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Supreme Court rejects Indian law cases amid U.S. government shutdown (October 6, 2025)
As the shutdown of the federal government enters its first full week, the nation’s highest court remains open for business. 
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. 
A Republican lawmaker is trying to use the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” to require sales of federal lands.
“We’re going to fight this until our last breath,” Vanessa Nosie of the Apache Stronghold said of efforts to protect sacred Oak Flat.
The House Subcommittee on Federal Lands holds a hearing on June 10, 2025.
For the first time in decades, tribes in the Pacific Northwest will be able to forage for wild huckleberries in a national forest without competition from commercial companies.
Alaska Beacon: U.S. Capitol tree features Tlingit language (December 5, 2024)
Historian and clan leader Mike Aak’wtaatseen Hoyt designed a logo for the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree featuring the Tlingit language. 
North Dakota Monitor: Tribes support call for new national monument (December 3, 2024)
The proposed Maah Daah Hey National Monument would protect sacred lands in North Dakota. 
Uranium mining has been a point of contention for Southwest tribal nations for decades.
A highly anticipated update to how Yellowstone National Park manages bison is setting the stage to expand the animal’s range in Montana, according to tribes and conservationsts.
Tribal leaders are condemning the primary producer of uranium for transporting hazardous materials through their territories without their consent and without advance notice.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs takes testimony on tribal forestry management and tribal water rights at a hearing on July 25, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs takes testimony on tribal forestry management and tribal water rights at a hearing on July 25, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking testimony on tribal forestry management and tribal water rights.
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds Indigenous people suffer a higher percentage of heat-related deaths than any other population.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a business meeting on May 1, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a business meeting on May 1, 2024.
The House Subcommittee on Federal Lands holds a hearing to discuss draft legislation on forest management.
Cronkite News: Prescribed burn projects protect federal forest lands (November 6, 2023)
Through the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Forest Service will receive $5 billion over 10 years, including $1.8 billion that will be used to increase forest treatments in Western states. 
Cronkite News: Tohono O’odham Nation criticizes border wall construction (November 2, 2023)
The leader of the Tohono O’odham said construction of a border wall on his tribe’s territory has caused irreversible damage. 
The high-profile proposal involving more than 15 square miles and seven landowners drew more than 1,000 public comments.
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. 
Cronkite News: Cleanup continues of abandoned mines in national forest (January 17, 2023)
About 100,000 mines have been abandoned in Arizona, according to the state inspector, leaving behind huge amounts of toxic waste. 
Montana Free Press: Blackfeet Nation continues fight to protect sacred lands (December 12, 2022)
An area sacred to the Blackfeet Nation remains under threat from energy development after a federal judge’s ruling.
Montana Free Press: Land swap in Crazy Mountains finally unveiled (November 29, 2022)
A land swap long in development within the Custer Gallatin National Forest is finally open to public comment. ![House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Legislative Hearing on H.R. 6032, H.R. 6964, H.R. 7581 [Discussion Draft ANS], H.R. 8115, H.R. 8286, H.R. 8380, and H.R. 8387](https://indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/13/HouseSubcommiteeforIndigenousPeoplesoftheUnitedStates.png)
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States meets for a legislative hearing on September 14, 2022.
Apache Stronghold heads back to court to protect sacred Oak Flat (September 6, 2022)
The fight to protect a sacred site from development is once again back in court as defenders of Oak Flat try to stop a huge copper mine on Apache territory. 
Cronkite News: Fight over copper mine at sacred Apache site continues (August 15, 2022)
A long-running political, legal and environmental dispute over a copper mine on sacred Apache land in Arizona shows no signs of ending anytime soon. 
POSTPONED: House Committee on Natural Resources Markup (March 16, 2022)
The House Committee on Natural Resources holds a markup to consider the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Effective Consultation with Tribes Act. 
A Democratic-led bill working its way through Congress would extend the federal policy of consultation to people who have recently been asserting an Indian identity.
A federal appeals court ruled that a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon can operate, even though it sits on land declared off-limits to new mining.
Oak Flat, a sacred Apache place in Arizona, faces desecration from a large copper mine.
Cronkite News: Indian schools in line for Great American Outdoors Act funding (November 10, 2021)
The Bureau of Indian Education will invest more than $178 million to repair aging schools in tribal communities. 
9th Circuit Court of Appeals: Apache Stronghold v. United States (October 22, 2021)
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments in Apache Stronghold v. United States, a sacred sites case, on October 22, 2021. 
‘It’s who we are’: Apache people take fight for sacred site to federal court (October 20, 2021)
The Biden administration is facing a major test of its commitment to sacred sites as citizens of the San Carlos Apache Tribe head to court to protect one of their most important places. 
Cronkite News: Indian Country firefighters benefit from pay raise (August 31, 2021)
Fighting wildfires isn’t getting any easier, but pay is rising for firefighters employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other federal agencies. 
The Sikh Coalition and the San Carlos Apache Tribe would not appear to have much in common at first glance, but they have found a shared interest in protecting sacred land.
“These are things that are absolutely essential to our identity and to our spiritual health,” National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp said in seeking permanent protections for Oak Flat.
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