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11 April 2026 Chez Oxendine
A U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to terminate previously awarded land-access grants is disrupting plans by tribal and Native-serving organizations tied to land, capital and infrastructure.
08 Apr
Four Maine tribes have intervened to defend the state’s new internet gaming law, aiming to preserve a new revenue stream.
April 11
The Indian Nations Gaming & Governance Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the National Tribal Judicial Center at the National Judicial College have formed a partnership to expand...
April 11
A coalition that includes the Wampanoag tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and the Narragansett Indian Tribe has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn approvals for the Sunrise Wind offshore wind...
April 08
The National Indian Gaming Commission announced Monday that Vice Chair Jeannie Hovland has departed the agency, according to a press release from NIGC. Her resignation is effective immediately.
Red Lake Nation College will deploy a $7 million unrestricted gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to establish a permanent endowment aimed at long-term financial stability, college leaders said.
 
In early April, Desiree Hagen took over as acting general manager of Alaska-based KOTZ Radio — a station that nearly shut down months earlier after losing a major share of its funding.
Alaska Growth Capital is expanding support for Indigenous entrepreneurs across rural Alaska through its Alaska Marketplace Business Plan Competition, a program aimed at building business capacity in remote communities.
The Office of Management and Budget has cleared $289 million in fiscal year 2025 funding for the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, including $28 million for the Native American CDFI Assistance Program, according to federal budget documents.
A push by federal regulators to classify sports betting as a financial product is drawing sharp opposition from tribes, who say it could undermine tribal gaming compacts and redirect billions in revenue.
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.
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians closed on the purchase of the former Northwestern Michigan College Boardman Lake Campus in Traverse City, Mich., securing a central government administrative hub for its six‑county service area.
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.
The Sundance Institute selected four filmmakers for its 2026 Native Lab, a development program supporting Indigenous storytellers working on feature and episodic projects.
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.
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.
A pre‑dawn fire tore through a central training building at the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center on April 10, causing extensive damage and forcing the nonprofit to suspend its in‑person solar workforce programs and displacing a key space where students learn and gather.