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Levi Rickert
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Levi "Calm Before the Storm" Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) is the founder, publisher and editor of Native News Online. Rickert was awarded Best Column 2021 Native Media Award for the print/online category by the Native American Journalists Association. He serves on the advisory board of the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association. He can be reached at [email protected].

December 22, 2025 Levi Rickert
A group of Native Americans who fought on behalf of the Union Army in the Civil War will be recognized and honored with road signs along a portion of M-22 in upper Michigan after legislation was passed by the Michigan Legislature last week.
Currents
December 22, 2025 Elyse Wild Currents 2026
The owner of a hotel in South Dakota was found liable on Friday for discrimination against Native Americans.
Opinion
December 21, 2025 Professor Victoria Sutton Opinion 1364
Guest Opinion. Being a federally recognized tribe in the United States officially recognizes the political relationship between the sovereign nation of a tribe and that of the United States of America.
December 21, 2025 Chuck Hoskin Jr Opinion 724
Guest Opinion. In today’s age, when technology can often leave us feeling disconnected from our cultural roots, Cherokee Nation is proving that innovation and tradition can go hand in hand. This is especially true when it comes to supporting our elders, our first-language speakers, and our families.
Sovereignty
December 22, 2025 Native News Online Staff Sovereignty 444
The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation filed a federal lawsuit Friday against Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) and the heads of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and Colorado Parks & Wildlife, alleging a state law unlawfully denies the Tribe equal access to ancestral lands.
December 20, 2025 Levi Rickert Sovereignty 1351
American Indian and Alaska Native leaders from throughout Indian Country voiced their opposition to Homeland Security using tribal lands to house internment or detention camps, citing historical precedent, violations of tribal sovereignty and environmental harm.
Education
December 10, 2025 American Indian College Fund Blog Education 2059
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 4101
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 19, 2025 Zuni Youth Enrichment Project Arts & Entertainment 693
ZUNI, N.M.— Zuni Youth Enrichment Project recently took the top four students from its 2025 Emerging Artist Apprenticeship in Pueblo pottery on a three-day educational field trip to Phoenix, Arizona. Made possible with support from the Bezos Family Foundation and First Nations Development Institute, the Nov. 22-24 trip served as a capstone experience for the apprentices.
December 17, 2025 Shaun Griswold Arts & Entertainment 4512
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.
Health
Environment
December 11, 2025 James Brooks, Alaska Beacon Environment 1809
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 6265
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.