Native American News

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California tribes sue to ban private casino "banked" games

California's Native American tribes are seeking to stop non-tribally owned casinos from offering Las Vegas-style card games like blackjack in a legal challenge that could dramatically upend the state's gambling industry.

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/02/california-tribes-lawsuit-casino-card-rooms?

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A town refuses to give up the school’s Native American mascot — and gets Trump’s support

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — As a high school hockey player, Adam Drexler wore his Massapequa Chiefs jersey with pride.

https://apnews.com/article/massapequa-chiefs-mascot-team-name-trump-ny-fc750c700733949805afd8266c69a975?

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The last dance? Organizers of North America’s largest powwow say 2026 will be the event’s final year

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — For decades, tens of thousands of people have descended upon Albuquerque for what is billed as North America’s largest powwow, a celebration showcasing Indigenous dancers, musicians and artisans from around the world.

https://apnews.com/article/gathering-of-nations-powwow-indigenous-native-american-f9d69ff3b3a62d08f7f2116aa5465c61?

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The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler were taken there in October 1879, drafted into the U.S. government’s campaign to erase Native American tribes by wiping their children’s identities.

https://apnews.com/article/native-american-boarding-school-carlisle-pennsylvania-3d94e92ee1ba56145c96c66965a4acdc?

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A town in North Carolina is returning land to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

An important cultural site is close to being returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after a city council in North Carolina voted unanimously Monday to return the land.

https://apnews.com/article/noquisiyi-mound-eastern-band-of-cherokee-indians-61193017a9aaf281b3646c0cf3594407?

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For Indigenous Americans it’s unthinkable, but true. ICE is arresting, detaining Native Americans.

For Indigenous Americans it is unthinkable, but true.

https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/02/11/repub/for-indigenous-americans-its-unthinkable-but-true-ice-is-arresting-detaining-native-americans/?

ps:These people are unreal!!!!!

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Tribes sue to halt exploratory drilling in Black Hills near sacred ceremonial site

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Nine Native American tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska are suing the federal government in a bid to stop exploratory drilling for graphite near a sacred site in the Black Hills.

https://apnews.com/article/black-hills-tribes-mining-exploration-protest-cd7b175dbedf750889e26db3689d6398?

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Cherokee Nation integrates culture into new treatment center built with opioid settlement funds

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Culture is vital for recovery. That’s a lesson Juli Skinner, a citizen of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, learned during her time in foster care, years later working in child welfare and now, as the senior director of the Cherokee Nation’s behavioral health center.

https://apnews.com/article/tribes-opioids-cherokee-settlement-culture-addiction-treatment-e2184c74f88ae03d2de97c84e9c871fb?