Justice
California sues to stop National Archives closure that tribes say came without warning
California says closure would endanger tribal records, including boarding school files. Tribes say they weren’t consulted.
Indigenous Affairs
Molly Peterson
Environment and Health Editor
Melanie Henshaw, CalMatters-ICT
Indigenous Affairs Reporter
Politics
Thousands mark Indigenous Peoples Day on Alcatraz as tribes decry Newsom’s vetoes of tribal bills
Organizers and attendees at the twice-yearly sunrise ceremony criticized the governor’s vetoes of bills on water, sacred sites and missing and murdered Indigenous people.
Capitol
Newsom apologized to tribes for historic harms, but vetoed 2 bills that would have empowered them
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would’ve given tribal governments a greater voice in water projects and in preventing the destruction of sacred Indigenous religious sites on state land.
Commentary
Protecting California’s coastal waters helps heal the ocean — and its tribal caretakers
The Chumash community has asked California to protect more of the Pacific around the Channel Islands and to formalize a co-management framework.