Native American/Indigenous
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Report: Native communities would see big impacts from proposed Medicaid cuts
A January report shows that in rural counties home to large numbers of American Indians, including in Montana, people are more likely to rely on …
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
NV lawmaker proposes new date for Indigenous Peoples Day
Nevada's only sitting Indigenous legislator has introduced a bill to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day on what she calls the "correct day," the second…
Monday, February 10, 2025
Report: OR needs to do more to get Native Americans into higher ed
Institutions need to do more to close the higher education graduation gap for Native Americans, according to a new report. The report notes at just …
TX teachers prepare to protect immigrant students
School districts across Texas are grappling with ways to keep migrant children safe and engaged in class now that the Trump administration has made it…
Nonprofit brings light to tribal lands in Arizona
By Yessenia Funes for Atmos.Broadcast version by Alex Gonzalez for Arizona News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News …
U.S. Supreme Court declines Montana voting rights case
The nation's highest court has declined to hear a case about Montana voting laws which would have disproportionately affected Native people. Last …
New report: Enbridge’s Line 5 plan costly, flawed
ADDITION: Comments by Enbridge, received after deadline, have been added. (10:10 a.m. MST, Jan. 22, 2025) A new report says Enbridge's plan to build …
Tribes, environmental groups challenge Line 5 tunnel in appeals court
This week, four tribal nations and environmental groups urged the Michigan Court of Appeals to overturn the state's approval of Enbridge's Line 5 …
Resisting industry on the Columbia in 2025
Oregon salmon populations had some significant wins in 2024, including a record number of sockeye salmon passing through the Columbia River's …
For SD tribe, food sovereignty means eating climate-friendly
By Grace Hussain for Sentient.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Greater Dakota News Service reporting for the Sentient/Just and Climate-Friendly Food…
Tribes applaud as Biden announces two new national monuments in CA
The White House announced two new national monuments in California on Tuesday, one just east of Palm Springs and the other near Shasta Lake. A …
Resource gaps cloud efforts on cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In South Dakota, the push to secure justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women remains …