Native American

More than $2 million in federal funding will go to expand rental assistance for Native American veterans who are unhoused or at risk of becoming homeless nationwide.

The author of the book “Medicine River” discusses the traumatic history of Native children being forced to attend American boarding schools for over a century and the experiences of her own mother at one such school in northern Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin justice department’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force is in the final stages of preparing a report with recommendations on how to prevent homicide, trafficking and violence against Indigenous women in Wisconsin.

In the wake of sweeping federal funding cuts by the Trump Administration in recent weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture grants that fund tribal colleges and universities in Wisconsin and beyond have vanished.

Gov. Tony Evers is urging Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to address uncertainty or potential delays for Wisconsin road and bridge projects that receive federal funding or approval.

Thomas Fowler, tribal chair of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, gave the annual State of the Tribes address on Tuesday at the state Capitol.

Wisconsin tribes and GOP lawmakers urged a state Senate committee to support passage of bills that largely expand tribal representation or rights in schools,. They include allowing students to wear tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies.

The Department of Government Efficiency led by billionaire Elon Musk is terminating leases for at least 16 federal offices in Wisconsin, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Ashland.

The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa said it won’t block access to roads or ticket nontribal residents for trespassing on tribal lands in a longstanding dispute with the town of Lac du Flambeau.

The Ho-Chunk Nation Museum and Cultural Center in Tomah seeks to preserve and promote the tribe’s history and culture. “If it weren’t for Ho-Chunk people, we wouldn’t have the state as it exists today,” said Josie Lee, center director.