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Native News Weekly (July 26, 2026): D.C. Briefs WASHINGTON — In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C....

Native News Weekly (July 26, 2026): D.C. Briefs

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A Renewed Vision for Wellness Across the Cherokee Nation Reservation Guest Opinion For generations, Cherokee people have understood that wellness is about far more than treating illness....

A Renewed Vision for Wellness Across the Cherokee Nation Reservation

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The Impact of Gun Lake Casino Resort: 15 Years of Investing in West Michigan SHELBYVILLE, Mich. — Tribes are not the only beneficiaries of Indian gaming. In Michigan, tribal nations enter into gaming compacts with the state that establish guidelines for sharing a portion of gaming revenues with state and local governments, including public school systems....

The Impact of Gun Lake Casino Resort: 15 Years of Investing in West Michigan

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The Army Corps Faces More Than a Permit Decision. It Faces a Promise. Guest Opinion The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to make what many will see as a permitting decision on Enbridge's proposed Line 5 tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac....

The Army Corps Faces More Than a Permit Decision. It Faces a Promise.

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Q&A with White Mountain Apache Chef and Author Nephi Craig As White Mountain Apache chef Nephi Craig rose through the culinary world, he was pressed against the razor-sharp edges of generational trauma and substance abuse that would ricochet him from the kitchens of America's most prestigious fine dining restaurants to cooking for more than 7,000 of his fellow inmates in Maricopa County Jail....

Q&A with White Mountain Apache Chef and Author Nephi Craig

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Inside the Navajo Nation School Teaching Kids to Grow, Cook, and Reclaim Their Food Heritage On the edge of the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, the STAR (Service to All Relations) School has spent more than two decades redefining what education can look like....

Inside the Navajo Nation School Teaching Kids to Grow, Cook, and Reclaim Their Food Heritage

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Cherokee Film Productions Wins Three Regional Emmy Awards, Earns Nine Nominations Cherokee Film Productions received three Heartland Regional Emmy Awards and earned nine nominations during the 2026 Heartland Regional Emmy Awards, bringing the organization's total Emmy wins to 36....

Cherokee Film Productions Wins Three Regional Emmy Awards, Earns Nine Nominations

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Every Child Matters Awareness Walk Honors Lost Children and Promotes Prevention Across Navajo Nation Families, advocates, Navajo Nation leaders, and community members gathered Monday for the Every Child Matters Awareness Walk…...

Every Child Matters Awareness Walk Honors Lost Children and Promotes Prevention Across Navajo Nation

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Lummi Nation Granted Small Win in Sacred Burial Site Lawsuit A federal court has ordered a telecommunications company to notify the Lummi Nation 30-days before conducting any activity that may disturb the tribe’s sacred burial grounds on lands the tribe has occupied for thousands of years....

Lummi Nation Granted Small Win in Sacred Burial Site Lawsuit

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14 Arrested for Distributing Cocaine on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Fourteen people have been arrested in connection with distributing cocaine on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and beyond, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office....

14 Arrested for Distributing Cocaine on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

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Next on Native Bidaské: Deb Haaland on Leadership, Native Youth and Her Run for New Mexico Governor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ygc3SJ0Bk Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland joins Native Bidaské this Friday, July 24, at 12 p.m....

Next on Native Bidaské: Deb Haaland on Leadership, Native Youth and Her Run for New Mexico Governor

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Deb Haaland Criticizes Trump Administration’s Effort to Roll Back Chaco Canyon Protections Native Vote 2026 Democratic candidate for New Mexico governor Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) is renewing her defense of Chaco Canyon after the Trump administration proposed rolling back federal protections for lands surrounding the internationally significant cultural site....

Deb Haaland Criticizes Trump Administration's Effort to Roll Back Chaco Canyon Protections

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Federal Court Hears Tohono O’odham Nation’s Challenge to Border Wall Construction on Tribal Lands A federal district court in Washingotn, D.C. on Wednesday heard arguments in the Tohono O'odham Nation's lawsuit challenging the U.S....

Federal Court Hears Tohono O'odham Nation's Challenge to Border Wall Construction on Tribal Lands

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Rosebud Sioux Tribe to Build $4.6 Million Behavioral Health Treatment Facility The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is planning to build a new $4.6 million outpatient behavioral health treatment facility that tribal leaders say will strengthen community-led mental health and substance use treatment services while advancing tribal self-determination in healthcare....

Rosebud Sioux Tribe to Build $4.6 Million Behavioral Health Treatment Facility

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Historic Federal Oral History Project Concludes in Tulsa, Oklahoma After 22 Stops Across Indian Country After more than two years of traveling across Indian Country, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) has completed the U.S....

Historic Federal Oral History Project Concludes in Tulsa, Oklahoma After 22 Stops Across Indian Country

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Sen. Dan Sullivan Appeared Beside Confederate Flag at Anchorage Church Event Native Vote 2026 MS NOW report raises questions as Alaska Senate race with Democrat Mary Peltola intensifies....

Sen. Dan Sullivan Appeared Beside Confederate Flag at Anchorage Church Event

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Arizona as The Truth Teller Native Vote 2026 November election is a referendum on the future of MAGA and Trump Interesting night in Arizona....

Arizona as The Truth Teller