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Navajo alarmed by reports of Indigenous people caught up in Trump immigration raids
Group takes steps to protect members after ‘traumatizing’ reports of people being stopped or detained by agents
Climate change is a strain on the 13,000 Navajo families without electricity
Nationwide, nearly 17,000 homes on tribal lands still need electricity hook-ups. A majority are spread across the Navajo Nation, where climate change is making it harder for families to keep cool. A mutual aid program, however, has helped to change lives.
‘A place to heal’: Native tribes urge Biden to protect sacred lands before leaving White House
Environmental groups are also petitioning Biden to protect Sáttítla, Kw’tsán and Chuckwalla in California
Biden designates two new national monuments after advocacy from tribes
Chuckwalla and Sáttítla monuments in California will be safeguarded against extraction and energy development
California tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’
After four dams were blasted from the Klamath River, the work to restore the ecosystem is under way
Happy Native American Heritage Month From the Army That Brought You the Trail of Tears
After 170 years of armed attacks, forced relocations, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of Native Americans, the U.S. military wants to celebrate.
Navajo leader calls for tribal vice president’s resignation amid political upheaval
The president of the Navajo Nation, one of the largest Native American tribes in the U.S., has removed responsibilities from his vice president.
One of North America's densest collections of Indigenous mounds is at risk. What it means.
It's a product of climate change, which is causing wetter conditions across the upper Midwest, and manmade change to the river, altering its flow.
Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the election
Many Native Americans are coming together for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they face with a focus on the election.
These Native tribes share a history. A conflict steeped in colonialism is tearing them apart
A complicated legal fight between the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the Poarch Creek Indians could have ripple effects throughout Indian country
1.4M gallons of fluid leaked from Dakota Access drilling, report says
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which wants the oil pipeline shut down, says spills near Lake Oahe were environmental violations.
"By the Fire We Carry": Cherokee Author Rebecca Nagle on the Ongoing Fight for Tribal Sovereignty
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-ytWe're joined by award-winning Cherokee writer and journalist Rebecca Nagle, whose new book, By th...
Arizona's Oak Flat is sacred land to some Native Americans, but it's endangered by a plan for a mine
Oak Flat, a mountainous area east of Phoenix, is an Apache sacred site where Native Americans gather to pray and perform coming-of-age ceremonies and sweat rituals.