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.
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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.