The newly elected National Congress of American Indians executive committee was sworn in during the annual conference held in Seattle, Washington from November 16-21, 2025.
The executive committee will serve a two-year term from 2025-2027.
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A newly proposed Senate bill removes $7 million from the 2026 budget request for Native Community Development Financial Institutions, a decision Tribal leaders say threatens critical access to capital in Native communities.
✍️: Lyric Aquino, UNN + RFA
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‘Release the Pain We Carry:’ Scenes from MMIR Day of Awareness and Action.
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📸 : @jarrette-werk.bsky.social UNN + RFA
Next stop United Kingdom! Honored and humbled to be among the 10 Indigenous Affairs reporters from across the world to be invited by the Associated Press to participate in the AP Climate Storytelling + Skoll World Forum.
"It is unacceptable to evict us for nonpayment of rent if you do not even know how much we owe."
A growing number of tenants are decrying — including at a recent public protest — what they say is a pattern of unjust eviction notices, mismanagement and neglect by property managers.
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"It is unacceptable to evict us for nonpayment of rent if you do not even know how much we owe."
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“PSU really wanted to uplift Indigenous sciences alongside and equal to Western science in a STEM academic building, and I don’t know that there are a lot of examples of that elsewhere, maybe none,” Suzanne Estes, Chickasaw and Choctaw, said. “So it’s really unique in that perspective.”
More photos from Tribal Journeys 2024
Dozens of canoe families from across the region made their landing at sqʷuʔqʷuʔqʷaǰali, the “place befallen with water” or Owen Beach on July 30, 2024.
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Wishing I was a little Rez kid painting horses with my cousins at our grandparents’ house right now. 🐴🖌️🎨
Documenting moments I wish I had as a kid through my nieces’ eyes is healing. I’m so thankful our family does this for the youth today.
iiwosihoo3 – 'elk dog' or horse. 🦌🐕
#LithiumAmericas plans to extract the largest known #lithium deposit in the US, while also, destroying the final resting place of over 30 Paiute men, women & children who were massacred by the 1st NV Cavalry on Sept. 12, 1865 #ThackerPass #Greencolonialism #mining
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On Memorial Day, dozens of volunteers, including descendants of Native American boarding school survivors, Native community members, allies, and former Chemawa Indian School staff and students gathered to clean up the neglected Chemawa Cemetery, as it had become an overgrown dumping ground.
“We are the future,” Maize Countryman, 20, Northern Arapaho, Navajo and Eastern Shoshone of Idaho, said. “We are what our ancestors prayed for. Being able to see the happy Native youth and the smiles while at the Nike Headquarters, it’s just really exciting to see.”
Dancers filled the powwow circle for the grand entry of the 55th Annual Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days Powwow and celebration. Hundreds of families gather every year from near and far to participate in the powwow, traditional parade, rodeo, endurance horse races, stick game and more.
As a Two-Spirit spoken word poet, storyteller, Indigenous rights activist, internationally recognized self-published author, and U.S. Navy veteran, Shuína Skó is committed to uplifting and celebrating the Indigenous LGBTQIA2S+ experience.
In October, the nine federally recognized Native nations in Oregon, in collaboration with Oregon State University, announced the opening of what they believe is a first-of-its-kind facility dedicated to the repatriation of ancestral remains.
PSU officials say the center is unique in the college’s history due to its emphasis on incorporating the perspectives of BIPOC students throughout the planning and building process. They say it’s also unique on a national level in its uplifting of Indigenous knowledge alongside Western science.
Wɔéih phíííh níít’ɔin! Hello my relatives! My name is Jarrette Werk, I am Aaniiih & Nakoda from the Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana. I cover Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest for Underscore Native News via Report for America. Here’s some of my recent work ✍️📸
