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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Leaders Warn RFK, Jr. Against Reorganization That Threatens Native Health Programs

1 day ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Committee, issued a warning to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. regarding his proposed departmental reorganization. The senators expressed deep concern that planned job and budget cuts would harm vital programs serving Native communities.
‘Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher’ Now Featured on Peacock

2 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

Chickasaw Nation Productions’ feature films “Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher” and “Te Ata” are now available on the streaming service Peacock. Inspired by the life of historic Chickasaw rancher Montford Johnson, “Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher” portrays the hardships and tragedies Johnson and those close to him conquered to establish a vast ranching empire along the famous cattle highway of the American West, the Chisholm Trail.
Cheyenne River Youth Project Will Host 11th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam on July 9-12

3 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

EAGLE BUTTE, SD — The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it will host its 11th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam on July 9-12. The Native-led nonprofit organization is preparing to welcome nine nationally recognized graffiti and street artists from across the country to this year’s four-day arts and culture festival in the heart of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation.
Honoring Native Mothers: Our First Teachers

4 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

Opinion. This Mother’s Day, Native News Online honors Native mothers — the life-givers, the culture-keepers, the women whose strength holds our nations together. For Native peoples, motherhood is more than a role. It is a sacred calling that connects past to present and breathes life into seven future generations. In our tribal communities, mothers often provide the first Native language teaching, the first song lessons, and the first to tell the stories that root our children in who they are.
New Regulations Violate Sovereignty

5 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

Guest Opinion. In violation of Tribal sovereignty, the Trump administration is putting in place new “emergency permitting” regulations to fast-track mining and fossil fuel projects on federal lands. Back when Deb Haaland ran the Department of the Interior (DOI), which oversees our ancestral homelands, we made historic progress. But under Trump, the DOI is getting rid of Tribal consultation, environmental reviews, and opportunities for the public to challenge dangerous polluting projects.
Federal Court Halts Destruction of Oak Flat

6 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

A federal court has issued an order halting the U.S. government’s plans to transfer Oak Flat—the most sacred site of the Western Apaches—to a multinational mining corporation for destruction. In the case Apache Stronghold v. United States, the government recently indicated it could hand over the land as soon as June 16, 2025, to Resolution Copper, a mining company with Chinese ownership, which intends to transform the sacred site into a massive copper mine.
A Wall Street Company’s Nationwide Internet Gaming Venture is the Latest Challenge to the Tribal Gaming Industry

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Bryan Newland |Levi Rickert

Guest Opinion. The tribal gaming industry has been the most successful economic development in Indian country in my lifetime. Over the past four and a half decades, it has lifted entire communities out of crushing poverty and conferred economic and political power to Indian people for the first time in generations. The tribal gaming industry has proven to be resilient to challenges over the years.
Catholic Church has New Pope: Leo XIV

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

On the second day of the conclave to elect a new pope following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, white smoke rose from a chimney in the Vatican—signaling to the world that a new pontiff had been chosen. Just over an hour later, Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, a Chicago native, was introduced as the new leader of the Catholic Church. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. He became the first pope born in the United States.
Q&A with Gary Pitchlynn, Attorney Who Tells True Story about the Girl Scout Murders

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

In his book "The Usual Suspect," Oklahoma attorney Gary Pitchlynn (Choctaw) shares his story from one of the state's most shocking murder trials, the 1977 Girl Scout murders at Camp Scott. The book gives an inside look at Pitchlynn's role defending Gene Leroy Hart, a Cherokee man accused of killing three young girls. It also shines a light on flaws in the justice system. In 1977, the quiet of Camp Scott was shattered when Lori Farmer, Doris Milner, and Michele Guse were found murdered.
‘Wreaking Havoc On Tribal Communities.’ | Senators Call on Kennedy to Halt Cuts to Indian Health Service

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Elyse Wild

A bipartisan group of senators with oversight on tribal and appropriations matters is calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to immediately halt staffing reductions and resource cuts to the Indian Health Service (IHS). In a letter sent Tuesday, Sens.