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Colorado River compact negotiators see rocky road toward mediation
Amid decreasing supply, key agreements governing future water use along the Colorado River expired this year. So did initial deadlines to commit to new agreements.
Little mussels offer big flex for Chesapeake Bay watershed
The recent demolition of a dam has allowed hickory shad, eels and other species to thrive in new stretches of the South Anna River.
Fourth Circuit orders Army to return children's remains to Nebraska tribe
Samuel Gilbert and Edward Hensley died in the 1890s at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. A Nebraska tribe says the bodies should be repatriated for proper burial.
Nebraska couple claim museum violated civil rights with free admission for Native American tribe members
The couple argue the ticket policy treats customers differently based on race because membership in a Native American tribe is a “proxy for race.”
Federal judge rejects tribe’s bid to oust prediction markets in Wisconsin
The Ho-Chunk Nation failed to demonstrate that Kalshi’s operations in the state caused the tribe any irreparable harm, according to the judge.
Hawaii Legislature passes bills for automatic voter registration, native homestead rights
The Aloha State's legislative session ends Friday, with a landmark corporate spending bill still hanging in the balance.
Wisconsin sues tribe over non-Native fishing ban
The state insists it has exclusive authority to regulate fishing on 19 lakes within the outer border of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians reservation.
Hawaii eyes fix for a century-old issue in native homestead law
A conference committee vote Tuesday advanced a measure that would let nieces and nephews inherit Hawaiian home leases, keeping ancestral land within extended families.
California delta tunnels project gets partial green light
The Delta Stewardship Council denied appeals to the conveyance project, but remanded two issues to the state water department — meaning the project won't proceed immediately.
Wisconsin accuses prediction market sites of illegal sports betting
Wisconsin's newly minted event and sports betting scheme for Native American tribes doesn't give license to prediction market websites to run sports betting schemes in the state, its attorney general says.
California city sued by state over Native American remains discovered at luxury housing project
Multiple Native American remains and thousands of artifacts have been discovered at the site of a luxury housing development in Southern California.