CMS Issues Sample Coverage Decision Affecting Tribal Health Systems
Sample summary of a CMS coverage decision.
Native CDFI Closes $2M Loan Toward $23M Billings Health Clinic Build
Native American Development Corp. secured a $2M loan toward a $23M Billings health clinic — a Native CDFI anchoring the capital stack for Native-owned healthcare infrastructure.
H.R. 7396 Passes House: SBA Office of Native American Affairs Heads to Senate
The Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act passed the House by voice vote June 23 and awaits Senate Small Business Committee action; it would create an SBA Office of Native American Affairs.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Menominee Sovereign Immunity in Trust-Land Dispute
Wisconsin's high court ruled 4–3 that sovereign immunity bars a property-owners association's covenant suit against the Menominee Tribe over reacquired trust land, absent congressional abrogation or unequivocal waiver.
Interior Approves Nation’s First Tribal Energy Resource Agreement with Southern Ute Tribe
Interior executed the first-ever Tribal Energy Resource Agreement, giving the Southern Ute Indian Tribe direct approval authority over energy development on tribal lands — a template other energy tribes can now follow.
8(a) Oversight Intensifies: Senate Hearing, SBA Audit Fallout, and DoD Sole-Source Review
SBA audit fallout, a Senate Indian Affairs oversight hearing, and a DoD line-by-line review of large sole-source awards put tribal 8(a) contracting under intense scrutiny in 2026.
18 Native Organizations Release 34 Consensus Economic Policy Priorities for 2026
A coalition of 18 Native organizations issued a consensus brief of 34 federal policy actions for 2026, updating the economic-development agenda first delivered to the transition team in 2024.
ED, Interior, and Labor Hold Tribal Consultation on Indian Education Partnership Agreements
Education, Interior, and Labor held a February 2026 tribal consultation on the Indian Education Partnership Interagency Agreements, with a written comment window through March 12 — a textbook run of the EO 13175 consultation…