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1 February 2026 Chez Oxendine
Federal agencies are expanding shared decision-making agreements with tribes, but gaps in authority and capacity continue to limit tribal control over federal land and water management, a new Government Accountability Office report found.
01 Feb
Tribal nations are bracing for a wave of relicensing as nearly 40% of existing federally regulated hydropower projects come up for renewal over the next decade — a reset that could determine how...
February 01
Blending historical approaches with modern data applications, tribal leaders and organizations set the stage for the next decade of economic data innovations.
February 01
Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to consider delisting White River Energy Corp., accusing the company of repeatedly violating...
January 31
A nonprofit group in Nuiqsut has sued to block the Interior Department from canceling a conservation right‑of‑way created to protect the Teshekpuk Caribou Herd during development of the Willow oil...
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law and the Tribal Leadership Council will offer an Executive Certificate in Tribal Sovereignty and Economic Leadership Program...
 
Navajo Nation telecommunications workers have secured wage parity after Frontier Communications agreed to raise pay in a new three‑year union contract.
Samantha Skenandore once planned to be a veterinarian. Today, she is a founding partner at Madison, Wisc.-based Skenandore Wilson LLP, specializing in tribal law and governance.
Difference Makers 3.0, a podcast partnership between Tribal Business News and the Native CDFI Network, will launch its new season Thursday, Feb. 12, expanding the series’ focus from small business lending into a broader examination of Native finance, policy, and impact.
A Minnesota casino operator will move forward with new electronic table games after the state’s high court left in place a ruling that sided against the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, which argued the expansion crossed into gaming activity reserved for tribes.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has overturned the cannabis-possession conviction of Todd Jeremy Thompson, a White Earth Band of Ojibwe member, ruling that Minnesota lacked jurisdiction to charge him for conduct on the White Earth Reservation.
Wisconsin tribal leaders will gather at the state Capitol in Madison on Feb. 10 for the 22nd annual State of the Tribes address, one of the few formal moments each year when tribal governments speak directly to state lawmakers from the Assembly floor.
At just 18 years old, Kayla Palmer survived a car accident that left her with medical injuries doctors said would prevent her from ever having a career.
ASRC Federal, an Alaska Native–owned government contractor, said it has won a contract valued at up to $2.3 billion from the Defense Logistics Agency to manage the U.S. military’s global supply chain for chemicals and packaged petroleum oils and lubricants.
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 Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development has appointed Amy Besaw Medford as senior program director, marking her return to an organization where she has worked for nearly two decades.
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.
Timothy Nuvangyaoma, the outgoing chairman of the Hopi Tribe, has been appointed vice president of tribal engagement at the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, the organization said.