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Trump 2027 budget boosts defense spending to $1.5T, proposes cuts across tribal housing, lending and other key programs

4 April 2026 Brian Edwards and Chez Oxendine
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal calls for ramping up U.S. defense spending to $1.5 trillion, a shift that would come alongside deep reductions to domestic programs — including those that support tribal governments, Native businesses and essential services in Indian Country.

U.S. sues contractors over alleged $2.1M fraud in Rosebud Sioux broadband project

04 Apr
Federal prosecutors have filed a civil fraud complaint against Arizona-based telecommunications contractors accused of inflating costs and billing for nonexistent equipment on a federally funded...

Proposed federal rule could weaken tribal input on hydropower permits, Navajo groups say

April 05
A proposed federal rule could limit the ability of tribes to challenge early-stage hydropower projects, raising concerns among Navajo community groups about renewed development pressure on Black...

Labor Department opens $76M in workforce grants for tribes, Native organizations

April 04
The U.S. Department of Labor said it will make about $76 million available in grants to support employment and training programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, directing...

Bishop Paiute Tribe becomes first to activate California middle-mile broadband network

April 04
The Bishop Paiute Tribe has become the first customer to activate service on California’s Middle‑Mile Broadband Network, marking an early operational milestone for the state’s open-access fiber...

Mohegan to sell Connecticut Sun for $300M, shift focus to core operations

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has agreed to sell the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun to the Tilman J. Fertitta family in a transaction valued at $300 million, according to the tribal enterprise and...
 

New talent network aims to reconnect Indigenous movement workers amid nonprofit job losses

Economic Development
A new initiative backed by philanthropic funding is aiming to reconnect Indigenous movement workers with employment opportunities as nonprofit organizations face tightening budgets and layoffs.

IN SERVICE | Starla Thompson builds healing-driven practice at intersection of Native policy and advocacy

Indigenous Entrepreneurs
Starla Thompson’s career centers on healing — and how it shapes policy, advocacy and services for Native communities.

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Don’t 1099 your powwow prize winners

Finance
LAS VEGAS — One of the most practical impacts of new federal tax rules is showing up at the powwow.

Senators introduce bill to bar sports betting on prediction markets

Gaming
A new bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate takes aim at prediction‑market platforms that lawmakers say are offering sports betting under another name.

WA lawmakers propose transferring Clear Creek Hatchery infrastructure to Nisqually Indian Tribe

Food | Agriculture
Federal lawmakers from Washington have introduced legislation to transfer the Clear Creek Hatchery infrastructure to the Nisqually Indian Tribe, returning federally owned facilities tied to the tribe’s salmon recovery work.

Supreme Court declines Chinook bid for federal recognition through courts

Sovereignty
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Chinook Indian Nation’s petition on whether federal courts can recognize Indian tribes.

Congress revisits long-stalled NAHASDA with bills in House, Senate

Real Estate
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is making a push in the House and Senate to update the federal government’s primary Native housing law, moving companion bills to reauthorize and modernize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self‑Determination Act — commonly known as NAHASDA — through 2033.

CIRI subsidiary launches tech firm to expand federal IT, cybersecurity contracting

Native Contracting
Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI), an Alaska Native corporation, has launched OSC Technical Solutions as a standalone operating company focused on federal IT, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure services.

Blackfeet filmmakers win Frank Blythe Award for buffalo documentary

Arts and Culture
Blackfeet filmmakers Ivan and Ivy MacDonald won the Frank Blythe Award from Vision Maker Media for their documentary Bring Them Home/Aiskótáhkapiyaaya, which chronicles efforts to return wild bison to the Blackfeet reservation in Montana.

UNLV’s Boyd Law lands first Native nonprofit-endowed scholarship

Higher Education
The William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV and the Tribal Leadership Council have launched a new endowed scholarship aimed at expanding the pipeline of Native attorneys, marking what officials say is the first such endowment created by a Native nonprofit at the law school.

Laguna Creek raises $6.3M to scale software for tribal tourism operators

Tourism
Gilbert, Ariz.-based Laguna Creek LLC has raised $6.3 million in a Series A round led by Tempe-based Dali Capital Partners to expand its software platform for tribal hospitality and tourism businesses, the company said.

Tribe, REIT plan AI and energy campus in northern California

Energy | Environment
A Northern California tribe and a private developer plan to build an artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure campus on tribal land, marking a push into power-intensive data development tied to existing microgrid capacity.

$132M tribal health workforce housing project closes financing

Health Care
Tribal Development Partners LLC said it closed financing on a $132 million workforce housing project in Kotzebue, Alaska, aimed at stabilizing health care staffing across 12 Native communities in the Northwest Arctic region.

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