August 22, 2025
A federal judge in Miami ruled late Thursday that Florida is prohibited from transferring any more individuals to the Everglades detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz."
Currents
WASHINGTON — In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently.
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Opinion
Guest Opinion. The emerging technology of artificial intelligence suggested that soon we would all be losing our jobs. The Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America first recognized that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could take their identities and do their jobs, and negotiations to protect them were intense. Some suggest physicians and lawyers will soon be out of a job with AI. News like the student at MIT who dropped out because we will all be dead due to AI before she can graduate promises sensational headlines. For now, humans are still needed and AI is still not replacing us, but let’s revisit some of the ideas of UBI (Universal base income) and how much our identities are tied with our occupation.
Guest Opinion. Cherokee Nation stepped forward again this summer to meet a need too great to ignore: feeding hungry children.
Sovereignty
A federal judge in Miami ruled late Thursday that Florida is prohibited from transferring any more individuals to the Everglades detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz."
The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) is pleased to announce a major legal victory as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Judge Gleason’s ruling in the Kuskokwim case, affirming that the Katie John decisions remain binding precedent. The court’s opinion, released this morning, confirms that when Congress enacted Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), it intended to create a rural subsistence fishing priority in navigable waters on federal lands—a principle established decades ago in the Katie John cases.
Education
When Jrianna began kindergarten at Oceti Sakowin Community Academy (OSCA) in 2022, her family was in the midst of deep grief. Her mother, Shena White Calf, remembers her daughter seeming lost—until she stepped into OSCA’s Lakota dual-immersion environment. In just a few months, that spark returned.
The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is proud to share that the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts (Coe Center) will transfer ownership of its physical campus building—located at 1590 Pacheco Street B in Santa Fe, New Mexico—to IAIA during the week of December 15, 2025. This significant and forward-looking gift is part of the Coe Center’s Rehoming Program , a visionary initiative designed to ensure the long-term care and intentional use of its facilities and programming.
Arts & Entertainment
BYNG, Okla. — Hannah Wolfe, 13, won the 2025 Red Earth Youth Art contest, making this her second consecutive year bringing home the gold in the art competition.
Santa Fe Indian Market is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Best of Show, Best of Classification, and Special Awards.
Health
Environment
President Donald Trump took a strong stance on Tuesday on the ongoing Resolution Copper dispute, issuing pointed criticism of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals following its decision to temporarily halt the planned land transfer.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency injunction on Monday, temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s plan to transfer Oak Flat—a sacred and ecologically sensitive area in Arizona—to a private mining company. The decision comes as three separate lawsuits challenging the controversial land exchange continue to move through the courts.