April 29, 2025
NEW ORLEANS — Among Native News Online readers, President Donald Trump has only a 11 percent approval rating in his overall job performance at the 100-day mark of his second presidential administration.
Currents
On April 24, Osage LLC celebrated a major milestone as Candy Thomas, Director of Self-Governance and Strategic Planning for the Osage Nation, and Osage LLC Board Member Rick Perrier accepted the keys to the newly renovated Skyway36 drone testing facility from Darren Burns, President and CEO of Wallace Design Collective.
From Our Partners
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Palm Desert, CA — California Indian Nations College (CINC) is proud to announce its seventh graduation cohort, marking a historic milestone as CINC celebrates its largest graduating class. The ceremony will take place in the Ballroom at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa on May 29, 2025.
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Opinion
Guest Opinion. In 2018, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act was reauthorized to provide more than $1 billion in federal funding and was overseen by the Department of Education (DoE). Each year, nearly $18 million of this funding provides career and technical education programs for American Indian and Alaska Native students through the Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP). This competitive grant is open to federally recognized Indian Tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, and eligible Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded schools.
Opinion. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the State of New York’s directive to remove Native American imagery from public schools.
Sovereignty
The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana officially broke ground today on its long-anticipated Ceremonial Center, marking a significant milestone in the Tribe’s ongoing journey of resilience, cultural renewal, and self-determination.
Last week in Detroit, Michigan, legal rights to the Fort Wayne Burial Mound were returned to the rightful caretakers, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP).
Education
On April 21, the 25th Navajo Nation Council passed legislation opposing Executive Order 14191, a federal directive issued by former President Donald Trump that encourages the use of federal education funds—including Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) resources—for private, charter, and religious schools.
ZUNI, NM — This spring, the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project is once again offering its traditional social dance class for elementary school students in partnership with the Zuni Public School District. Offered from Mar. 3 to May 2 in teacher Shanell Leekya’s physical education specials class, the ZYEP program serves 430 students in pre-K to 5th grade at Shiwi Ts’ana Elementary School.
Arts & Entertainment
The Broad Museum in Los Angeles will open a new exhibition on May 10 featuring work by Jeffrey Gibson, the first Indigenous artist to represent the United States solo at the Venice Biennale.
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will make its debut at EXPO CHICAGO this week, bringing contemporary Native art to one of the most prominent art fairs in North America.
Health
Environment
Two years after the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit, the U.S. Forest Service has released its appraisals for the proposed Oak Flat land exchange and mining project in Arizona.
ZUNI, NM — The Zuni Youth Enrichment Project announced today that it will be hosting an Earth Day trash cleanup event on Tuesday, April 22. Scheduled to take place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., the cleanup efforts will focus on the northeast side of Ho’n A:wan Park along the Zuni River bed and at ZYEP’s adopt-a-road location at Chimoni Drive and Shalako Drive.