Public Law 959, known as the Indian Relocation Act of 1956, was enacted on August 3, 1956. The National Archives has assembled an excellent online guide to BIA urban relocation records, including the original statute, federal relocation promotional materials, field
The Warrior Women Project Oral History Archive is a collection of online interviews, audio recordings, photographs, and written content documenting the women of the Red Power Movement from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Project website states:
These are stories
The Implementation Project will host its next quarterly meeting, “Tribes, Intertribal Organizations, and the Declaration,” on September 10, 2026, from noon–1:30 p.m. Mountain Time via Zoom. The roundtable will explore opportunities for international engagement and implementation of the UN Declaration
As some Tribes reject hyperscale data centers in Indian Country, others are embracing data center development. Others are imposing moratoria on data centers to allow for further studies and policy development. Below is a snapshot of what Tribes are doing.
July 20 article by Melanie Henshaw, published by InvestigateWest. Link to article is here. The article isn’t a polemical attack on tribes; it identifies a number of structural reasons for this phenomenon.
State Rep. Chris Stearns, D-Auburn, a citizen
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan (ITCMI) released its FY2025 Annual Report on August 10, 2026, and it reported that the federal government revoked more than $23 million in EPA grant funding, creating “substantial obstacles” for Tribal communities and programs across
Last Friday we posted on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s move to weaken Section 106’s consultation requirements. We emphasized that the proposed rule, which hasn’t yet been published in the Federal Register, may include a short window of 30
The Senate confirmed Mark Cruz (Klamath Tribes) to serve as Director of the Indian Health Service on August 7 by a 51-47 vote. His confirmation ended more than 18 months without a Senate-confirmed IHS Director following the departure of former
