/nativeamerican?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Native American Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:23:06 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2350271?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2350271 Congressional lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill that would give tribal nations expanded authority to prosecute non-Native drug traffickers and combat the opioid crisis on their reservations. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:56:48 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2350283?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2350283 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday said it's considering altering a Biden-era rule intended to increase participation in voluntary conservation programs, and asked the public for input. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:53:47 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2350255?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2350255 A Long Island tribe is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a Second Circuit ruling that rejected its challenge to New York's regulations on eel fishing harvests, arguing that if the decision is held, it would set a precedent allowing district courts to give up their gatekeeping roles on expert testimony. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:50:27 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2340320?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2340320 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that the Department of Government Efficiency could obtain unlimited access to Social Security Administration data on millions of Americans while a legal dispute over privacy concerns plays out. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:49:38 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2350340?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2350340 The New York State Education Department said it won't rescind a ban on the use of Indigenous mascots and names in public schools despite a threat from the Trump administration to pull its federal funding, telling the U.S. Department of Education instead that it's willing to broaden the regulation's reach. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:04:00 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2342370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2342370 As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Â鶹´«Ã½ School. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:20:34 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2350329?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2350329 A split Fourth Circuit panel has blocked a South Carolina federal judge's order directing the federal government to restore 32 congressionally funded grants that were frozen by the Trump administration, while casting doubt on nonprofits' and cities' legal challenge. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:14:40 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2350081?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2350081 A "sparse and self-serving" record provided by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management still shows the agency unlawfully directed federal agencies to fire probationary employees en masse, so a California federal court can reach a final decision now and "unwind" those terminations, a coalition including unions and advocacy groups said Thursday. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:25:04 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2349774?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2349774 Nineteen states, 16 former federal attorneys and a slew of civil rights groups are backing two North Dakota tribes in their efforts for an Eighth Circuit rehearing, arguing the appellate court's semantic shift regarding voting rights presents important questions that merit its full consideration. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:58:01 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2348990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2348990 The Federal Communications Commission heard from advocates more than 100 times in May on issues such as making room for 5G's use of the airwaves, licensing tribal spectrum, broadband mapping, the 12.7 gigahertz band, FCC satellite rules and more. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:48:12 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2350049?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2350049 A Maryland federal judge on Thursday temporarily enjoined the Trump administration's "mass closure" of AmeriCorps programs in two dozen states and ordered more than 750 national service members be restored, but declined to vacate the firing of AmeriCorps' paid staff. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:29:43 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2349470?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2349470 The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County provides needed clarity for infrastructure projects by expressly directing agencies to narrow environmental reviews, and reducing the threat of litigation if even tangential issues are not exhaustively evaluated, say attorneys at Dentons. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:18:35 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2348741?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2348741 The Trump administration's move to cancel grant programs created under the Digital Equity Act yields key legal and policy questions facing the executive branch, Congress and the courts, including how the administration plans to implement the cancellation of the Digital Equity Act's appropriations in the first place, say attorneys at Akin. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:36:07 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2349796?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2349796 The U.S. Department of the Interior is doling out $130 million to help states and tribes redevelop former coal mine sites. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:56:10 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2328074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2328074 After almost five years of running marathons, I’ve learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:49:50 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2349567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2349567 A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday asked a coalition of states and a clean-energy advocacy group for more specifics about the harm they allegedly will be caused by the Trump administration's decision to pause wind farm permitting, and said he wanted to move forward with a trial "promptly." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:45:21 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2349498?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2349498 California land that is transferred to a federally recognized Native American tribe would be exempt from state real estate transfer tax under a bill passed in the state Assembly.  Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:45:35 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2349260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2349260 North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Wednesday announced the creation of a state advisory council on cannabis to develop a comprehensive policy with respect to the regulation of hemp and marijuana. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:36:51 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2349205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2349205 A California federal judge ordered the Trump administration Wednesday to explain why preparations for layoffs at the State Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development do not violate an injunction she issued last month, saying she needed more details about the agencies' plans to evaluate their compliance. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:29:36 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2349191?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2349191 The U.S., Idaho and Native American tribes have hit Nu-West Industries Inc. with a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act lawsuit, alleging that hazardous substances from phosphate mining are being generated and disposed of at a dump site owned by the company within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest.