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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts hearing on public safety (May 22, 2024)

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is once again taking a close look at public safety in Indian Country.

Native America Calling: After 30 years, a new challenge to car license sovereignty (May 17, 2024)

Tribal citizens are seeing an increase in targeted stops and fines by non-Indian law enforcement in Oklahoma despite a long-standing sovereignty victory.

Native America Calling: Is the sky the limit for tribal sovereignty? (May 8, 2024)

Join Native America Calling to discuss some of the current limits and possibilities for exerting sovereign influence over tribal airspace.

‘Heartbroken’: Leader of Cherokee Nation mourns death of young student (February 20, 2024)

The leader of the Cherokee Nation is “heartbroken” over the passing of a 16-year-old who died within reservation boundaries in Oklahoma.

VIDEO: Secretary Deb Haaland on sovereignty and Native women’s safety (February 13, 2024)

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland delivers remarks about tribal sovereignty and Native women’s safety.

Montana Free Press: Governor silent on reservation law enforcement (February 8, 2024)

Local officials say the clock is ticking for the state to assume felony law enforcement duties on the Flathead Reservation.

Ute Tribe bars non-members from hunting and fishing on reservation (January 24, 2024)

The Ute Tribe is banning non-members from engaging in hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreational activities on its lands in Utah.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation exercises sovereignty with cross-deputization agreements (January 8, 2024)

Cross-deputization helps solve the great challenge of multiple law enforcement agencies exercising their respective authority over the same geographic area.

Montana Free Press: County in dark after end of tribal law enforcement agreement (December 11, 2023)

So far, the Montana governor’s office has not said how the state plans to handle law enforcement duties on the Flathead Reservation.

Montana Free Press: County withdraws from tribal law enforcement agreement (November 28, 2023)

A Montana county is pulling out of a decades-old agreement after saying it can no longer afford the costs of law enforcement on the Flathead Reservation.

Not One More: Findings and Recommendations of the Not Invisible Act Commission

‘Not One More’: Commission delivers report on missing, murdered and trafficked in Indian Country (November 3, 2023)

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.

Cherokee Nation attorney makes history as first Native judicial nominee in Oklahoma (October 18, 2023)

Sara E. Hill, the former attorney general of the Cherokee Nation, is making history as a nominee to the federal bench.

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe breaks ground on first housing project on reacquired treaty lands (October 17, 2023)

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is making history with a new housing project in the state of New York.

Cronkite News: Native women continue to push for action on missing and murdered relatives (October 2, 2023)

“What we need is real action. And that means boots on the ground, and that means real money to address this crisis,” said MMIW advocate Justine Rufus.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation an integral part of Oklahoma’s history (October 2, 2023)

Tribal nations stand ready to continue our legacy of making Oklahoma vibrant and strong.

‘You’re trespassing on tribal lands’: Outsiders block reservation highway during busy Burning Man festival (August 28, 2023)

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe is speaking out after a viral video showed outsiders being removed from a highway in an incident that took place during one of the busiest times on the reservation.

Brian Lightfoot Brown: Narragansett Tribe still fighting for its sovereignty (April 12, 2023)

Forty years of federal recognition and the Narragansett people are still fighting for what’s rightfully ours.

‘Much history to record and more to make’: Winona LaDuke’s environmental efforts set to continue (April 8, 2023)

From growing hemp to fighting pipelines, Winona LaDuke has launched a large number of organizations, businesses and initiatives. Here’s a look at some of her environmental efforts.

'Every Child Matters' at U.S. Supreme Court

‘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.

Kaiser Health News: Blackfeet Nation joins lawsuit to protect COVID-19 mandates (November 29, 2022)

A dispute over who can exercise jurisdiction over COVID-19 policies on the Blackfeet Nation is in federal court.

Cronkite News: U.S. Supreme Court ruling a ‘real threat’ to tribal sovereignty (September 21, 2022)

A decision from the nation’s highest court opens tribal lands to state jurisdiction — even though tribes have not consented to the imposition.

Native America Calling: Osage disestablishment (September 19, 2022)

Just as courts are working through jurisdictional boundaries for the other tribes, the Osage Nation is facing an erosion of its sovereignty.

Biden administration hosts listening sessions on U.S. Supreme Court decision (September 15, 2022)

The Biden administration is hosting two listening sessions to hear from tribes about a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision.

National Congress of American Indians returns to tradition with announcement of new executive (September 13, 2022)

The largest inter-tribal advocacy organization in the United States is forging ahead with a new executive as tribes continue to confront challenges to their sovereignty.

Harold Frazier: Honor sacred promises to our Native Sovereign Nations (September 13, 2022)

Mni Wiconi means water is life, and no one will silence our Native peoples.

Kaiser Health News: Oglala Sioux Tribe opens doors for marijuana dispensaries (August 16, 2022)

Citizens of the Oglala Sioux Tribe overwhelmingly voted to legalize recreational and medical marijuana on their homelands.

Mother Jones: ‘We’ve been under these genocidal policies for 500 years’ (August 15, 2022)

Federal and state abortion restrictions have been interfering with tribal sovereignty for years.

Kaiser Health News: Tribal sovereignty an issue in reproductive rights debate (July 21, 2022)

Since tribes are sovereign nations, with their own laws, could they offer abortion services on their lands within states that may soon outlaw abortion?

Albert Bender: U.S. Supreme Court takes Indian Country back in time (July 20, 2022)

As the retrograde Supreme Court has taken steps back in time, it has struck a reactionary blow against the tribal sovereignty of this land’s Indigenous nations.

National Congress of American Indians loses another high-ranking staffer (July 11, 2022)

The National Congress of American Indians is bidding farewell to one of its highest-ranking employees as the organization’s top executive remains on leave.

Native America Calling: What’s next after the Castro-Huerta ruling (July 11, 2022)

Tribal leaders and legal scholars are preparing for what they say are the significant and long lasting effects of a Supreme Court decision.

Derrick Beetso: Justices ignore the law when it comes to Indian Country (July 7, 2022)

Make no mistake, this decision was woefully ignorant at best, and intended to severely undercut the political autonomy of our Indian Nations.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation betrayed by U.S. Supreme Court (July 5, 2022)

A narrow majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has ignored its sacred responsibility to uphold the law when it comes to federal treaties with Native sovereign nations.

The Great Hall of the U.S. Supreme Court

Matthew Fletcher: U.S. Supreme Court disrupts criminal justice in Indian Country (June 30, 2022)

The nation’s highest court has reversed course when it comes to state jurisdiction in Indian Country.

Cronkite News: U.S. Supreme Court ruling called a ‘disaster’ for Indian Country (June 30, 2022)

States can prosecute non-Natives for crimes against Native people on tribal lands, the nation’s highest court held in a closely-divided ruling.

‘A direct assault on tribal sovereignty’: Lawmaker calls for action to address U.S. Supreme Court ruling (June 29, 2022)

“Congress must consult with our tribal nations to find a meaningful path forward,” said Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-New Mexico), a member of the House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

‘An increase in violence against Native victims”: NIWRC raises alarms about U.S. Supreme Court decision (June 29, 2022)

“This decision will undoubtedly result in an increase in violent crimes being committed in Indian Country,” said Lucy SImpson of the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center.

‘An attack on tribal sovereignty’: Tribal organizations respond to U.S. Supreme Court ruling (June 29, 2022)

“The Supreme Court’s decision today is an attack on tribal sovereignty and the hard-fought progress of our ancestors to exercise our inherent sovereignty over our own territories,” said National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp.