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27 March 2026 Chez Oxendine
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.
30 Mar
LAS VEGAS — One of the most practical impacts of new federal tax rules is showing up at the powwow.
March 28
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.
March 25
LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Department of Energy announced a $50 million funding opportunity for tribal energy development during a lunchtime session today at the Reservation Economic Summit in Las Vegas.
March 28
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...
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...
 
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.
Starla Thompson’s career centers on healing — and how it shapes policy, advocacy and services for Native communities.
Large-scale economic development deals in Indian Country have typically been financed by banks, tax credit investors and outside institutions — with Native CDFIs often left on the sidelines. That may be starting to change.
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana plans to open an eight-story hotel tower at Coushatta Casino Resort in May, adding more than 300 rooms as the tribe expands what it describes as the state’s largest casino resort.
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.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Chinook Indian Nation’s petition on whether federal courts can recognize Indian tribes.
A historic chapel and cemetery in Kansas City, Kan., have been transferred to a Native-led nonprofit representing descendants of Lenape (Delaware) families, concluding a three-year process with the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist Church.
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 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.
The University of Tulsa announced Monday that Stacy Leeds, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, will become the university’s next president, effective July 1.
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.
The Bureau of Reclamation has expedited the release of $120 million for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, lawmakers said, following Senate questioning over delays in distributing previously approved funds.