National Native News

The U.S. Department of Interior is releasing a list of proposed names to replace a derogatory anti-Indigenous word on public lands A representative of Wisconsin tribes challenges Republican-led efforts to change voting laws and restrict teaching about racism

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland talks about parallels between her own family’s residential school experience and Japanese internment as she tours a former relocation camp The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two cases centering on Native American sovereignty

A hospital on the Navajo Nation near the Arizona-New Mexico border is suing the Indian Health Service after a steep cut to its budget. A new apartment building has opened in Seattle on low-income and un-housed Native Americans in the city

Bill in Maine Legislature seeks to change decades old tribal settlement Top young entertainers on UNITY lineup to encourage Native youthCivil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich honored on U.S. Senate Floor

Native group funds South Dakota state position for MMIWP specialistResidential school survivors seek closure following discovery of gravesBill in Michigan Legislature encourages Indian boarding school lessons

Bill in Congress seeks to help tackle violence in Alaska Native villages Keeseekoose First Nation discovers graves at former residential schools   Looking for NNN Headlines from Friday, February 18 instead? Click here

BIA announces reforms following investigative journalism Native youth leaders lay out three top priorities for NCAI NCAI president sees Indian Country strides, continues advocacy

Members of the Native community in Fairbanks, Alaska held a vigil Friday in memory of Sophie Sergie outside the courtroom where a jury handed down guilty verdicts to the person who murdered the Alaska Native woman in 1993 on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. People gathered in front of a court house […]

A Fairbanks, Alaska jury returned guilty verdicts Thursday against Steven Downs for the sexual assault and murder of Alaska Native Sophie Sergie in 1993 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a case in which DNA collected for an ancestry website prompted the discovery of Downs’ connection, as KUAC’s Robyne reports. Navajo gaming and Seminole Hard Rock […]

South Dakota state lawmakers try again to get bill approved to create Native-based schools

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe keeps its mask mandate as New York lifts indoor requirements

Alaska State Tribal Recognition bill to be heard in Senate State Affairs Committee