The Latest Breaking News on Native America

The family of a pregnant woman who was shot and killed by police in Colorado have filed a lawsuit against the police officers who were on the scene

An esteemed Native American leader who was the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs has died

Young leaders from 30+ tribal communities in Kerala frame Kochi Charter on Tribal Rights, affirming commitment to UNESCO & UN conventions. Charter lauds youth & elders for safeguarding intangible heritage & suggests workshops, registers, & candidature files for inclusion in National List of Geographical Indication. Edamalakudy panchayat, Idukki district, supports…

A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the state of Utah challenging President Joe Biden’s restoration of two sprawling national monuments that were downsized by former President Donald Trump

Court rules judge can hear case that alleges appointment of Mary Simon violates constitutional rules for bilingualism

A group of 63 retired IFS officers from different States have written letters to the top brass at the Centre, including the Prime Minister, Union Ministers of the MoEF&CC and Ministry of Tribal Affairs, expressing concern over the alleged misuse of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006.

One of the United States' biggest rail investments in more than a century could be an 88-mile line in Utah that would run through tribal lands and national forest to move oil and gas to the national rail network

The designation permanently prevents uranium mining in the region, which has poisoned the Colorado River

As representatives from nations that span the Amazon rainforest gather in Brazil to discuss protecting a region critical to countering climate change, Indigenous people are a constant presence reminding them of the stakes