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He advocated for the creation of the state of Oklahoma on top of tribal land and the elimination of laws put in place to protect Native land owners from sale, swindle and theft.

Robert Owen, citizen of Cherokee Nation, served in the Senate between 1907 & 1925. He also used his post to push for assimilation policies.

Curtis thought the best thing for Native Americans would be to assimilate to white society. In this vein, he supported a policy called allotment which divided up and privatized communally held tribal land. The results for Native communities were disastrous.

But if history teaches us anything, it's that representation doesn’t always mean progress for Native Americans.
Charles Curtis, citizen of Kaw Nation, served as Vice President from 1929 to 1933. Before that he was the Senate Majority leader and the first Native person to ever serve in Congress.

Last wk, Markwayne Mullin, citizen of Cherokee Nation, was nominated to replace Kristi Noem as the Sec of the Dept of Homeland Security. If confirmed, Mullin will hold the highest office of any Native person in the US today & will be only the second Native person to serve in a Presidential Cabinet.

I am so excited to announce the First America Indigenous Futures Writing Workshop Series as part of a project I’ve been working on for the past year. Applications due by March 31, apply soon, and please share with any Indigenous youth that you know! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Court Grants Tribal Nations’ Motion to Intervene to Protect Chuckwalla Homelands On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted Tribal Nations’ motion to intervene in Torongo v. Burgum, a case challenging the designation of the Chuc...

The monument is a sacred and historic site to five tribes. Now a group representing off-road vehicle enthusiasts is challenging the designation. nativenewsonline.net/environment/...

Sometimes the special interests that line up to attack tribal sovereignty are baffling. For years, tribes fought to establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and were given tribal co-management status by President Biden.

Haskell women’s basketball team wins conference championship, heads to nationals - ICT The Fightin’ Indians defeat Georgia Gwinnett for the conference title to advance to the NAIA National Women’s Basketball Tournament for the second year in a row

We love to see it! The Haskell Indian Nations University women’s basketball team won the conference championship last month! Now they’re headed to the national tournament.

New Mexico bill that would have allowed Native American designation on IDs dies - ICT The bill’s supporters argued the optional designation would have given tribal citizens a way to more easily prove that they’re also U.S. citizens if confronted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement a...

The bill has died in the state legislature and will not move forward. ictnews.org/news/new-mex...

While ICE was detaining Native Americans, some in New Mexico proposed a bill that would include Native status on state-issued IDs. The bill was controversial, with some Native advocates pointing out tribal citizens already have tribal IDs.

Interior NEPA rollback shifts procedures to internal handbook, raising tribal consultation concerns The Interior Department finalized a rollback of its NEPA regulations, shifting procedures to internal guidance in a move tribal leaders say could weaken consultation and cultural protections.

The Interior Department is rolling back its environmental review regulations and shifting the process to one guided by an internal guidebook. Tribal leaders are worried it could weaken tribal consultation and protections for sacred sites.

Federal judge declines to confirm Osage Nation's reservation, but offers 'roadmap' to do so An Oklahoma federal judge ruled he can’t rule the Osage Nation’s reservation is still intact, denying a legal maneuver to resurrect an old lawsuit. However, Principal Chief Geofrey Standing Bear said…

Osage Nation says its reservation still exists. But Oklahoma says the reservation was dismantled over a century ago. This week, a judge said he can’t rule on this case but laid out a path for the Nation to move the case forward.

Feds Greenlight $2 Billion Renewable Project on Yakama Nation Sacred Site Along Columbia - Underscore Native News Opponents still have a chance to stop the project before it breaks ground next year.

The fed govt has approved an energy megaproject on a site sacred 2 Yakama Nation near the Columbia River. It’s been used by the Yakama people for centuries in ceremonies and for fishing and root gathering–rights the Yakama Nation were promised in treaties.

Announcing the 2025–2026 Radical Imagination Artist Cohort - NDN COLLECTIVE NDN Collective is honored to announce the 2025–2026 Radical Imagination Artist cohort, a powerful group of Indigenous artists whose work...

Thrilled to share that I am joining NDN Collective’s Radical Imagination Artist cohort for the year! So humbled and honored to be part of such an inspiring group of Native creatives. Read about the cohort here

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I am so excited to announce the First America Indigenous Futures Writing Workshop Series as part of a project I’ve been working on for the past year. Please share with any Indigenous youth that you know!
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AngeeNoel - Twitch Indigenous gamer nerd and educator.

I’m joining Angee Noel on Twitch to discuss Indigenous women as storytellers on March 11 at 11:00 a.m. PT. Stream it at twitch.tv/AngeeNoel

U.S. Forest Service Rams Through Permit for Drilling at Sacred Site - NDN COLLECTIVE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2026 Rapid City, SD – Last Friday (2/27), the U.S. Forest Service Black Hills Regional...

Pe’sla, a sacred site in the Black Hills, translates to “the heart of all that is.” The site is central in Lakota creation stories. Last week, the Forest Service approved a permit for exploratory drilling for a graphite mine.

The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.

The story of slavery we tell in the United States is Black and White. But Europeans also enslaved Indigenous people of the Americas. And our enslavement, spanning over four centuries, helped build the institution of slavery itself. www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

Advocating for Afro- Indigenous Freedmen in the Twenty-First Century: A Talk with Marilyn Vann on History, Activism, Tribal Sovereignty, and Civil Rights | Harvard University Native American Program Breadcrumbs

Check out this talk with Marilyn Vann at Harvard on March 4: Advocating for Afro- Indigenous Freedmen in the Twenty-First Century.

Federal Prisons Bar Gender-Affirming Care for Trans People ‘People will die,’ an advocate warns, as standard treatments for gender dysphoria are replaced with therapy and antidepressants after Trump’s order.

Federal prisons will no longer allow inmates access to gender affirming care.

Another win for Indigenous representation. Mohawk racecar driver Derek White competed in Daytona last week! www.instagram.com/p/DU_k65NkkL...

‘Dream Big Things’: An Indigenous view of the Olympics - ICT Naomi Lang was the first Native American woman to represent the US in the Winter Olympics

Naomi Lang, who is Karuk, became the first Native American woman to represent the U.S. She competed on the figure skating team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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If you read By The Fire We Carry, you learned a little bit about the amazing person Rosemary McCombs Maxey. She just published a novel! Papa’s Pills is a journey into the lives of people living on the Muscogee reservation in the 1990s written by a Muscogee first language speaker.

‘Dark Winds’ returns for Season 4 with missing, murdered and more - ICT Navajo thriller takes detectives to retro LA in search of a missing girl

The new season of Dark Winds is out!! The new season follows the search for a missing Navajo girl and includes some Native all stars including Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon!

Inside the fight to save Texas’ Native American studies course - ICT The anti-DEI movement put the future of the high school class in question, but it ultimately survived state board review. Its supporters say that offers a lesson for other states.

Native studies hv been swept up in anti-DEI backlash. TX pub schools didn't have a course on Native American studies until 2020. In 2025, anti-DEI activists tried 2 kill it. After 2 days of heated debate, the TX ed. board voted 2 keep it.