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AUDIO: Sea Lion Predation in the Pacific Northwest (December 3, 2025)
The House Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries holds a hearing on Sea Lion Predation in the Pacific Northwest. 
VIDEO: Dutch Kuyper of Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (September 17, 2025)
Dutch Kuyper, Vice President of Land and Real Estate for Cook Inlet Region, Inc., testifies about “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential.” 
VIDEO: Ethan Tyler of Aleut Corporation (September 17, 2025)
Ethan Tyler, Senior Director of Public Policy and Lands for the Aleut Corporation, testifies about “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential.” 
VIDEO: John Christensen Jr. of Village of Port Heiden (September 17, 2025)
John Christensen Jr., President of the Native Village of Port Heiden, testifies about “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential.” 
VIDEO: Nagruk Harcharek of Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (September 17, 2025)
Nagruk Harcharek, President of Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat, testifies about “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential.” 
AUDIO: Legislative Hearing on H.R.681, H.R.3654, H.R.3903, H.R.3925, H.R.4463 (September 10, 2025)
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds a legislative hearing on September 9, 2025. 
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is taking testimony from tribal and Alaska Native leaders at a legislative hearing.
House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs schedules hearing (September 4, 2025)
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is getting back to work on tribal legislation following a long break. 
Criminal cartels have long targeted federal and tribal lands along the United States borders with Mexico and with Canada.
House of Representatives adds two Indian Country bills to agenda (July 14, 2025)
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider two Indian Country bills as lawmakers return to work following the July 4 holiday. 
VIDEO: H.R.2556, the CORE Act (June 26, 2025)
The House Committee on Natural Resources considers a tribal consultation amendment to H.R.2556,, the Comprehensive Offshore Resource Enhancement Act, at a markup on June 25, 2025. 
AUDIO: House Committee on Natural Resources Markup (June 26, 2025)
The House Committee on Natural Resources considers Indian Country legislation at a markup on June 25, 2025. 
VIDEO: H.R.725, the Crow Revenue Act (June 26, 2025)
The House Committee on Natural Resources considers H.R.725, the Crow Revenue Act, at a markup on June 25, 2025. 
The House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hold a joint oversight hearing into the Bureau of Indian Education.
VIDEO: ‘Sacred, protected sites’ (June 17, 2025)
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-New Mexico) discusses efforts to protect sacred sites with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. 
The movement to protect sacred sites is once again drawing attention as the Trump administration pushes to open more federal lands to development.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds a hearing on legislation affecting tribal lands and tribal health.
The House Subcommittee on Federal Lands holds a hearing on June 10, 2025.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is taking testimony on tribal lands and health legislation.
The long-running movement to protect Oak Flat from a massive copper mine is gaining renewed attention following a stinging rebuke from a key member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump took office with a promise to help the Lumbee Tribe with its quest for federal recognition. What happens next?
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is going on the road to mark the 50th anniversary of the self-determination era.
Raúl Grijalva was known as a champion of tribal issues as a leader on the House Committee on Natural Resources.
List of Indian Country leases marked for termination by DOGE (March 6, 2025)
The Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is taking aim at the BIA, the IHS and even the NIGC. 
Indian Country is taking yet another hit as President Trump tries to reduce the size of the federal government despite the trust and treaty obligations owed to tribes and their communities.
The House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations holds a hearing on Bureau of Indian Education schools.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds an oversight hearing on Indian trust reform on February 25, 2025.
House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs meets for oversight hearing (February 24, 2025)
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is holding its second hearing of the 119th Congress, focusing on the federal government’s management of Indian trust assets. 
AUDIO: Legislative Hearing on H.R.410, H.R.412, H.R.504 & H.R. 741 (February 7, 2025)
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds a legislative hearing on February 5, 2025. 
House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds first hearing (February 5, 2025)
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is taking up four tribal bills at its first hearing of the 119th Congress. 
With their party now in control of the U.S. Congress, Republicans are defending their record on Indian issues after Democrats sought changes to the rules on a key legislative committee.
House Committee on Natural Resources convenes for first meeting (January 22, 2025)
The legislative panel with jurisdiction over Indian issues is meeting for the first time in the 119th Congress. 
House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs gains new Republican leader (January 14, 2025)
A newcomer is leading the House subcommittee with jurisdiction over Indian issues. 
KFF Health News: Native patients on the hook for government health debt (January 7, 2025)
Native patients aren’t liable for medical bills the Indian Health Service is supposed to pay. But federal law doesn’t stop the debt collectors. 
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Arizona) cites efforts to honor tribal sovereignty as among his most important achievements.
VIDEO: Questions and Answers on Crow Revenue Act (November 25, 2024)
A bill aimed at benefiting the Crow Tribe dominated discussion at a hearing in Washington, D.C. on November 19, 2024. 
VIDEO: Chairman Frank White Clay of Crow Tribe on Crow Revenue Act (November 25, 2024)
Chairman Frank White Clay of the Crow Tribe testifies in support of H.R.8952, the Crow Revenue Act, on November 19, 2024. 
Alaska Native bills on agenda amid limbo in Congressional race (November 19, 2024)
With votes still being counted at home, Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) is back to work, advancing the interests of Native people on Capitol Hill. 
Cronkite News: ‘Native voters can and will decide this election’ (November 5, 2024)
Native people have long felt like politicians overlook them, but both parties are seeking the Native vote more than ever before. 
Cronkite News: Tribal governments responsible for orphaned oil and gas wells (November 1, 2024)
When the ownership of abandoned oil or gas wells is untraceable, responsibility falls to federal, local and tribal governments.
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