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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
For the first time in decades, tribes in the Pacific Northwest will be able to forage for wild huckleberries in a national forest without competition from commercial companies.

Department of the Interior
The Department of the Interior, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities in Indian Country, has just one Senate-confirmed leader in office.

Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services is eliminating 20,000 full-time employees, according to a fact sheet.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“We aren’t just reducing bureaucratic sprawl. We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic,” said Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Social Security Administration
Significant changes are in development at the Social Security Administration. What does that mean for Native elders?

Shadow Devereaux - Foreshadow
Shadow Devereaux — also known as Foreshadow — is the first artist to participate in a new fund in Montana.

'No More Stolen Sisters'
Arizona ranks third for the highest number of cases of missing Indigenous people.

Mohegan Tribe
Another regulatory action has made it over the finish line at the Bureau of Indian Affairs amid a government-wide freeze ordered by President Donald Trump.

First Americans Museum
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is going on the road to mark the 50th anniversary of the self-determination era.

Nez Perce Tribe
Long COVID affects as many as 23 million Americans, including many Native people.

Ketchikan, Alaska
The unpredictable availability of salmon and other fish is putting additional pressures on the subsistence rights of Alaska Natives.

Dismantling the Department of Education could severely impact the government’s ability to meet its legal and moral commitments to Tribal Nations and their citizens, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium said.

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa
“Our membership has been listening carefully to the conversations around sports betting legislation in Oklahoma,” said Matthew L. Morgan, chairman of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association.

Mike Rounds
“Great Plains reservation communities are continuing to deal with a public safety crisis,” said Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

Brian Schatz
“One of the federal government’s core trust and treaty responsibilities to American Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives is to provide education,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), the vice chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

National Congress of American Indians
“This is not just an administrative change – it’s an attack on the fundamental right of Native students to a quality education that reflects their identity, history, and sovereignty,” said NCAI President Mark Macarro.

NAFOA
NAFOA is only a month away from the 43rd annual conference in New Orleans!

Cherokee Nation
Service is not just a program — it’s a way of life for the Cherokee people.

Mauna Kea
Native Hawaiian writer Norma Kawelokū Wong tells us our current reality is “drifting haphazardly in the riptide of collapse.”

Flathead Reservation
Public Law 280 continues to be the source of unresolved law enforcement and public safety issues in Indian Country.

Medicaid Town Hall
Potential cuts to Medicare and Medicaid are causing uncertainty as Republicans, encouraged by President Donald Trump, push for drastic changes.

Morgan Toney - Heal the Divide
What’s on your Native Playlist? Tune in for new music from Morgan Toney, Tanaya Winder and The Reztones.

Cheyenne River Health Center
As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to Medicaid, health centers that serve Native communities are bracing for catastrophe.

Navajo Code Talkers
Prominent Native figures in U.S. military history have been erased from the Department of Defense’s website thanks to Donald Trump.

White Horse Hill Sunka Wakan Ska Paha National Game Preserve
Regulatory activity has ground to a halt at the Bureau of Indian Affairs but one pro-tribal action has made it over the finish line in the era of Donald Trump.

“Closing the Department of Education would provide children and their families the opportunity to escape a system that is failing them,” President Donald Trump said.

“We are sending education back to the states where it so rightly belongs,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.

Raúl M. Grijalva
Raúl Grijalva was known as a champion of tribal issues as a leader on the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Katie John
Tune in to hear about the contributions of Athabascan elder Katie John, Chickasaw aviator Eula Pearl Carter Scott and other notable Native women.

Colorado River
The Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act addresses the water rights of the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.

Navajo Code Talkers
“You’re not only erasing Navajo culture but you’re also eliminating Navajo code,” said Peter MacDonald, 96, one of the few surviving Navajo Code Talkers.

Cultural and Academic Research Experience
Programs that help Native students succeed are already shutting down thanks to the Donald Trump administration.

Lisa Murkowski
“Following my recent transition to Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, it is as important as ever to have driven and dedicated staff members to advance the needs of Native peoples, said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).

Trey Truant
The 49th annual American Indian Council Powwow at Montana State University takes place March 28-29, 2025.

Indigenous Peoples Coalition
The Indigenous Peoples Coalition celebrated the release of activist Leonard Peltier from federal prison.

National Congress of American Indians
“The Navajo Code Talkers’ legacy is not just a story of Native American resilience but a defining chapter in American history,” said NCAI Executive Director Larry Wright, Jr.

Montana Legislature American Indian Caucus
Members of Montana’s American Indian Caucus say they have been able to advance priority bills in the state legislature.

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on Indian Education
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum discusses his views on Indian education on February 12, 2025.

Change Labs
What started as an annual event to help Native small business owners has grown into a launchpad for Navajo entrepreneurs.

Native Bookshelf: Marcie Rendon and Dennis Staples
Two Ojibwe authors, Marcie Rendon and Dennis Staples, are exploring Native worlds.