20+ hour, 42+ 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…...

3+ day, 12+ 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…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (418+ words) A new book by award winning author and journalist Annette McGivney examines a false sweat lodge ceremony that left three people dead. In Plastic Shaman: The True Story of a Deadly Self-Help Retreat and America’s Misguided Quest for Wellness, out…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (603+ words) A new poll shows Utah voters want to restore protections for two national monuments drastically reduced by the Trump administration in July. As mining claims on the former lands of two National Monuments in Utah open on Friday, Sept. 11, a…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (413+ words) That’s exactly why the Trump administration is doing everything they can to block our right to vote. From false accusations of election fraud to redistricting to attacking vote-by-mail, that’s their playbook. It’s about shutting people out of the process -- limiting…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1080+ words) The post-Labor Day political sprint comes amid a crowded national agenda, with midterm elections historically serving as a referendum on the sitting president and the president’s party typically losing ground in the first midterm election. Labor Day is traditionally when…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (335+ words) Deb Haaland, the Democratic nominee for New Mexico governor, spent Labor Day weekend touring Northern New Mexico, meeting with residents and outlining her plans to lower costs, improve education and healthcare, and address public safety. Democratic nominee for New Mexico…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (171+ words) A tribe in Maine makes its second land acquisition this year. The Mi’kmaq Nation has added 83 acres to its land base on its northernmost reservation in Maine. The land is adjacent to a community center and tribal housing where 48 residents…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (363+ words) The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is expressing deep concern over reports that the National Archives and Records Administration plans to close regional facilities in Chicago and San Francisco without meaningful consultation with tribal nations and Native…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (374+ words) The piece warns that proposed changes to mail-in voting could disproportionately affect Native voters and other communities, emphasizing the importance of protecting voting access and investing in voter participation. This year the Postal Service may decide the outcome of elections…...