Media share from Inside Climate News on June 5, 2026 Tribes with bison herds are seeking negotiations with U.S. Department of Interior officials to ask for an exemption from new rules they have called “DEI for cattle.” By Blaine HardenJune 5, 2026 SEATTLE—Tribal bison were on an extraordinary roll before the second term of President Donald J. Trump. Herds were …

Media Share from X (@StoriesBySammi) on June 3, 2026 The federal government just banned bison from public land in Montana. Not cattle. Bison. Interior Secretary Burgum revoked grazing permits for 950 bison on 63,000 acres of federal land in northeastern Montana. The reason? Bison raised for conservation don’t count as livestock under a 1934 law. Bison raised for meat and …

Media Share from Sierra Club on June 2, 2026 A federal decision has propelled a Montana nonprofit into the center of a dispute over conservation and public lands By Jessica Baltzersen June 2, 2026 In north-central Montana, Phillips County stretches from the Little Rocky Mountains to the Canadian border in a sweep of high plains. With roughly 4,200 residents dispersed across …

May 21, 2026 Agency Village, South Dakota – The Coalition of Large Tribes (COLT)—an intertribal organization representing theinterests of the more than 50 tribes with reservations of 100,000 acres or more, encompassing more than 95% of the Indian Country lands and more than half the Native American population—submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of Petitioners in Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc., et al. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, et al. (No. 25-170), in which the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether federal law precludes state-law tort claims seeking damages from fossil fuel companies for the alleged impacts of interstate and international greenhouse gas emissions. “COLT felt it was important to voice tribal energy sovereignty concerns presented by the case,” said COLT Chairman J …

Media share from Native America Calling on May 18th, 2026 The U.S. Department of Interior just canceled grazing leases for hundreds of bison on federal land in Montana. The action halts the progress of a well-funded private group, American Prairie, that has been buying up land and acquiring leases in an ambitious conservation plan. The group often provides bison to tribes …

Media share from Inside Climate News on May 15th, 2026

May 12, 2026 The Coalition of Large Tribes is pleased to announce our establishment of our newest committee: The COLT Tribal Transmission Committee (CTTC). COLT is the national advocacy group for issues facing American Indian Tribes with land bases exceeding 100,000 acres. In forming the CTTC, COLT is recognizing that large land-base tribes have the potential to make a major …