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"I can just tell you now, we will be retaining advanced appropriations": Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), Chair of House Committee on Appropriations, vows to protect advance funding for Indian Health Service after Trump administration proposed to eliminate it in #FY2026 budget request. #HonorTheTreaties
June 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"An ancient sacred site will be destroyed, replaced by a 2-mile-wide crater."

Read Justice Neil Gorsuch's dissent, joined oddly enough by Justice Clarence Thomas, in a long-running dispute over a proposed copper mine at Oak Flat in Arizona, a site sacred to the Apache people.
May 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"For centuries, Western Apaches have worshipped at Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, or Oak Flat.

No more. Now, the government and a mining conglomerate want to turn Oak Flat into a massive hole in the ground."

In 17-page dissent,Justice Neil Gorsuch blasts Supreme Court for refusing to hear sacred site case.
May 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"I am finally going home": After spending nearly 50 years behind bars, American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier is finally free. #LeonardPeltier #NDNCollective
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February 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Photo of Leonard Peltier by Angel White Eyes, Courtesy NDN Collective, following his release from federal prison in Florida on the morning of Tuesday, February 18, 2025. LeonardPeltier @ndncollective
February 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NDN Collective is hosting a celebration for Leonard Peltier at 12pm CST at the Sky Dancer Event Center in Belcourt, North Dakota, on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.

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February 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“I AM FINALLY GOING HOME”: Leonard Peltier was released from federal prison in Florida on the morning of Tuesday, February 18, 2025.

“Today I am finally free! They may have imprisoned me but they never took my spirit!” Peltier said after spending nearly 50 years behind bars.
February 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“The proof will be in the pudding”: In Congressional response to State of Indian Nations, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) says Congress needs to hear from Indian Country about policy changes affecting federal funding, education, health care and immigration. Share your stories! #SOIN2025
February 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“We stand firm. We hold our ground”: With photo of his great-great grandmother Leona on screen, National Congress of American Indians President Mark Macarro (Pechanga) calls on Indian Country to persevere amid massive changes in political landscape. Leona lived to be 115 years. #SOIN2025
February 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“This is all kinds of wrong”: National Congress of American Indians President denounces detention of Native people during immigration raids, adding: “No one is illegal on stolen land” to applause as NCAI opens executive council winter session in Washington DC. #SOIN2025
February 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“Health care priorities will strengthen tribal sovereignty”: In State of Indian Nations, NCAI President Mark Macarro calls on Congress to pass bipartisan bills to elevate Indian Health Service within Department of Health and Human Services & to fully support urban Indian health providers. #SOIN2025
February 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“It’s time to speak up. It’s time to stand up”: National Congress of American Indians President Mark Macarro (Pechanga) calls on tribal leaders to hold the U.S. government accountable for trust and treaty obligations amid “confusion” and “chaos” in Washington DC. #SOIN2025
February 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“It’s been a tumultuous first few weeks of the new administration”: National Congress of American Indians President Mark Macarro (Pechanga) says he’s neither “hopeful” nor feeling “despair” as he delivers the 2025 State of Indian Nations in Washington DC. @NCAI1944 #SOIN2025
February 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
National Congress of American Indians Youth Commission Co-Presidents Madison Brown (Seneca) and Angelina Serna (Turtle Mountain/Oneida) are emphasizing Indian education as #SOIN2025 gets underway in Washington DC.
February 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
National Congress of American Indians Executive Director Larry Wright Jr (Ponca) opens the State of Indian Nations in Washington DC. #SOIN2025
February 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Tune in for the 2025 State of Indian Nations!

The address, delivered by National Congress of American Indians President Mark Macarro, comes amid major political change and uncertainty in Washington, DC. #NCAI #SOIN
February 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Tribes are classified as political entities because of their longstanding history as sovereign nations that existed before the United States was formed”: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) calls on the Trump administration to protect federal funds owed to tribes under the trust and treaty relationship.
February 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
OMB Memorandum M-25-13 is rescinded.
January 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Executive Grant of Clemency to Leonard Peltier. Signed by JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., President of the United States of America, on January 19, 2025. #LeonardPeltier #JoeBiden
January 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM