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Red Cloud Renewable’s training of ‘solar warriors’ wins recognition at Climate Week NYC

25 September 2026 Chez Oxendine

A Native-led nonprofit won a national award this week for its work training “solar warriors” for renewable energy development in Indian Country.

Senate committee advances Native housing overhaul

25 Sep

The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act of 2026 cleared the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Wednesday, moving lawmakers a step closer to reauthorizing...

Tunica-Biloxi partners with Kalshi, breaking with tribal gaming groups on prediction markets

September 19

A Louisiana tribe has struck a partnership with prediction market operator KalshiEX LLC, putting it at odds with tribal gaming organizations challenging Kalshi’s sports-event contracts in federal...

Grand Ronde bill would return about 18,600 acres of Oregon forestland to tribe

September 25

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde could add about 18,600 acres of federal forest land to their reservation under new legislation introduced by Oregon lawmakers.

Treasury tribal affairs office undergoes leadership change as founding director departs

September 19

Fatima Abbas has left the U.S. Treasury Department office responsible for coordinating tribal policy across the agency to join a global law firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

The Briefing | What tribes should know about the new $21B BEAD funding round

The federal government is giving states another opportunity to fund broadband service for unserved locations omitted from earlier deployment plans, potentially including homes and businesses on...

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Tribes Built the Gaming Industry. Who Will Lead it Next?

Tribal nations built a $46.2 billion gaming industry. Preparing more Native professionals to lead it will require education, mentorship and real opportunities to advance.

Afognak takes majority stake in Alaska trucking, fuel companies

Economic Development

Afognak Native Corporation has acquired a majority interest in the parent company of Weaver Bros., Doyle’s Fuel Service and Doyle Transport, expanding its commercial business into Alaska freight and fuel transportation. The purchase price and size of the stake were not disclosed.

From powwow concessions to a growing Native-owned hospitality brand

Indigenous Entrepreneurs

For many restaurant startups, a food truck is the first step toward opening a brick-and-mortar location. For Indigenous Eats, it happened in reverse.

Oweesta closes first NMTC deal with $16M for Spirit Lake health clinic

Finance

Oweesta Corp. closed its first New Markets Tax Credit transaction, providing $16 million in allocation toward a $73.4 million health clinic for the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota.

Michigan Tribal Communities are Driving Tourism On Their Own Terms

Sponsored Storytelling

For generations, the Anishinaabe of the Bay Mills Indian Community (Gnoozhekaaning) have passed their histories on through oral storytelling. Today, that tradition of narrative ownership is taking a...

Ninth Circuit backs tribes in Kalshi sports-betting dispute

Gaming

A three-judge federal appeals court has unanimously sided with two California tribes seeking to stop Kalshi from offering sports wagers to users on their tribal land without authorization.

Murray, Cortez Masto reintroduce bill to expand food assistance for tribal households

Food | Agriculture

Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., reintroduced legislation that would expand nutrition assistance for tribal households by allowing eligible families to receive benefits through two federal food programs in the same month.

Supreme Court declines Chinook bid for federal recognition through courts

Sovereignty

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Chinook Indian Nation’s petition on whether federal courts can recognize Indian tribes.

California buys 640 acres of Joshua tree habitat, plans tribal co-management

Real Estate

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has acquired 640 acres in San Bernardino County for western Joshua tree conservation and is working with a Native land organization on plans for tribal co-management of the property.

Tribes looking beyond gaming and geography for revenue

Sponsored Storytelling

For decades, gaming has been a primary revenue source for tribal nations, funding housing, healthcare, education, infrastructure and other essential services while creating jobs and economic...

Navajo Nation-owned North Stone wins Air Force IT contract

Native Contracting

North Stone LLC, a subsidiary of Navajo Nation-owned Diné Development Corporation, has won a contract to provide technology services for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the company announced Sept. 22.

California woman fined $10K after admitting to selling counterfeit Native jewelry

Arts and Culture

A San Francisco woman was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to selling counterfeit Native American jewelry falsely marketed as authentic work by Native artists, federal prosecutors said.

ASU renames tribal policy institute, expands digital and leadership programs

Higher Education

Arizona State University has renamed its American Indian Policy Institute the Tribal Nations Policy Institute, a change its leaders say better reflects its work with tribal governments and their citizens.

AI, Genomics, and Tribal Sovereignty: Native Nations Need to Prepare for the Next Frontier

Sponsored Storytelling

As artificial intelligence (AI) and precision medicine transform healthcare and scientific research, Indigenous leaders say tribal nations must prepare to govern one of their most valuable...

Disney Cruise Line signs 15-year agreement with Huna Totem for Icy Strait Point

Tourism

Disney Cruise Line and Huna Totem Corporation have signed a 15-year agreement securing Disney ship calls at the Alaska Native corporation's Icy Strait Point through at least 2041, extending a partnership that provides long-term passenger traffic for the Indigenous-owned cruise destination.

California awards $44M for tribal stewardship, conservation projects

Energy | Environment

The state of California has awarded $44 million for 15 projects, including funding for a tribal organization to acquire 80 acres in Lake County for Indigenous-led ecological restoration, cultural programs and job training.

Gila River invests $25M in tribal-land medical school to build physician workforce

Health Care

Gila River Health Care will invest more than $25 million to establish a University of Arizona medical school branch on the Gila River Indian Community, a long-term workforce investment aimed at training and retaining physicians within tribal and rural health systems.

The Insects Moved Faster Than the Paperwork

Opinion | Op-Ed

Guest Essay. In the summer of 2019, a fire started along Interstate 5 in southern Oregon, at a spot the highway signs mark as Milepost 97. It burned into the forest that the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians had regained only the year before, when Congress placed more than 17,000 acres of the tribe’s ancestral homeland in trust for it. 1 The fire destroyed about 3,600 of those acres and damaged more than 45 million board feet of timber.

Why Infrastructure Stewardship Starts With Knowing What You Own

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Sponsored Storytelling. Tribal governments invest millions of dollars in clinics, administrative buildings, public safety facilities and other community infrastructure. Before leaders decide what to...

Native housing needs, federal barriers draw scrutiny at Senate hearing

Policy and Law

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs heard from federal officials, researchers and tribal leaders Wednesday about the scale of the housing crisis facing Native communities and proposed changes to the primary federal law supporting tribal housing.

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Afognak takes majority stake in Alaska trucking, fuel companies

ASU renames tribal policy institute, expands digital and leadership programs

Navajo Nation-owned North Stone wins Air Force IT contract

California buys 640 acres of Joshua tree habitat, plans tribal co-management

Grand Ronde bill would return about 18,600 acres of Oregon forestland to tribe

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