Good Morning NUNAverse, Last week, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) held a hearing on Native priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization. SCIA heard testimony from Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska President Richard...

Good Morning NUNAverse, Indian gaming revenues soared to a historic high in 2022, reaching nearly $41 billion, the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) reported last week. The NIGC said gross gaming revenue (GGR) for fiscal year 2022 grew 5% to $40.9 billion, an...

Good Morning NUNAverse, Indigenous research by Indigenous People for Indigenous People. NUNA is partnering with the Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity Center (RISE) to host its inaugural Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity Conference and...

Good Morning NUNAverse, Following the first nine stages of the Tour de France, Neilson Powless (Oneida) leads the Tour’s climbers competition by 18 points, meaning he currently wears the polka dot jersey and is in position to become the first rider from the...

Good Morning NUNAverse, On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education institutions, ruling on admissions practices at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Using the 14th Amendment as the...

Good Morning NUNAverse, The Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling against the Navajo Nation in its attempts to secure water rights to the Colorado River. The high court ruled that the 1868 treaty in question — in which the Navajo Nation reservation was...

Good Afternoon NUNAverse, Last week, the Supreme Court left in place the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which was enacted to address concerns that Native children were being separated from their families and, too frequently, placed in non-Native homes....

Good Morning NUNAverse, Last week, the Supreme Court rejected a gerrymandered voting map in Alabama, upholding a key portion of the Voting Rights Act. Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh sided with the court’s liberal justices and found that Alabama’s...

Good Morning NUNAverse, Hundreds of square miles in New Mexico will be withdrawn from further oil and gas production for the next 20 years on the outskirts of Chaco Culture National Historical Park, the Biden administration ordered last week. The new order...