In a historic moment, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred land to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. As Danielle Kaeding (https://www.wpr.org/person/danielle-kaeding) reports, it is the first known land transfer nationwide from a Catholic institution to a tribal nation in the name of reparations. The […]
Researchers are documenting more and longer-lasting wildfires (https://uaf-iarc.org/2025/03/alaskas-changing-wildfire-environment-report-updated/) in northern Alaska and Canada. In fact, the increase of wildfires is a trend across the Arctic, as far as Norway and Siberia, driven by higher temperatures and dryer conditions. The trend has immediate threats to people’s homes and health. Some tribes […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/tuesday-november-4-2025/) The Navajo Nation is bracing for the gap in SNAP benefits. It’s yet another food insecurity problem for tribal members living on the sprawling reservation. KJZZ’S Gabriel Pietrorazio (https://www.kjzz.org/people/gabriel-pietrorazio) has more. With only a dozen or so stores in the Nation, buying groceries is already a daily struggle, but […]
(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-november-4-2025-a-new-report-finds-tribes-are-most-vulnerable-during-government-shutdown/) As the federal government shutdown drags on, tribes are feeling the brunt more than the general population. That’s among the conclusions in a new report from the Brookings Institution (https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-government-shutdown-shows-the-need-to-reform-how-the-federal-government-funds-native-american-tribes-and-communities/) that examines how the government distributes the funds it is obligated to. The report finds that a large portion […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/thursday-november-6-2025/) Some tribal leaders are supporting a proposed bill that could expand sports betting in Wisconsin, as Chuck Quirmbach reports. About three dozen states allow some form of sports betting, but in Wisconsin, the only legal way to place a wager on a sporting event is at some tribal casinos. […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/friday-november-7-2025/) Photo: Challistia Colelay, who went by “Tia,” was a 16-year-old Apache teen and went missing on October 16, 2025. (Courtesy Lula Mae Colelay / Instagram) The mother of an Apache 16-year-old who’s been missing since last month says her child’s remains were discovered by tribal and federal police earlier […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/thursday-november-13-2025/) Photo: Liz West / Flickr A new study aims to shed light on the hidden impacts of domestic violence in Native communities. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Daniel Spaulding (https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/people/daniel-spaulding) reports on the effort to understand the unrecognized brain injuries many survivors are living with. The Urban Indian Health […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/friday-november-14-2025/) Photo: Construction is underway for a 22-unit housing project on the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone reservation, the first housing project on the reservation in over 20 years, on Monday, September. 15, 2025, in Fallon, Nev. (Jimmy Romo / Nevada Public Radio) Housing isn’t just a problem in major cities in Nevada. […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/monday-november-17-2025/) A Native American woman and her family are thankful that she’s not been detained – and potentially deported – by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Brian Bull (https://www.buffalosfire.com/author/brian-bull) of Buffalo’s Fire has the story. On Veteran’s Day, 24-year-old Leticia Jacobo completed a short sentence at the Polk County Jail […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/wednesday-july-30-2025/) It’s been an up and down week for former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo). On the up side, Sec. Haaland has been deemed the 2025 recipient of the Chief Standing Bear Prize for Courage. The Nebraska Examiner reports that Haaland – the first Native person to serve as […]
