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After 30 Years, Berkeley's Turtle Island Monument Foundation Will Be Built

4 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

After more than three decades of delays, erasure, and legal battles, Berkeley, California's Turtle Island Monument Fountain is finally close to being built. Artist Lee Sprague says the project won’t truly move forward until the City gives proper credit to the Indigenous artists who created it. Sprague, a citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi, commonly known as the Gun Lake Tribe, co-designed the monument with fellow Native artist Marlene Watson in 1992.
Health Equity Round-Up (June 2nd)

5 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Elyse Wild |Kaili Berg

In the past weeks, advocates and some lawmakers have continued to seek measures to protect Tribal health from Trump’s sweeping budget cuts; a reservation in North Dakota sounds the alarm about contaminated drinking water; and four Native American nursing students have made history in Minneapolis. Here is our roundup of health equity news from across Indian Country.
Chris Eyre's Jim Thorpe Documentary to Debut on The HISTORY Channel on July 7

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

The HISTORY Channel is set to premiere a new two-hour documentary on one of America’s most legendary athletes, Jim Thorpe (Sac & Fox/Potawatomi). Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning will debut Monday, July 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, shining a long-overdue spotlight on the Sac and Fox athlete who broke barriers in sports and society.
Spirit Lake Reservation Addresses Water Quality Crisis with Emergency Distribution Plan

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Elyse Wild

On May 27, 2025, the Spirit Lake Tribal Council issued a public notice alerting residents to elevated manganese levels detected in the water system managed by SL Water Resources. The contamination affects all residents within the Spirit Lake Reservation boundaries in Fort Totten, North Dakota. Manganese is a naturally occurring mineral.
Muscogee Opera Soprano Kirsten Kunkle Stars in Tosca Production in June

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

This June, Mission Opera will close its seventh season with the production of Tosca. For the first time in the company’s history, all three principal roles in an evening cast are being performed by Indigenous artists. Presented by Mission Opera in Santa Clarita, California, the production features Kirsten Kunkle, a Muscogee Nation citizen, in the title role, alongside Tiwa tenor Hugo Vera as Cavaradossi and Chickasaw baritone Gabriel Manro as Scarpia.
Native American Voters in North Dakota Urge Eighth Circuit to Reinstate Voting Rights and Fair Maps

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.
This Day in History: Jim Thorpe Born - May 28, 1887

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

This Day in History. On this day in history, May 28, 1887, one of the greatest athletes of all time, Jim Thorpe, was born near Prague, in what was then Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation mixed with Potawatomi blook, Thorpe would go on to become a symbol of excellence in sports and a trailblazer for Native American athletes in the United States.
'We Will Not Be Erased' | Q&A with Charlene Aqpik Apok, Founder and Executive Director of Data for Indigenous Justice

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Elyse Wild

In 2018, Charlene Aqpik Apok (Iñupiaq) took part in a rally at the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention. Held in Anchorage, the convening is the largest gathering of Alaska Native people, and where representatives from 177 federally recognized tribes make their voices heard on critical policy issues. It was there that Apok first held a list in her hand of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) from across the state, reading their names out loud in an emotional rally.
Class of 2025 Leads the Way for Indigenous Graduation Regalia

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Shaun Griswold |Bella Davis |Levi Rickert

The cliff fendlerbush’s blooms offered countless nibbles for one hungry young deer. Its mother watched the feast from several steps away, on the other side of a nature path crossroad below Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Getting impatient, or perhaps not feeling worried, the elder deer headed off to the Animas River and left her child behind in the bush to find its own way. Sooner or later, all parents have to let their offspring go.
The US Supreme Court Will Not Hear Case to Save Oak Flat

1 week ago | nativenewsonline.net | Kaili Berg

Breaking News. The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday announced it has declined to hear Apache Stronghold v. United States, a case that could have shielded the sacred Western Apache site of Oak Flat from being turned into a massive copper mine. The decision clears the way for the federal government to transfer the land to Resolution Copper, a company largely owned by the Chinese government through its shareholder, Chinalco.