The Latest Breaking News on Native America

For centuries prior to modern conservation efforts, indigenous communities cared for the oceans with a fundamentally different philosophy – treating marine environments as family rather than a commodity. With the UN High Seas Treaty set to come into force in January, their knowledge is being formally recognised in the governance…

Oglala Sioux chairman calls Hegseth's decision

Historical records say the US army killed about 250 Lakota Sioux people in the 1890 massacre in South Dakota

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for the actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards

Ecuador’s plans to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration for more than $47 billion has prompted opposition from seven Indigenous peoples in the Amazon

The map is one of thousands of archaeological and cultural items reclaimed by Mexico in recent years

‘This is me shouting into the wind for change,’ said Tim, who lives in the Navajo Nation, where a third of residents have no running water. ‘But it falls on closed ears’

Tribes say the Lumbee need traditional routes for recognition.

Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster

On the eve of New York Climate Week, activists and members of the public have gathered to protest the financial institutions that are “making our lives more expensive while profiting off the climate crisis, war and genocide,” the organizers say

Indigenous broadcasters scramble to maintain weather alerts, language programs and local news