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After nearly four decades building the Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development into the preeminent research center on tribal governance, Joseph P. Kalt handed the reins to economist Randall Akee this summer, marking a generational transition in how academic institutions study and support Native nation-building.
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At a recent First Nations conference he attended in Canada, Dr. Richard Luarkie noticed something was missing—almost no one mentioned sovereignty.
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Dr. Megan Bang, an Ojibwe scholar at Northwestern University, will become the first person to self-identify as Native American to serve on the MacArthur Foundation's Board of Directors when she joins in September 2025.
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the United States with an endowment of more than $8 billion, said today that it launched a Native self-determination program, committing to increase funding and deepen partnerships with Indigenous communities.
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The Maine Legislature on Tuesday rejected two bills related to the state recognition of tribes, a longstanding effort that Wabanaki leaders argue would have undermined their continued push for the sovereignty afforded to other federally recognized tribes.
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The Yurok Tribe has rejected parts of a proposed Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area (IMSA) that would include Yurok ancestral lands, citing sovereignty concerns.
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The Center for Indian Country Development (CICD) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has appointed three new members to its Leadership Council.
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A coalition of over 20 organizations — including the National Congress of American Indians, National Indian Health Board, Indian Gaming Association, NAFOA and others — launched a resource center this week to help tribal nations respond to federal funding cuts and staffing reductions that threaten critical services in Indian Country.
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NDN Collective said it appointed Wizipan Little Elk Garriott as its new president, bringing federal policy experience and tribal economic development expertise to the Rapid City, S.D.-based organization.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior has confirmed the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s aboriginal rights to a contested property in Hampton Bays, New York, potentially derailing state and local efforts to regulate the tribe’s development projects there.