With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reaching a new record high, the U.S. Supreme Court put the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers on hold, while litigation continues over its legality.
Many tribal nations did not have the broadband access needed to apply for the funding that would let them improve broadband access, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs was told.
The Indian Health Service is expanding opportunities for Indian-owned businesses with a new rule for the Buy Indian Act.
A trial has opened into the long-unsolved case of Sophie Sergie, an Alaska Native woman who was killed at the age of 20 nearly three decades ago.
A supporter of federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe made a special presentation during a hearing on Capitol Hill.
Aaron Payment, the prominent leader of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is losing his national positions after being censured by his board of directors.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard nearly four hours of oral arguments over the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements.
In a sit-down conversation with Underscore.news, Chuck Sams, the country’s first Native American parks director, discusses the role his agency can play in better representing Indigenous people and their stories.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a roundtable discussion on January 12, 2022.
With billions of dollars in infrastructure funding in the works, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is looking at the lack of broadband technology in Native communities.
Groups claiming to be tribal sovereigns has reached a new level of concern for the Shawnee Tribe.
Native political watchers are giving their insights into the major issues likely to make waves in the coming year.
Indian boarding schools were established in the 19th and 20th centuries with the primary objective of assimilating Native youth by denying the use of their languages, dress and other cultural aspects.
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The Department of the Interior is soliciting nominations for a new advisory panel that will examine racist and derogatory place names.
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has named a new director for its Office of Native American Affairs.
Leaders in the largest city in New Mexico are convening a series of “community conversations” to address the harmful legacy of the Indian boarding school era.
Some residents of the Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation have either hauled water or used bottled water for years, even decades.
Tribes and their advocates are studying ways to strengthen state laws as the Indian Child Welfare Act remains in limbo in the courts.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in the McGirt case is forcing significant changes in Oklahoma.
The Cherokee Nation has outlasted many who tried to take away our sovereignty and destroy our identity as a people.
Secretary Deb Haaland hosts a press call on December 21, 2021, to discuss the Biden administration’s renewable energy progress.
The Department of the Interior will hold tribal consultations to discuss the infrastructure bill that was recently signed into law by President Joe Biden.
“We thank President Biden for standing behind his policy to honor our Nation-to-Nation Relations,” said President Scott Herman of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
The Biden administration won’t be appealing a treaty rights victory secured by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, attorneys involved in the closely-watched case said.
With all due respect, we call upon the Biden administration to honor the U.S. Court of Appeals decision in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. United States.
Tribal leaders are welcoming the historic nomination of Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, to the federal bench.
A deadline is fast approaching for the Biden administration to live up to its promise to improve the federal government’s relationship with tribes and their citizens.
Families nationwide may have seen the last – for now – payment under an expanded child tax credit program that advocates say has been a “game changer” for low-income families.
Secretary Deb Haaland addresses the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention on December 14, 2021.
The National Park Service has a permanent leader for the first time in five years and it’s a historic one thanks to President Joe Biden.
President Joe Biden continues to make history with his judicial nominations, announcing another Native woman to serve on the federal bench.
Vanita Gupta, the Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice, addresses the Alaska Federation of Natives on December 14, 2021.
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The court order temporarily bars a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for federal workers in Montana and nationwide.
In our mission to save the Cherokee language, we cannot and we will not fail.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Restoring Justice: Addressing Violence in Native Communities through VAWA Title IX Special Jurisdiction” on December 8, 2021.
A draft discussion of legislation to help tribes protect Native women has been released by the leaders of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
Indian Country is making another push to restore tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians who commit violence in their communities.
Districts with predominantly Native voters are targets as states start redrawing boundaries.
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