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Executive Grant of Clemency: Leonard Peltier (January 20, 2025)
Read the text of the executive grant of clemency to Leonard Peltier, signed by President Joe Biden on January 19, 2025. 
Tribal justice office gains new leader amid big changes in Washington (January 15, 2025)
An award-winning government employee is leading the Office of Tribal Justice at the Department of Justice. 
Schedule of Senate committee hearings for Donald Trump nominees (January 13, 2025)
Members of the U.S. Senate are busy with confirmation hearings for a number of president-elect Donald Trump’s nominees. Here’s the schedule. 
The Department of Justice is kicking off a series of consultation sessions to address a U.S. Supreme Court decision seen as detrimental to tribal sovereignty.
Arizona Mirror: Hearing addresses crisis of missing and murdered relatives (December 5, 2024)
Paul Begay, Anne Curley, Ella Mae Begay and Everett Charley are the names of just a handful of people who have gone missing on the Navajo Nation. 
Federal government officials testify about the crisis of missing and murdered relatives on November 20, 2024.
Native women leaders testify about the crisis of missing and murdered relatives on November 20, 2024.
AUDIO: Investigating the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (December 3, 2024)
The House Committee on Appropriations holds a hearing titled “Investigating the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” on November 20, 2024. 
Cronkite News: Hearing confronts crisis of missing and murdered relatives (December 2, 2024)
Despite grants and numerous programs to help mitigate the issue, cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women continue at relatively high rates. 
Cronkite News: Donald Trump’s Defense pick faces scrutiny in U.S. Senate (November 19, 2024)
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) is among the combat veterans and Democrats expressing deep skepticism at Donald Trump’s choice of a Defense secretary with no national security experience. 
Muscogee Nation claims victory in long-running dispute over sacred grounds (October 17, 2024)
A federal appeals court has revived a long-simmering dispute between two tribal nations but both parties remain far apart on what the decision means for sacred Creek land 
Cronkite News: Native people continue to face obstacles at the polls (October 7, 2024)
Ahead of the 2024 election, organizations across Arizona are ramping up efforts to register Native voters and address challenges in getting to the polls. 
Cronkite News: Navajo Nation rallies at U.S. Capitol for radiation compensation (September 24, 2024)
Survivors of nuclear testing and uranium mines are ramping up pressure on Congress to reauthorize a federal compensation program that expired in June. 
“Native people are going to fight back,” said Nick Tilsen, founder of NDN Collective.
Attorney General discusses tribal issues and public safety in speech (August 12, 2024)
Attorney General Merrick Garland of the Department of Justice discusses tribal public safety, missing and murdered relatives and violent crime in a speech in New Mexico. 
A federal judge is weighing a decision that the Winnebago Tribe hopes will set a strong precedent at one of the most infamous Indian boarding schools in the nation.
A federal program to compensate people exposed to fallout from U.S. nuclear testing expired, leaving countless Navajo Nation residents in limbo.
Phoenix, Arizona, is the latest city to face federal allegation of police discrimination against Native people.
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court upheld access to a widely used abortion drug, tossing out an effort to take mifepristone off the market across the country.
An exasperated Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) is demanding answers from the Biden administration about public safety in Native communities.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing on public safety in Native communities.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing on public safety in Native communities.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is once again taking a close look at public safety in Indian Country.
Tribes are seeking to hold the Indian Health Service accountable for money they say is promised to them under self-determination contracts.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe and Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe on March 25, 2024.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (February 12, 2024)
Will you be NAFOA’s Valentine? 
A national commission of federal and tribal experts is calling for a “Decade of Action and Healing” to help address the crisis of missing, murdered and trafficked people in Indian Country.
Government records shed new light on how state opposition hindered tribes from claiming their rightful shares of the Colorado River.
Lac Courte Oreilles Band reports rise in gang activity among youth (October 9, 2023)
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is adopting a no tolerance policy amid a reported rise in gang activity among youth. 
Self-proclaimed Native Republican sentenced to prison for U.S. Capitol attack (September 14, 2023)
In a court filing, U.S. Capitol breach defendant Jorge Aaron Riley finally admitted he knows little to nothing about his supposed “American Indian” heritage. 
Standing among the boisterous crowd of media and onlookers awaiting the arraignment of former U.S. president Donald Trump is one Native woman.
As dangerous smoke cast an ominous shadow over the nation’s capital, tribes and their advocates continue to wait for a series of monumental decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court.
New Native adviser set to join President Biden at White House (April 13, 2023)
President Joe Biden is welcoming a new Native adviser to the White House, the third of his administration.
Tribal leaders are calling on the Biden administration to re-examine its commitment to the nation-to-nation relationship following “shocking” arguments in a closely-watched U.S. Supreme Court case.
The highest court in the land is once again taking up a case that will determine whether the United States lives up to its promises to tribal nations.
It took more than two years but a self-proclaimed Native Republican wore his “best Trump tie” to court and finally admitted he committed a crime during a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
‘Empower tribal nations’: Indian Country looks to White House for support (December 14, 2022)
With one negative ruling on the books and a potentially devastating one on the way, tribal leaders continue to look to the Biden administration to address the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court. 
‘Maybe they don’t want our business’: Hotel rates explode during Native event (December 13, 2022)
People headed to a Native basketball, educational and cultural tournament were shocked to learn that some hotels were charging more than $2,000 a night. 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs schedules business meeting and hearing (November 14, 2022)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after a lengthy absence. 
AUDIO: U.S. Supreme Court hearing in Haaland v. Brackeen (November 10, 2022)
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Haaland v. Brackeen, a closely-watched Indian Child Welfare Act case, on November 9, 2022.
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