Media Share from ICT on August 1, 2024https://ictnews.org/news/boarding-school-report-government-should-return-school-lands-to-tribes The final report from the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative shines light on South Dakota site that tribes say has a troubled history The story of Indian boarding schools – children stripped from their homes and forced into foreign lifeways – is a story of brutally disrupted lives, families and cultures that …

July 30, 2024 Assistant Secretary Newland completes investigation, releases final report The Department of the Interior today announced next steps on the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, launched in June 2021 by Secretary Deb Haaland as the first-ever comprehensive effort by the federal government to recognize the troubled legacy of past federal Indian boarding school policies with the goal of addressing …

Media statement sent from COLT and NIWRC Portland, OR: On July 24, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s decision in L.B. v. United States, stating that the lower court was wrong to grant summary judgment in the federal government’s favor and dismiss L.B.’s lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). L.B.’s claims against the federal …

On December 28, 1890, the U.S. Army intercepted the band of Miniconjou Lakota, mainly women and children, on their way to Pine Ridge Reservation. As the military called together the Sioux men to confiscate their weapons, soldiers began indiscriminately shooting. They killed the mostly unarmed Native men, as well as the women and children who were in a separate section …

A voting rights Equal Protection claim was filed in Utah federal court Wednesday, suing the Utah Lieutenant Governor and county officials who are responsible for Utah elections, seeking to enjoin them from certifying the results of the June Utah primaries on July 22 as scheduled and requiring them to count certain mailed ballots they have refused to count. The issue …

Media Share from Law 360 on June 21, 2024https://www.law360.com/appellate/articles/1812229# “Native women are more likely to be victimized by domestic violence than any other population in the United States. Today, in United States v. Rahimi, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered an important victory for Indian Country in upholding 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), a federal statute that provides Native victims of domestic violence with critical …

Photo Courtesy of the Office of Public Affairs (Pictured from Left to Right: Sammy Matsaw Jr., Devon Boyer, Ladd Edmo, Donna Thompson, Lee Juan Tyler, Ronald Todd Appenay and Nancy Eschief-Murillo). June 11, 2024 Fort Hall, Idaho – Today the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes officially swore in and seated a new Fort Hall Business Council (FHBC) in the Tribal Business Center Council Chambers.   …

Marvin Weatherwax Jr., Chairman of the Coalition of Large Tribes, was amongst Indigenous lawmakers honored with the ACLU of Montana 2024 Jeannette Rankin Civil Liberties Award. ACLU of Montana: 2024 Jeannette Rankin Civil Liberties Award https://www.aclumontana.org/en/2024-rankin-awards The ACLU of Montana proudly presents the 2024 Jeannette Rankin Civil Liberties Award to the members of the Montana Legislature’s 2023 American Indian Caucus. …

Press release share from Oglala Sioux Tribe, Office of the President, Frank Star Comes Out May 30, 2024 THE OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM’S TRIBAL PUBLIC SAFTETY CRISIS SUMMIT ON JUNE 24, 2024 AT PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA. (Pine Ridge, S.D.) Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out announced today-thatthe Oglala Sioux Tribe will not …

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, is proud to stand
with the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center in support of L.B., a Northern Cheyenne
woman raped by an on-duty Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement officer seeking federal
government accountability. The case is L.B. v. United States , No. 23-35568.