Montana Free Press

The year on the Indigenous affairs beat

Indian Country faced a multitude of challenges in 2025, but also saw some big wins. On the horizon for 2026 is the ...
NBC Montana

After brother’s suicide, Blackfeet sisters create horse-based alternative to talk therapy

The air was getting colder, winds were picking up, the barn windows needed sealing, and Lynn Mad Plume was at a breaking ...
Yale Daily News

Yale adds new Indigenous, endangered languages to DILS program

For Estelle Balsirow ’26, language is more than a field of study: it’s a reclamation. Balsirow, a Kalmyk-American linguistics major, is one of the first Yale students to study Kalmyk — an endangered ...

Can N.J. lead the East Coast in psychedelic-assisted therapy? | Opinion

New Jersey is poised to become one of the first states on the East Coast to establish a regulated framework for ...
Montana Free Press

After brother’s suicide, Blackfeet sisters are creating a horse-based alternative to talk therapy

Wyatt always loved horses. He helped break colts with his father, and he started participating in rodeo when he was 3 years ...
CBC.ca

N.W.T. fund for meaningful Indigenous 'participation' in environmental assessments maxed out

Next week, the N.W.T. government will ask the federal government if its focus on development will be met with increased funds to a program intended to increase Indigenous communities' participation in ...
Alaska Public Media

New book highlights work of Indigenous photographers from the past and present | State of Art

A new book that showcases an under-explored aspect to the history of photography is the first of its kind. “In Light and Shadow: A Photographic History from Indigenous America” is a partnership ...
The Hamilton Spectator

Indigenous explainers: How the First Nations education program benefits School District 60 students

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — With her stoic demeanour and unmistakable presence, one might see Pat Jansen as an Indigenous knowledge keeper or storyteller. In a way, she is one: but rather than telling the ...
The Daily Advertiser

LSU Health launches hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy program in Lafayette

LSU Health Shreveport is launching Louisiana's first hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy program in Lafayette. The program combines online coursework with in-person clinical training to address the ...
The Conversation

Indigenous programs cost billions – but we know surprisingly little about what works

Summer May Finlay periodically consults to government on policy. She has received funding from the NHMRC. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Billions of dollars are spent annually on ...
MLive

These Michigan schools get funding to improve Indigenous programs

Eleven Michigan communities are getting funding to improve Indigenous criteria and educational resources, and to replace mascots and school imagery that is offensive or inaccurate in conveying Native ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Feds terminate University of Alaska grant funding for Indigenous student programs

The federal Department of Education is terminating about $350 million in funding for Title III grant programs aimed at serving minority university students, affecting millions in funding for the ...