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19 March 2026 Brian Edwards
Tribal governments are increasingly using a once-obscure federal leasing provision known as Section 105(l) to generate hundreds of millions of dollars for health care and infrastructure projects, according to a new analysis from the Center for Indian Country Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
19 Mar
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...
March 19
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...
March 14
Organizations across Indian Country and Native-serving institutions announced a series of leadership appointments and promotions in recent weeks, spanning tribal enterprises, nonprofit...
March 14
A 600‑acre forested property in New York’s Adirondacks has been returned to Indigenous stewardship through a land transfer facilitated by The Nature Conservancy.
Native communities receive a tiny fraction of philanthropic funding in the United States. For every $1,000 foundations give away, only a few dollars reach Native communities — a gap that says less...
 
Cherokee Nation is using a federal housing loan program to recruit and retain workers in critical public-service roles, becoming the first tribal nation approved to administer the HUD Section 184 Skilled Workers Demonstration Loan Program.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma will invest $1 million to establish a 3,500-square-foot Chahtapreneur Coworking and Business Center in McAlester as part of a $9 million renovation of the McAlester Public Library, tribal officials announced Feb. 13.
Native American Bank has provided a long-term loan to support expansion and refinancing initiatives for Midi Enterprises, LLC, a federal contracting and economic development company owned by the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation.
Wisconsin lawmakers are advancing legislation that would allow tribes to offer statewide mobile sports betting through a “hub-and-spoke” model, despite online wagering otherwise being illegal under state law.
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.
Tracy Canard Goodluck, an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and of Mvskoke Creek heritage, has built her career around public service rooted in tribal sovereignty and community responsibility.
A pair of California lawmakers have introduced legislation that would place 860 acres of federal land into trust for the Pechanga Band of Indians, advancing a long‑running effort to protect sites tied to the tribe’s history and stewardship work.
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.
In late February, the U.S. Department of the Interior finalized changes to how it implements the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), shifting 80% of existing regulations into an “internal handbook” that provides guidance rather than binding rules.