Next Episode

April 12, 2025 Kaili Berg Arts & Entertainment 10414
AMC’s Dark Winds continues to build tension as it heads into its sixth episode of the season, titled “Ábidoo'niidęę (What He Had Been Told),” airing Sunday, April 13 on AMC and streaming on AMC+.
Health

Strength in Motion: Chickasaw Citizen Advances First American health and wellness

April 15, 2025 Chickasaw Nation Media

RFK, Jr.’s Fireside Chat with Tribal Leaders

April 13, 2025 Levi Rickert
Environment

Bad River Band’s Fight Against Enbridge’s Line 5 Continues

April 11, 2025 Neely Bardwell Environment 3022
The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in northern Wisconsin has filed two legal challenges to protect water resources in the Bad River and coastal wetlands. The re-route of Line 5 would go through at least 186 waterways and 101 acres of high-quality wetlands that drain into Lake Superior.

In Disgust, Michigan Tribes Back Away from Enbridge Line 5 Talks

March 31, 2025 Neely Bardwell Environment 18208
Six Michigan Tribes have withdrawn their cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) after learning that Enbridge’s massive oil tunnel project may receive expedited approval.