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1 February 2026 Chez Oxendine
Federal agencies are expanding shared decision-making agreements with tribes, but gaps in authority and capacity continue to limit tribal control over federal land and water management, a new Government Accountability Office report found.
01 Feb
Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to consider delisting White River Energy Corp., accusing the company of repeatedly violating...
February 01
Tribal nations are bracing for a wave of relicensing as nearly 40% of existing federally regulated hydropower projects come up for renewal over the next decade — a reset that could determine how...
January 31
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law and the Tribal Leadership Council will offer an Executive Certificate in Tribal Sovereignty and Economic Leadership Program...
February 01
Blending historical approaches with modern data applications, tribal leaders and organizations set the stage for the next decade of economic data innovations.
A nonprofit group in Nuiqsut has sued to block the Interior Department from canceling a conservation right‑of‑way created to protect the Teshekpuk Caribou Herd during development of the Willow oil...
 
Navajo Nation telecommunications workers have secured wage parity after Frontier Communications agreed to raise pay in a new three‑year union contract.
Samantha Skenandore once planned to be a veterinarian. Today, she is a founding partner at Madison, Wisc.-based Skenandore Wilson LLP, specializing in tribal law and governance.
Jamul Indian Village Development Corporation has refinanced $425 million of senior secured debt tied to the Jamul Indian Village’s gaming and resort operations in San Diego County, according to transaction details released by the lead arranger.
A Minnesota casino operator will move forward with new electronic table games after the state’s high court left in place a ruling that sided against the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, which argued the expansion crossed into gaming activity reserved for tribes.
National organizations are pushing tribal nations to establish formal agricultural authority, pointing to Oneida Nation and a handful of other early adopters as models for claiming regulatory control before state and local agencies do it by default.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named Megan Minoka Hill as director of its new Native self-determination program, formalizing a philanthropic initiative developed over more than two years of consultation with Indigenous leaders and organizations.
At just 18 years old, Kayla Palmer survived a car accident that left her with medical injuries doctors said would prevent her from ever having a career.
ASRC Federal, an Alaska Native–owned government contractor, said it has won a contract valued at up to $2.3 billion from the Defense Logistics Agency to manage the U.S. military’s global supply chain for chemicals and packaged petroleum oils and lubricants.
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.
Haskell Indian Nations University has appointed Dr. Alex Red Corn as temporary president through an Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignment while the Bureau of Indian Education continues its search for a permanent leader.
A coalition of South Dakota's nine tribal nations will use a $175,000 prize to train Native youth and develop tourism businesses that keep revenue in Indian Country rather than flowing to outside operators.
Timothy Nuvangyaoma, the outgoing chairman of the Hopi Tribe, has been appointed vice president of tribal engagement at the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, the organization said.