15+ hour, 1+ min ago   (435+ words) Mary Peltola made Alaska’s fisheries a central focus of a Senate debate in Kodiak, outlining proposals to address factory trawling, strengthen fishery management and increase Alaska Native representation. The former congresswoman highlighted her lifelong connection to Alaska’s fishing communities and…...

18+ hour, 35+ min ago   (998+ words) Former Tribal Chair Aaron Payment argues that Enbridge Line 5 poses an unacceptable threat to the Great Lakes, Tribal treaty rights and the region’s economy. Drawing on his experience with the 2010 Kalamazoo River oil spill, he challenges the proposed tunnel, questions…...

20+ hour ago   (194+ words) Levi “Calm Before the Storm” Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) is the founder, publisher, and editor of Native News Online. Rickert was awarded the Best Column Award in the print/online category at the 2021 Native Media Awards by the Native…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (643+ words) Levi Rickert reflects on the Native response to 9/11, the service of Native veterans and the human and financial costs of the wars that followed. Most Americans who were alive on Sept. 11, 2001 — 25 years ago today — remember where they were and what…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1123+ words) The central argument is that the Trump administration’s actions during the past week represent a broader assault on the principle of sovereignty—not only the sovereignty of Indigenous nations, but the sovereignty of foreign countries and other institutions that traditionally…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (654+ words) Publisher Levi Rickert (Potawatomi) argues that protecting the Great Lakes means defending them from the risks posed by Line 5 and preserving their Indigenous names. Living in the Great Lakes region, about 30 miles from Lake Michigan, which the Anishinaabe still call…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (189+ words) Randy Lupe died after a medical emergency on August 23 while working as a wildland fire support crew member fighting the Frijoles Fire, which has burned more than 15,000 acres in the Santa Fe National Forest. Lupe, 62, is from the San Carlos…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (518+ words) Manitoba’s Premier Wab Kinew is saying out loud what other leaders everywhere should be saying: Donald Trump is a “bad person” and he is “not to be trusted.” To read more articles by Mark Trahant, go to: Marktrahant.substack.com…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (540+ words) For centuries upon centuries, the people of the Pueblo of Sandia have lived in relationship with Sandia Mountain and the Rio Grande in what is now known as New Mexico. Even when our lives were at risk during incursions by…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (275+ words) A long awaited Navajo Code Talkers Museum gets a boost from state funding. A museum honoring the Navajo Code Talkers is moving forward with nearly $20 million in funding from the state of New Mexico. The Navajo Code Talker Museum will…...