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1 week ago | 
nativenewsonline.net | Neely Bardwell
Native Vote. After the Eighth Circuit Court made the decision to block private citizens from bringing lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the Spirit Lake Tribe, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, and several individual voters today filed an en banc petition urging the full U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider the decision. Section 2 of the VRA has been used for decades to combat racially discriminatory voting laws.
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3 weeks ago | 
nativenewsonline.net | Neely Bardwell
As part of the work to commemorate the challenges Alaska Native peoples face presently and historically, the Mellon Foundation has awarded $3.5 million to the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) for their Healing Garden and Monuments project.
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3 weeks ago | 
nativenewsonline.net | Neely Bardwell
Native Vote. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), endorsed Minnesota Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, a tribal citizen of the White Earth Nation, for U.S. Senate in a video today, adding to the growing list of support. In Warren’s video, she commended Flanagan, who is running for one of the Senate seats in Minnesota, calling her a “fighter” ready to support the working class of America. “We need Democrats in the Senate who are going to fight with everything they've got for working families.
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3 weeks ago | 
nativenewsonline.net | Neely Bardwell
Native Vote. Democratic U.S. Senators sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, today calling out the devastating impacts of President Trump’s “election-integrity” promoting executive order (EO) and the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act on Native American voting rights.
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1 month ago | 
nativenewsonline.net | Neely Bardwell
Today, the White House announced President Trump’s fiscal year 2026 discretionary budget request, proposing major shifts in federal spending priorities—including provisions that could significantly impact Indian Country. In Trump’s proposed budget, several reductions would directly affect Indian Country. One such proposal is a $617 million cut to Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) programs, including the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program and the Indian Land Consolidation Program.
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1 month ago | 
nativenewsonline.net | Neely Bardwell
The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s administration were marked by turmoil and uncertainty for tribes, largely due to the sweeping nature of his executive orders, memorandums, and directives. The disruption continued into his second term when, just one week in, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a directive that sent shockwaves through Indian Country. On January 27, Acting OMB Director Matthew J.
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1 month ago | 
nativenewsonline.net | Neely Bardwell
Indigenous Food Sovereignity. Travelers traveling in and out of Denver International Airport’s Concourse A now have the opportunity to eat Native American food. Tocabe: An American Indian Eatery, Denver, Colorado’s only Native-owned and operated restaurant, has officially opened its doors at the airport.
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1 month ago | 
nativenewsonline.net | Neely Bardwell
Native Vote. In the Wisconsin Supreme Court election held on April 1 that resulted in Dane County Judge Susan Crawford winning and preserving the court’s left leaning majority, Native Americans in the state set records for voter turnout. According to the Wisconsin Conservation Voters, a non-partisan voter advocacy orgranization, voter turnout between 2023 and the 2025 Supreme Court Election increased 63 percent in Red Cliff, 63 percent in Bad River, and 81 percent in Menominee.
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1 month ago | 
nativenewsonline.net | Neely Bardwell
Last week in Detroit, Michigan, legal rights to the Fort Wayne Burial Mound were returned to the rightful caretakers, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP). The Fort Wayne Mound is located on the eastern side of the state, where the original homelands of the ancestors of NHBP citizens are located. The Mound was originally part of a bigger group of mounds called the Springwell Mound Group, and is one of the last remaining undisturbed and intact.
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1 month ago | 
nativenewsonline.net | Neely Bardwell
Following the release of President Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget Request, a Coalition, composed of some of the biggest Native advocacy organizations across the nation, sent a second letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum urging him to oppose this request that would cut billions of dollars to Indian Country. The budget proposal includes extreme cuts to Indian Affairs funding.
