The Latest Breaking News on Native America

Today, tourists from all over the world flock to Nevada to experience selective amnesia. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” the slogan goes. But Las Vegas’ culture of forgetting is more than drunken hijinks. The city’s existence depends on forgetting the colonial violence that made the Southwest. Since becoming…

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in New Mexico to roll out details of what federal officials are billing as the first-of-its-kind pilot program to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve connections between habitats

A judge in Montana refused to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the state’s unique constitutional requirement to teach students about Native American history and culture has not been upheld

WASHINGTON — A federal tribal energy loan program that has never been used is getting bipartisan attention from the leaders of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A lawsuit over a driveway-sized parcel in Juneau and a sales tax disagreement involving a food truck in Craig both highlight the learning curve facing city, state and tribal officials in Alaska as the federal government slowly accepts tribal lands into trust in the state.

An ambitious plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have long advocated for her to be freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium

The Akwesasne Mohawk police service continue a search for resident Casey Oakes as new details of victims emerge

Other lives: Scholar of Native American literature whose many books celebrated the writing of peoples across the continent

The first full Moon after the Spring equinox is known as the Pink Moon or Pesach Moon. Here's how to see it on Thursday, April 6.

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Inside an evacuation center at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Maria Adolfo-Morales and a disaster service volunteer listened to a woman describe her concerns in the Mixteco language.

Don't miss the rare hybrid eclipse, Lyrid meteor shower, Pink Moon, and more skywatching events in April 2023.