(https://www.nativenews.net/tuesday-june-16-2026/) Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska can now use four wheelers to subsistence hunt in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. The change was announced by the U.S. Interior Secretary during a visit last month. As the Alaska Desk’s Alena Naiden (https://www.knba.org/people/alena-naiden) from our flagship station KNBA […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/monday-june-15-2026/) Navajo Nation Controller Sean McCabe testifies under oath during the third day of the Budget and Finance Committee’s investigatory public hearing on June 10, 2026. (Courtesy Navajo Nation Council) Despite the Navajo Nation Department of Justice (NNDOJ) advising government staff not to testify about a failed, multi-million-dollar housing project, […]
(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/thursday-june-11-2026-in-the-parched-west-tribes-restore-waterways-to-improve-quality-and-quantity/) A site of tragedy for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has become a place of renewal and promise (https://nwbshoshone.com/wudaogwa/) . The tribe has worked for the past seven years to revitalize the land of the 1863 Bear River Massacre. By eradicating invasive species, reviving native plants, and returning […]
(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-june-8-2026-confronting-division-with-pride/) Overall support for many key LGBTQ+ issues remains overwhelmingly high among Americans, but a new survey shows that support declining for the first time in years. Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey (https://news.gallup.com/poll/710810/support-lgbtq-issues-remains-down-peak.aspx) shows 69% of those surveyed favor same-sex marriage, for instance. But that is down from 71% […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/friday-june-5-2026/) Photo: More than an hour after the levee was breached, channels in the Siuslaw Estuary begin to fill up with a mix of fresh and salt water on May 29, 2026. (Brian Bull / KLCC) A major conservation project near the Oregon town of Florence has achieved its goal: […]
(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-june-1-2026-alaska-bears-are-the-targets-of-a-controversial-management-program/) The State of Alaska is moving forward with a program to kill brown bears across a 40,000-square-mile swath of land in southwest Alaska. The plan to shoot bears from helicopters aims to improve declining numbers of the Mulchatna Caribou Herd (https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/hunting/caribouhunting/pdfs/mch-newsletter-2025-fall-update.pdf) . Several local tribes and the Alaska Federation […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/friday-may-22-2026/) Photo: Alex Osif is a former coal miner who worked at the Kayenta and Black Mesa mines. (Chris Clements / KNAU) A congressional watchdog office found some miners with black lung disease face barriers in getting federal payments for their disabilities. As KNAU’s Chris Clements (https://www.knau.org/people/chris-clements) reports, that rings […]
(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/thursday-may-21-2026-nevadas-mining-boom-and-winnebago-tribes-nagpra-victory/) The U.S. government and private mining corporations are ignoring the rights of tribes to free, prior, and informed consent when it comes to lithium mining in Nevada, according to a new report (https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/were-here-to-protect-mother-earth-indigenous-rights-and-nevadas-lithium-boom/) by Amnesty International. The report comes amid the Trump administration’s fast tracking of metals and minerals […]
(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/friday-may-15-2026-native-in-the-spotlight-washington-state-supreme-court-justice-raquel-montoya-lewis/) Raquel Montoya-Lewis (https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/bios/?fa=scbios.display_file&fileID=MontoyaLewis) (Isleta and Laguna Pueblos) built an impressive legal career that includes a foundation at tribal court systems in the Pacific Northwest. That career led her to become the first Native American to serve on the Washington State Supreme Court. She is only the second Native jurist […]
(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/thursday-may-14-2026-native-american-voting-rights-advocates-brace-for-diminished-native-power-at-the-polls/) The U.S. Supreme Court has, in the words of the Native American Rights Fund (https://narf.org/callais-decision/) , diluted Native Americans’ “ability to secure good schools, adequate infrastructure, health care access, environmental protections, and economic opportunity.” Louisiana is moving fast to redraw voting districts to further minimize the political power of […]
