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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · 12d

A warrior. A friend. A mentor. A family man. Indian Country is remembering the visionary leadership of the late Ernie Stevens, Jr., who dedicated his life to tribal gaming. #ErnieStevens #IndianGaming #IndianCountry indianz.com/News/2025/10...

Indian Country continues to honor the life and legacy of Ernie Stevens, Jr.

A warrior. A friend. A mentor. A family man. Indian Country is remembering the late Ernie Stevens, Jr., who passed on at the age of 66.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · 13d

As the shutdown of the federal government goes through its first full week, the nation’s highest court remains open for business. But how is Indian Country doing at the U.S. Supreme Court? #SupremeCourt #Shutdown #IndianCountry indianz.com/News/2025/10...

Supreme Court rejects Indian law cases amid U.S. government shutdown

As the shutdown of the federal government enters its first full week, the nation’s highest court remains open for business.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · 26d

Fifty years into the self-determination era, tribal nations are running into new obstacles when it comes to managing programs that serve their people. #TribalSovereignty #SelfDetermination
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‘A bit of a conundrum’: Tribes facing new hurdles as self-determination law reaches major milestone

Fifty years into the self-determination era, tribal nations are running into new obstacles when it comes to managing programs that serve their people.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Sep 16

Tewa Women United is warning the public about the release of radioactive gas from the infamous Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Tune into Native America Calling to learn more. indianz.com/News/2025/09...

Native America Calling: Tribal advocates sound the alarm over radioactive exposure

The advocacy group Tewa Women United is warning about the release of radioactive gas from the infamous Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Sep 10

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work with a business meeting and a hearing to examine tribal programs at the Department of Energy. Tune in at 2:30pm Eastern! #Senate #SCIA #119th #Congress #IndianCountry
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Witness list for Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on Department of Energy

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking testimony from federal officials, including the temporary leader of Indian programs at the Department of Energy.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Sep 9

Advocates for Americans with HIV and their allies in Congress are vowing to "fight like hell" in the face of funding cuts that they say will cost lives. #CutsKill indianz.com/News/2025/09...

‘Fight like hell’: Federal funding cuts threaten HIV/AIDS programs

Advocates for Americans with HIV and their allies in Congress are vowing to "fight like hell" in the face of funding cuts that they say will cost lives.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Sep 8

The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is getting back to work following a long break. Five Tribal Nation and Alaska Native bills are on the agenda for a hearing on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. #IndianCountry #Congress #119th
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House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs schedules hearing

The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is getting back to work on tribal legislation following a long break.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Aug 25

A Native charter school in New Mexico has started off the new academic year without its athletics director, who was arrested after being accused of child abuse. #NewMexico indianz.com/News/2025/08...

Native charter school places athletics director on leave following arrest

A Native charter school in New Mexico has started off the new academic year without an athletics director.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jul 22

"We're frustrated": Long-simmering tensions in the nation’s capital burst into the open at a confirmation hearing for one of Indian Country’s most crucial government positions. indianz.com/News/2025/07...

‘We’re frustrated’: Lawmakers press Indian affairs nominee on key issues

Long-simmering tensions in the nation’s capital burst into the open at a confirmation hearing for one of Indian Country’s most crucial government positions.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jul 14

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to approve two Indian Country bills -- one benefiting Alaska Native veterans with long overdue allotments and another helping the Miccosukee Tribe restore its homelands. #IndianCountry #Congress #119th indianz.com/News/2025/07...

House of Representatives adds two Indian Country bills to agenda

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider two Indian Country bills as lawmakers return to work following the July 4 holiday.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jul 2

Almost 30 million tons of uranium ore was extracted from the Navajo Nation between 1944 and 1986. Cronkite News has the story about efforts to compensate those affected. #CronkiteNews #Navajo #Uranium #RECA indianz.com/News/2025/07...

Cronkite News: Congress poised to reauthorize radiation compensation program

Almost 30 million tons of uranium ore was extracted from the Navajo Nation between 1944 and 1986, causing health problems for those affected.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 26

The House Committee on Natural Resources considers H.R.725, the Crow Revenue Act, at a markup on June 25, 2025. Watch the debate on a bill that has divided Republicans and Democrats. #Crow #Montana #HR725 #Congress #House #119th #HNRC indianz.com/News/2025/06...

VIDEO: H.R.725 – Crow Revenue Act

The House Committee on Natural Resources considers H.R.725, the Crow Revenue Act, at a markup on June 25, 2025.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 25

The Trump administration is asking tribes for input about a dramatic reorganization at the Department of Health and Human Services. But don't call it a consultation. #HHS #TribalConsultation indianz.com/News/2025/06...

Department of Health and Human Services invites tribes to listening sessions

The Department of Health and Human Services is inviting tribes to attend a listening session -- but not a consultation -- to discuss a reorganization of the agency.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 24

Two Congressional committees are holding another hearing into alleged misconduct at Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. Tune in!
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Republican lawmakers continue investigation into ‘serious dysfunction’ at tribal colleges

Two Congressional committees are holding another hearing into alleged misconduct at Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 17

The movement to protect sacred sites is once again drawing attention as the Trump administration pushes to open more federal lands to development. #ProtectTheSacred indianz.com/News/2025/06...

Sacred sites face renewed threats amid political shifts in Washington

The movement to protect sacred sites is once again drawing attention as the Trump administration pushes to open more federal lands to development.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 11

The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is taking testimony on tribal lands and health legislation. Tune in! #IndianCountry indianz.com/News/2025/06...

House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs schedules hearing on four bills

The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is taking testimony on tribal lands and health legislation.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 10

"You can just take that to the bank": Key lawmakers from both parties are siding with tribes when it comes to the budget for the Indian Health Service. #HonorTheTreaties
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‘Take that to the bank’: Lawmakers work to save Indian Health Service from setbacks

Lawmakers are siding with tribes when it comes to the budget for the Indian Health Service.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 6

It’s the end of an era for a mainstay of Native arts and culture in the nation’s capital. #DC indianz.com/News/2025/06...

A ‘cultural gem’ in nation’s capital closes after 87 years of promoting Native art

It’s the end of an era for a mainstay of Native arts and culture in the nation’s capital.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 5

"You just take that to the bank," Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma) said of bipartisan and tribal support for advance appropriations at the Indian Health Service. #FY2026 #HonorTheTreaties appropriations.house.gov/schedule/hea...

Budget Hearing – Indian Health Service

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 5

"If anything, it's more critical now": Cole, citizen of Chickasaw Nation, cites need to protect the Indian Health Service from government shutdowns.

"That should not affect the care of Native Americans any more than we would let it affect the care of veterans," Cole said at hearing on June 5, 2025.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 5

"I can just tell you now, we will be retaining advanced appropriations": Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), Chair of House Committee on Appropriations, vows to protect advance funding for Indian Health Service after Trump administration proposed to eliminate it in #FY2026 budget request. #HonorTheTreaties

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 5

"These are our lives": Key programs at the Indian Health Service are seeing flat funding under a budget proposal that eliminates a major tribal priority. #IndianCountry #HonorTheTreaties indianz.com/News/2025/06...

‘These are our lives’: Indian Health Service slated for budget hearing amid new setbacks

Key programs at the Indian Health Service are seeing flat funding under a budget proposal that eliminates a major tribal priority.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · Jun 3

"Absolutely unacceptable": Tribes and key members of Congress are pushing back against drastic cuts to Indian Country programs being proposed by the Donald Trump administration. #HonorTheTreaties indianz.com/News/2025/06...

‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Indian Country hit with major budget cuts

Republican lawmakers are pushing back against drastic cuts to Indian Country programs like law enforcement and school construction.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · May 29

"We will never stop fighting": The long-running movement to protect a sacred site from a massive copper mine is gaining renewed attention following a stinging rebuke from a key member of the U.S. Supreme Court. #OakFlat #SaveOakFlat #ProtectOakFlat

‘We will never stop fighting’: Sacred site movement continues amid high-profile setback

The long-running movement to protect Oak Flat from a massive copper mine is gaining renewed attention following a stinging rebuke from a key member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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indianz.com @indianz.bsky.social · May 27

"An ancient sacred site will be destroyed, replaced by a 2-mile-wide crater."

Read Justice Neil Gorsuch's dissent, joined oddly enough by Justice Clarence Thomas, in a long-running dispute over a proposed copper mine at Oak Flat in Arizona, a site sacred to the Apache people.

Justice Neil Gorsuch dissent in denial of a petition for writ of certiorari in Apache Stronghold v. United States, No. 24–291. May 27, 2025.

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