Levi Rickert

The Urban Indian Health Institute is pushing back against layoffs ordered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

A 49-year survivor of incarceration within the United States prison system, Leonard Peltier , 80, is the most iconic Native American elder in Indian Country.

President Donald Trump granted a pardon on Tuesday to Devon Archer, a felon convicted for his involvement in a scheme that defrauded over $60 million in tribal bonds from the business arm of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

In partnership with the Oklahoma State Department of Health , the Cherokee Nation has confirmed a case of measles in northeastern Oklahoma.

Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized the transfer of 680 acres of land to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, where it will be held in trust for the Spirit Lake Nation in Benson County, North Dakota.

The White House on Friday revoked 18 executive actions from the Biden administration, including an order designed to strengthen tribal sovereignty and expand self-determination for the nation’s 574 federally recognized tribes. 

"In a politically divided country, Democrats were also split over the passage of a short-term spending bill that will keep the federal government running through the end of September. While the bill passed with members of Congress in both chambers voting mostly along party lines, there was evidence of division among Democratic senators, with 10 voting in favor of the measure."

Shelly C. Lowe , the chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Shelly C. Lowe left her position on Wednesday “at the direction of President Donald Trump,” the agency said in a statement.

Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva died on Thursday morning from complications of his cancer treatments. His congressional office released a statement on Thursday announcing his death. During his time in Congress, he rose to be one of the strongest defenders of Native American issues in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Grijalva was 77.

During the month of March, in recognition of Women's History Month, Native News Online will feature various Native American women who have contributed to the betterment of Indian Country.