Media Share from CNN on January 27th, 2025 (By Alaa Elassar, CNN) We encourage you to read the article on the original website: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/us/navajo-detained-ice-indigenous-immigration-trump/index.html CNN —  At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids …

The Coalition of Large Tribes Executive Director, OJ Semans Sr., appeared on The StoneZONE to discuss the nomination of RFK Jr. (media share) (https://rumble.com/v6d584a-rfk-jr.-receives-major-endorsement-as-confirmation-gains-momentum-the-stone.html)

January 22, 2025 Letter from the Coalition of Large Tribes  Dear Chairmen Crapo and Cassidy and Ranking Members Wyden and Sanders,  I write as Chairman of the Coalition of Large Tribes (COLT)—an intertribal organization representing the interests of the more than 50 tribes with reservations of 100,000 acres or more, encompassing more than 95% of the Indian Country lands and …

Letter sent to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on January 16, 2025

 January 14, 2025  AGENCY VILLAGE, SOUTH DAKOTA —— The Coalition of Large Tribes, an intertribal organization representing the interests 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, welcomes the statement issued today by the Department of the Interior …

Media Share from SDPB on January 15, 2024: https://www.sdpb.org/politics/2025-01-15/video-2025-state-of-the-tribes

U.S. Department of Interior, 01/15/2025 https://www.doi.gov/blog/advancing-united-nations-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples Advancing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is the leading international instrument articulating the individual and collective rights of Indigenous Peoples. It recognizes that Indigenous Peoples have fundamental rights to freedom, equality and non-discrimination, as well as rights related to self-determination, …

Please join us for a special webinar on taxation changes for Tribes, starting at 12PM Central on January 13th Topic: Indians Not Taxed Webinar Time: Jan 13, 2025 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83928514664?pwd=gyHCfbUgwwxnl0ttqPDmqjmq1NiyR5.1 Meeting ID: 839 2851 4664 Passcode: 224478 — One tap mobile +35722000888,,83928514664#,,,,*224478# Cyprus +35725054777,,83928514664#,,,,*224478# Cyprus — Dial by your location • +357 2 …

Media share from The Source on 01/09/2025 https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-01-09-2025-22479075 Letters To The Editor 01/09/2025 RE: “The Damned Deschutes”Nigel Jaquiss’s recent article misses the point. The story is not one of an electric utility, its critics and the health of the Deschutes River. That framing is too narrow. The real story is one of tribal sovereignty, resilience and self-determination. To be precise, …

BY O.J. SEMANS, SR.  JANUARY 09, 2025 Media Share from Native News Online (https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/president-biden-keep-your-promise-and-remove-the-medals-of-honor-from-wounded-knee-massacre-soldiers) Guest Opinion.  Of all the massacres, domestic and foreign, carried out by the U.S. Military, the Medal of Honor was never awarded, with one exception: the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29, 1890.  Presidents have used executive orders numerous times regarding military matters. On March 16, 1968, U.S. soldiers …