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The long journey home for John James Witherspoon, a tribal citizen of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians who was killed while fighting in Ukraine last year, is almost complete.
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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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Thousands gathered on Saturday, one month to the date, to celebrate the life of Renee Nicole Good at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), vice chairman, will hold an oversight hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. ET. The hearing is titled: “Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program.”
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The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition on Thursday welcomed the introduction of a bipartisan House measure aimed at addressing the legacy of federal Indian boarding school policies in the United States.
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Members of the 25th Navajo Nation Council met Thursday with New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to advocate for the Nation’s legislative priorities, including education, housing, infrastructure and Capital Outlay funding.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Community members, Indigenous leaders and advocacy groups plan to hold a public memorial Saturday in Powderhorn Park to honor the lives of Renee Good, Alex Pretti and others killed during federal immigration enforcement operations.
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When Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the headlines came and went fast. But in Indian Country, the effects didn’t fade.
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President Trump’s massive spending bill, signed into law last July, strips tribes of billions in clean energy spending and could have devastating effects on Native communities’ access to healthcare and food assistance. That’s according to a new report from the Brookings Institution examining the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” (OBBBA) and its potential influence on clean energy, Medicaid, and food programs in Indian Country.
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