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“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. 
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.
Forty years of federal recognition and the Narragansett people are still fighting for what’s rightfully ours.
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.
‘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. 
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. 
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. 
Since tribes are sovereign nations, with their own laws, could they offer abortion services on their lands within states that may soon outlaw abortion?
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.
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.
Tribal leaders and legal scholars are preparing for what they say are the significant and long lasting effects of a Supreme Court decision.
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 nation’s highest court has reversed course when it comes to state jurisdiction in Indian Country.
States can prosecute non-Natives for crimes against Native people on tribal lands, the nation’s highest court held in a closely-divided ruling.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“We cannot allow them to take any more power away from us,” says Crystal Echo Hawk, founder and executive director of IllumiNative.
Chief Gary Batton of the Choctaw Nation says the tribe will continue working with law enforcement at all levels.
The U.S. Supreme Court has gone against precedent and basic principles of Indian law, Chief Chuck Hoskin of the Cherokee Nation said.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling is an “alarming step backward for justice,” the Muscogee Nation said in a statement.
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (June 29, 2022)
The U.S. Supreme Court released a long-awaited decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, a contentious case affecting tribal sovereignty. 
The days of state governments claiming special authority over Indian Country appear to be numbered, with the nation’s highest court issuing another favorable ruling for tribal interests.
“For generations, Indigenous persons, including American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, have been forced to mourn a missing or murdered loved one without the answers and support they deserve,” the president states.
An unprecedented leak from the nation’s highest court is coming amid extreme uncertainty for tribes and their sovereign rights.
The Biden administration is promising historic investments to address the crisis of missing and murdered people in Indian Country as advocates continue to call for more support at all levels.
“We can work together,” Cherokee Nation Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said of ongoing efforts to address public safety in Indian Country.
Chickasaw Nation citizen lands Native advisor role at White House (April 27, 2022)
The White House has a new Native advisor in the second year of Joe Biden’s presidency. 
U.S. Supreme Court – Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (April 27, 2022)
The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, No. 21-429, on April 27, 2022. 
A case of child neglect in Indian Country has become the subject of a hot-button dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The nation’s highest court is set for another tribal sovereignty showdown as the state of Oklahoma continues efforts to weaken a landmark treaty rights decision.
Young Native woman sounds alarm about violence in Indian Country (April 22, 2022)
A prominent photographer who built a sizable following online with posts featuring Native women and girls is stepping out of the spotlight after survivors came forward with accounts of trauma.
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