(https://www.nativenews.net/tuesday-september-23-2025/) Photo: This sign marks one of more than a hundred abandoned uranium mines in Cameron on the Navajo Nation. (Gabriel Pietrorazio / KJZZ) The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was recently renewed. It provides compensation for uranium miners and people exposed to Cold War-era nuclear testing. In what could […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/monday-september-22-2025/) The U.S. Department of Education announced last week a nearly half-billion dollar investment that will, in part, help to fund tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). As KJZZ’s Gabriel Pietrorazio (https://www.kjzz.org/people/gabriel-pietrorazio) reports, it comes months after the White House proposed cuts that could’ve caused some schools to close. Navajo Nation […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/thursday-september-25-2025/) A resource guide to help small and medium-sized governments in the Great Lakes region adapt to climate change has been published. Chuck Quirmbach reports that some tribal communities in the area are already trying to reduce problems caused by higher temperatures and additional flooding. The guide is from the International […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/friday-october-3-2025/) Photo courtesy Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope / Facebook A tribe on Alaska’s North Slope hosted an emergency management course in Utqiagvik last week. Organizers say it’s the first for a tribe in Alaska and part of an effort to bolster coordination between communities in the Arctic during […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/friday-october-10-2025/) The federal government shutdown is in its second week. Tribal leaders across the country are continuing to raise concerns saying Indian Country will bear the burden. Matt Laslo (https://www.mattlaslo.com/) has more from Washington. No one knows the full extent of how this federal government shutdown will hit Indian Country, […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/tuesday-september-30-2025/) It’s National Truth and Reconciliation Day, also known as Orange Shirt Day. The annual event is dedicated to honoring the survivors and children lost in Canada’s residential school system, and to recognize the abuses and effects of that system. As Dan Karpenchuk (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/dan-karpenchuk-4591733b) reports, on the eve of Orange […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/thursday-october-9-2025/) President Donald Trump’s Navajo pick for Assistant Secretary of the Interior was officially confirmed Tuesday during Day 7 of the federal government shutdown. KJZZ’s Gabriel Pietrorazio (https://www.kjzz.org/people/gabriel-pietrorazio) has more. Senate Republicans confirmed William Kirkland (Navajo) among more than 100 Trump nominees along party lines – while Democrats, including U.S. […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/thursday-october-2-2025/) The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe has denounced Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision not to revoke medals awarded for one of history’s most infamous massacres. Brian Bull (https://www.buffalosfire.com/author/brian-bull) of Buffalo’s Fire reports. In late December 1890, members of the 7th Cavalry attempted to disarm a large group of […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/monday-october-13-2025/) Photo: Mike Duncan, founder and CEO of the Native Dads Network, is one of the featured speakers at November’s opioid summit in New Mexico. (Courtesy Mike Duncan) Indigenous health workers are stepping up their battle against opioid addictions. As the Mountain West News Bureau’s Jenny Kinsey reports, tribal communities […]
(https://www.nativenews.net/monday-october-6-2025/) Photo: USCGC Neah Bay on frozen Lake Superior in 2021. (Jim Sorbie / Wikimedia (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en) ) A resource guide to help small and medium-sized governments in the Great Lakes region adapt to climate change has been published. Chuck Quirmbach reports that some tribal communities in the area are already trying […]
