Trump administration lands in trouble for threatening tribe's sovereignty (June 8, 2020)

Indian Country is declaring victory after a federal judge blasted the Trump administration for threatening the sovereignty of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and breaking its promises to the People of the First Light.

Indian Country Today: 'We tripled ... Native American women running' for North Dakota Legislature (June 8, 2020)

At least three Native candidates are running for the North Dakota Legislature in the first statewide election since tribes reached a landmark voting rights agreement.

Kaiser Health News: Montana’s tribal nations preserve COVID restrictions to preserve their cultures (June 8, 2020)

As Montana plows forward with its reopening, including throwing open the doors to tourism on June 1, the outlook is starkly different for Indian Country.

Rep. Markwayne Mullin: Together, we will get through this (June 8, 2020)

We find ourselves in a perfect storm. People have been pent up for months and this tragedy has exposed issues we still struggle with as a country.

Rep. Tom Cole: Communist China’s coronavirus cover-up (June 8, 2020)

The United States recently surpassed more than 100,000 precious lives lost to COVID-19.

Doug George-Kanentiio: What was life like among the Mohawks in the year 1300? (June 8, 2020)

According to the priests who taught at Akwesasne, our ancestors were uncivilized savages and pagans. Perhaps that was not a bad thing at all.

Cronkite News: Preliminary OK for Little Colorado dam proposals worries plan’s critics (June 8, 2020)

Concerns about sacred sites, endangered species and lack of tribal consultation weren't enough to derail a hydropower study on the Little Colorado River

Chuck Hoskin: Working together for American Indian students (June 8, 2020)

Nearly one in five students in Oklahoma Public Schools are Native American.

Native Sun News Today: Pandemic protocols portend census undercount on tribal lands (June 8, 2020)

The U.S. Census Bureau has missed 2020 operation targets on all but one of South Dakota’s nine reservations, illustrating the nationwide threat of an alarming Native American population undercount amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Native Sun News Today Editorial: Walking in the shoes of George Floyd (June 8, 2020)

The atrocious murder of George Floyd finally made many Americans say, 'Enough is enough.'

Arne Vainio: Black lives matter (June 8, 2020)

We’re better than this. We have to be. Four hundred years of oppression is too long.