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Rare-Earth Mine Near Mato Tipila Moves Into Federal Review With Public Comments Due This Month

A proposed rare-earth project promises jobs and strategic minerals, while the federal review identifies possible effects on water, air, public health, wildlife and places…

by LM Bruce

August 9, 2026

Health & Community

Mark Cruz Takes Charge of Indian Health Service With a 30 Percent Vacancy Rate and Decades-Old Facilities Backlog

The Klamath Tribes citizen has now been confirmed to lead IHS. His confirmation testimony provides unusually clear benchmarks by which Native communities can judge…

by LM Bruce

August 9, 2026

Culture & Language

Closure of Osage Language School Opens Deeper Dispute Over Money, Government and Cultural Responsibility

Daposka Ahnkodapi closed almost overnight after the Osage Nation executive declared a financial emergency. The disagreement that followed has become as much about government…

by LM Bruce

August 9, 2026

Sovereignty & Law

Prediction Markets Put Tribal Gaming Sovereignty Into a New Federal Jurisdiction Fight

Sports-event contracts sold as federally regulated financial products have created a question Congress can no longer easily avoid: when does a prediction market stop…

by LM Bruce

August 9, 2026

Business & Economy

Federal Grant Overhaul Replaces Long-Running SEDS Program With New Native Economic Priorities

The Administration for Native Americans has opened $27.5 million in new funding, but replacing the decades-old SEDS programme changes the rules governing what kinds…

by LM Bruce

August 9, 2026

Coffee On North Boulevard·Columns

Sometimes Island

I am remembering me the person I used to be long ago Sometimes Island sometimes you sometimes the wild berries and the pushki trials…

by LM Bruce

June 27, 2026

Coffee On North Boulevard·Columns

When You Return

When you return, your hair will be longer and your Alutiiq skin darkened from the sun’s reflection shining off the Pacific Ocean. “Ukalah!” I…

by LM Bruce

June 27, 2026

Coffee On North Boulevard·Columns

Old Houses

It is a humid Tuesday in July, and I am standing on the shoulder of a dirt road in northeast Wisconsin. I have pulled…

by LM Bruce

June 27, 2026

Coffee On North Boulevard·Columns

A Magical Suitcase Back to Kodiak

I was born and raised in Kodiak, a remote island in the Gulf of Alaska. For those who do not know it, Kodiak is…

by LM Bruce

June 27, 2026

Culture & Language·Featured·News

Alaska Native Leaders Say Totem Poles Are Not Tourist Props

Tlingit & Haida, Ketchikan Indian Community and the Alaska Native Heritage Center are calling for respect after social media videos showed visitors mocking Alaska…

by LM Bruce

June 27, 2026

Featured·Sovereignty & Law

Whose Law is the Law?

The Umatilla Tribes are moving closer to regaining civil jurisdiction more than 70 years after Congress expanded Oregon’s authority on their reservation. It took…

by LM Bruce

June 27, 2026

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LM Bruce

Rare-Earth Mine Near Mato Tipila Moves Into Federal Review With Public Comments Due This Month

Mark Cruz Takes Charge of Indian Health Service With a 30 Percent Vacancy Rate and Decades-Old Facilities Backlog

Closure of Osage Language School Opens Deeper Dispute Over Money, Government and Cultural Responsibility

Prediction Markets Put Tribal Gaming Sovereignty Into a New Federal Jurisdiction Fight

Federal Grant Overhaul Replaces Long-Running SEDS Program With New Native Economic Priorities

Sometimes Island

When You Return

Old Houses

A Magical Suitcase Back to Kodiak

Alaska Native Leaders Say Totem Poles Are Not Tourist Props

Whose Law is the Law?

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