Crow Tribe looks to ‘reset the clock’ on blood quantum requirements, expand enrollment

The proposed legislation would change the lives not just of the 14,289 enrolled Crow tribal members but also potentially ...
Times of San Diego

For Indian Country, Federal Cuts Decimate Core Tribal Programs

Virginia Christman, an elder of the Kumeyaay Native American tribe, gives a blessing at the beginning of a 2019 rally in San Diego. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) President Donald ...
Colorado Public Radio

Southern Ute Indian Tribe awarded more than $4 million in federal grants to prepare for climate change

The federal government awarded $4.25 million to the Colorado-based Southern Ute Indian Tribe this week to defend tribal water resources from climate-related challenges. The Bureau of Indian Affairs ...
Global Voices Online

Documenting Indian tribal tattoos before they disappear forever

Tattoos are an integral part of Indigenous and tribal communities worldwide, including South Asia. Whether as a beautification technique or to escape the “evil eyes” of men from other tribes, ...
Oregonian

Coquille Indian Tribe to open Oregon’s first tribal-owned, operated distillery

A new Native-owned distillery in North Bend will soon begin making craft spirits — the first in the state to operate on tribal land. The Coquille Indian Tribe will distill its own line of spirits ...
The Progress-Index

Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia hosts two-day powwow: What we know

The Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia is hosting its annual Powwow on September 20-21 in Surry. Attendees can experience tribal ceremonies, shop for Native American crafts, and enjoy traditional foods ...
The Progress-Index

McClellan will try again to get federal recognition for central Virginia indigenous tribe

Rep. Jennifer McClellan has reintroduced a bill to grant federal recognition to the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia. The Nottoway tribe has been recognized by the state of Virginia since 2010 but ...
The Boston Globe

‘We are still here’: Centuries before colonists, a tribal celebration began in R.I.

More than 100 years before American independence — and long before the arrival of colonists — the Narragansett Indian tribal powwow was already being held in what is now Rhode Island. “That’s just ...

Why one tribe has declared the Colorado River a legal person

A tribal nation has declared the Colorado River a legal person. An Indigenous leader says it reflects how her people have ...
Oklahoma Watch

Interior Department Takes On Tribal Education

The Trump administration is transferring 14 tribal education projects from the Department of Education to the Interior Department as part of efforts to dismantle Education. Democratic lawmakers worry ...
The Columbian

Cowlitz Indian Tribe will take over all Columbia River Mental Health Services operations

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe will take over Columbia River Mental Health Services in hopes of resolving the financial instability that led the nonprofit to suspend some services earlier this year. On ...