The Latest Breaking News on Native America

Recent leaks from oil sands tailings ponds have contaminated water, sowing mistrust among local First Nations people

UN summit in New York hears how resources needed for sustainable energy threaten Indigenous land and people

Climate change threatens to destroy humanity's past, but archaeologists around the world are fighting back.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her department’s approval of the contentious Willow oil project on Friday, saying that despite President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to end new drilling on federal lands, “We’re not going to turn the faucet off and say we’re not drilling anymore

A commission that oversees how the Rio Grande is managed and shared among three Western states has adopted a recommendation that could set the stage for more involvement by Native American tribes that depend on the river

Elders moved to tears as members of tribe and archaeologists recover canoe discovered in Lake Waccamaw two years ago

Worried about a pending U.S. Supreme Court case, some states aim to pass new laws ensuring American Indian children can stay in their tribal communities even if they’re placed in the child welfare system.

On March 29, two families of four died while attempting to cross the St. Lawrence River from Canada to the U.S. Their bodies were found in Akwesasne Mohawk territory which straddles the Canada-United States border.

Nearly a quarter of the activists murdered were Indigenous

WASHINGTON — Amid growing lawmaker interest in establishing domestic supplies of rare earth minerals, a coalition of tribal leaders, backed by some members of Congress, is calling on President Joe Biden to extend permanent protections to more than a million acres of land near the Grand Canyon that are home…

Amnesty urges president to grant clemency to Peltier convicted of killing two FBI agents in trial rife with due process violations