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In this session of Congress, U.S. Representatives introduced policies such as:

• The Reimagining Safety Act, which would abolish ICE and Border Patrol

• The Dignity and Due Process for Children Act, …

A billionaire is trying to build the world’s largest open-pit gold mine in Western Alaska, so he can profit at the expense of Mother Earth and nearby Indigenous communities.

Tribes …

Senator Mike Lee has quietly launched an effort to fast-track an attack on the Bears Ears National Monument and the historic federal-Tribal co-management agreement for these sacred lands and waters.

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To honor the National Day of Remembrance of Indigenous Boarding Schools, we’re lifting up the bipartisan Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act.

If passed, this bill will …

A new proposal from the Department of Health and Human Services could undermine Tribal sovereignty in the administration of Tribal Head Start programs — expanding local and state jurisdiction over …

Housing is a treaty right as well as a basic human right. But policies proposed by the Trump administration are seeking massive cuts to federal housing programs.

Thankfully, a bipartisan …

For over 100 years, Tribal Nations fought for and negotiated treaties with the federal government that agreed to fund healthcare, housing, education, nutrition, and other programs for Native peoples to …

With Congress currently negotiating this year’s Farm Bill, now is the time to push them to fulfill their legal responsibilities to Tribes.

In exchange for violently removing Tribes from their …

The USDA recently moved to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule, which protects nearly 45 million acres of national forests — many of which are on ancestral Native homelands.

Allowing road …

Donald Trump has decided Lake Ontario should now be called “Lake America.” After trade negotiations with Canada collapsed, Trump signed an executive order attempting to rename one of the Great …

Nearly 45 million acres of public forests are under threat, if the U.S. Department of Agriculture gets its way.

The federal agency houses the U.S. Forest Service, and its Secretary …

Nearly 45 million acres of public forests are under threat, if the U.S. Department of Agriculture gets its way.

The federal agency houses the U.S. Forest Service, and its Secretary …

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To advance border wall construction in multiple states, the Trump administration waived dozens of environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and …

More than one million Tribal citizens participate in SNAP. But last year’s Big Brutal Bill contained the largest cut to SNAP benefits in the program’s history. It additionally shifted costs …

More than 1.8 million Natives rely on Medicaid. Last year’s cuts will harm 700,000 Native people — including 60% of all Native children and two out of every five elders.

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The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to sell nearly 17,000 acres of Native ancestral land next month to polluting oil and gas corporations.

The administration failed to consult with the …

Thanks to former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native to run the department, public grazing land was opening up under her expansive Biden-era order to “restore wild and healthy …

The Office of Management and Budget issued a new proposed rule that will impact nearly all federal agencies’ grantmaking.

The agency wants to block federal funding for groups and institutions …

Democrats, including Sharice Davids — the first 2SLGBTQI+ Native elected to Congress, want to offer a helping hand to older 2SLGBTQI+ people who live in isolated, rural parts of the …

The Public Health Services for Advancing Care and Creating Efficient Support Systems in Underserved Communities Act (PHS ACCESS Act), would allow U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Officers to be …

It’s Pride Month, and the presidential administration is trying to weaken life-saving protections for Two-Spirit, transgender, intersex, and queer people — collectively known as 2SLGBTQI+ people.

Right now, our 2SLGBTQI+ …

The Senate Energy Natural Resources Committee has voted in favor of Mike Lee’s Wildfire Prevention Act. That means the next stop is for a full Senate vote and we need …

In response to the Trump administration’s attacks on Native housing, including proposed cuts in Trump’s FY2027 budget and the administration’s freezing of Native housing funds previously allocated by Congress, a …

Native peoples are being harassed and detained by ICE as part of their racial profiling.

Now, there’s a bipartisan bill in the U.S. House and Senate that would require federal agents …