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
Citizens of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan’s largest federally recognized Tribe with more than 50,000 citizens, will vote on a proposed new Constitution that would significantly restructure its Tribal government.
The Tribe’s current Constitution,
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation voted 16–5 on July 24 to advance a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would substantially rewrite 36 C.F.R. Part 800, which implements Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Section 106 is a
I never had the chance to meet Ward Churchill. I first read him in the early 90s at Michigan in a Native Studies class taught by Estevan Rael-Galvez. Estevan assigned this book, one the featured Ward heavily:
I liked
Yesterday, on August 12, USACE granted Enbridge a Clean Water Act section 404 permit for the proposed four-mile tunnel to house Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac. The Record of Decision is here. The Corps stated its review
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