Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Native America

After Standing Rock, could a canceled mine project offer a roadmap for opponents of a new oil pipeline in South Dakota?

Nine groups in the Sioux Nation say an exploratory graphite drilling project endangered a recognized ceremonial site

The Guardian - US

Suspect faces 5 years in unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay

The only person ever charged in the unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay is set to be sentenced Friday in federal court

The Independent UK

Hunters in Alaska are allowed to kill bears from helicopters again – but only to save caribou

Caribou population began declining in the late 1990s and early 2000s

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Could gold mining help Colombia’s armed groups to finally lay down their weapons?

In Nariño, guerrilla groups are swapping arms for legal mining as part of the country’s peace accord. But as presidential elections loom, armed rivals and delays threaten to derail progress

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous people honor and raise awareness for relatives who are missing or have been killed

Indigenous people are gathering to honor loved ones who have gone missing or been killed

The Independent UK

Trump's Wall Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Native American Site—DHS Waivers to Bypass Environmental Rules

The Las Playas Intaglio, a 1,000-year-old geoglyph, was bulldozed despite its known cultural significance.

International Business Times UK

French senators clear path for return of Kali'na remains to French Guiana

French senators are preparing to debate a law that will allow the remains of six Kali'na indigenous people brought to Paris to feature in a human zoo to be sent back to French Guiana, after more than 130 years in the vaults of a museum in Paris.

Radio France Internationale

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Tribes sue to halt exploratory drilling in Black Hills near sacred ceremonial site

Nine Native American tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska are suing the federal government, bidding to stop exploratory drilling for graphite near a sacred ceremonial site in the Black Hills

The Independent UK

From Brazil's rainforest to Rio de Janeiro, an all-Indigenous soccer team gets set for its debut

Sávio Conrado Mura left his Indigenous village of stilt houses located deep in the Amazon rainforest to try his luck at professional soccer and hopefully one day play for the Brazilian national team at the World Cup

The Independent UK

Indian-origin Meenu Batra released from ICE custody after months; had been living in US for 35 years

An Indian-origin court interpreter who has lived in US for around 35 years has been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after weeks of legal battle over her detention.

The Times of India

Yazzie/Martinez plaintiffs ask to rewrite New Mexico education reform plan themselves

Plaintiffs in a long-running court case that seeks to fix New Mexico's education system are asking a judge to let them rewrite an education reform plan

The Independent UK

New DNA study reveals surprising link between South America’s first people and Australasia

The fulfilment of South America increases the last large human migration in history and took place after other continents were occupied at least 10,000 years apart, thus making it the final major landmass to be colonised; the new study published in Nature redefines what we know about that colonisation process,…

The Times of India

‘Dances With Wolves’ star turned cult leader sentenced after sexually assaulting multiple women

Nathan Chasing Horse has been sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault

The Independent UK

Human smuggler, who caused death of Indian family, asks US court to quash conviction, sentence

A man convicted in a human smuggling case linked to the deaths of an Indian family at the US-Canada border has moved an appeals court seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence, reports CBC News.

The Times of India

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Miss Indian World pageant winners mark the end of a decades-long tradition

It’s the final year of an event that bills itself as the largest powwow in North America, and the winners of the pageant that headlined it for decades are mourning the end of the tradition

The Independent UK

Once punished for weaving, this Mexican artisan uses her loom for LGBTQ+ resistance

Xaneri Merino, a transgender woman and artisan from southern Mexico, was once punished for weaving in her Indigenous community, where men are largely barred from weaving

The Guardian - UK

Canada’s residential school abuse survivors face fresh battle to stop testimony being destroyed

First Nation communities warn that government must act as accounts face destruction, risking central part of Canada’s reckoning with its colonial legacy

The Times of India

YouTuber Mykhailo Polyakov faces prison risk after illegal North Sentinel Island entry and contact attempt with tribe

Mykhailo Polyakov is facing up to five years in prison after entering North Sentinel Island and trying to contact the Sentinelese tribe. He reportedly left items like a coconut and Diet Coke. Authorities say this broke strict Indian laws protecting the isolated tribe. The case has raised safety concerns, and…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Suspect enters new guilty plea in the case of missing Navajo grandmother Ella Mae Begay

A man charged in the disappearance of a Navajo grandmother has pleaded guilty to robbery as part of a second plea agreement

The Independent UK

Tribal gas stations offer a reprieve from high prices during Iran war

Gas prices are still rising due to the Iran war but drivers are saving by fueling up at tribally owned gas stations

The Guardian - UK

Native Americans were gambling with dice 6,000 years earlier than anyone else, study says

Archaeological record suggests hunter gatherers were playing games of chance at the end of the last ice age

The Guardian - US

US conservatives sue to dismantle Native Hawaiian healthcare scholarships

Do No Harm activist group alleges ‘racial discrimination’ in program designed to support under-served communities

The Independent UK

Judge rejects plea agreement in case of missing Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay

A federal judge in Phoenix has rejected a plea agreement that would have allowed a man who acknowledged beating a Navajo elder and leaving her for dead to avoid more prison time

The Independent UK

Evers signs a law legalizing online sports betting in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill into law that legalizes online sports betting, making it the 33rd state to allow the practice

The Times of India

'We live on stolen land': Indian-origin woman speaks out at Frisco Council meeting against racism

An Indian-origin woman, Ankita, spoke at the recent city council meeting in Frisco and addressed the anti-India narrative being generated at these meetings without any repercussions. The woman said those who are blaming immigrants for all their problems are also immigrants or descendants of immigrants who came from Europe, as…

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Arizona State University

the US Forest Service

48 stories

Do No Harm

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.