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Native America Calling: Tribes celebrate major landback wins (December 19, 2024)
The Osage Nation and the Cherokee Nation are among the tribes celebrating #LandBack victories. 
VIDEO: S.3857 – Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act (December 18, 2024)
The U.S. House of Representatives considers S.3857, the Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act, on December 17, 2024. 
Tribal homelands bill on agenda as 118th Congress comes to a close (December 17, 2024)
Another Indian Country bill is up for consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives as the 118th Congress comes to a close. 
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation reclaims boarding school sites (December 16, 2024)
For many decades, the United States attempted to destroy the proud culture of Native nations. 
‘We’re not done’: Indian Country legislation crawls through Congress (December 13, 2024)
Another batch of Indian Country bills is making its way through the 118th Congress, with only about a week left for tribal nations to see success. 
President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s Indian Country achievements as he prepares to visit a tribe in Arizona.
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 
Grist: Tribal rights at stake in heated presidential election (October 11, 2024)
Under the Biden-Harris administration, tribes got more of a say in Congress and tons more funding. A Trump-Vance win could upend that. 
AUDIO: Business meeting to consider S.2695, S.3857, S.4442 & S.4505 (September 18, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a business meeting on September 18, 2024. 
VIDEO: Business meeting to consider S.2695, S.3857, S.4442 & S.4505 (September 18, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a business meeting on September 18, 2024. 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts business meeting (September 18, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is hosting a business meeting to consider four bills of interest. 
If American voters choose Democrat Kamala Harris for president in November, what could her administration mean for Native people?
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate wrapped up a whirlwind week of rallies, making history with the first campaign event opened by a tribal leader.
The federal government has reversed course, paving the way for an Alaska tribe to open a Class II facility on an allotment.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs approves four bills at a business meeting on July 25, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs approves four bills at a business meeting on July 25, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has added a business meeting to its schedule in what’s turning out to be a busy week for tribes in the nation’s capital.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on July 10, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on July 10, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work with a hearing on four bills.
AUDIO: Legislative Hearing on H.R.1208 & H.R.6180 (June 27, 2024)
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds a legislative hearing on June 26, 2024. 
Native America Calling: Historic steps to return tribal land (June 26, 2024)
Efforts continue at the national and local level to return land to tribes, the original stewards. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a legislative hearing on June 12, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a legislative hearing on June 12, 2024.
Native America Calling: Illinois’ first Native reservation (May 13, 2024)
A tribe once targeted for termination has established the first reservation in the state of Illinois. 
VIDEO: H.R.1240, the Winnebago Land Transfer Act (February 6, 2024)
The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.1240, the Winnebago Land Transfer Act, on February 5, 2024. 
House takes up tribal homelands and Udall Foundation bills (February 5, 2024)
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to approve two bills of interest in Indian Country. 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs set for first hearing of new year (February 5, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is hosting its first hearing of 2024. 
House committee schedules markup on Indian Country bills (January 16, 2024)
The House Committee on Natural Resources is hosting a markup to advance two bills of interest in Indian Country. 
Secretary Haaland opens third annual White House Tribal Nations Summit (December 6, 2023)
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland delivers remarks at the opening of the third annual White House Tribal Nations Summit. 
The Biden administration is promising to make it easier for tribes to restore their homelands and for one Indian nation in the Pacific Northwest, the initiative couldn’t come soon enough.
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is making history with a new housing project in the state of New York.
Laphonza Butler, the president of the well-known EMILY’s List voting group, will serve out the remainder of the U.S. Senate term of the late Dianne Feinstein.
House committee advances slate of Indian Country bills (June 14, 2023)
Bipartisanship seemed to be on rare display on Capitol Hill as lawmakers advanced a trio of bills benefiting Indian Country. 
A Republican lawmaker who was unable to derail Deb Haaland’s historic rise to Secretary of the Interior had somewhat of a meltdown as he came face-to-face with the Native woman trailblazer.
Forty years of federal recognition and the Narragansett people are still fighting for what’s rightfully ours.
White Earth Nation responds to verdict in sexual harassment case (April 11, 2023)
The White Earth Nation says it is developing an ethics code after hearing a “litany of concerns” about a prominent figure who has benefited from the tribe’s name for more than three decades. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs convenes for a business meeting on February 15, 2023.
Private and public lands are slowly being returned to the care of Native peoples across the country.
H.R.423 – Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act (February 14, 2023)
The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.423, the Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act, on February 6, 2023.
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