Native American

Navajo Nation commission issues report on Gallup schools’ disparate discipline for Native students

Human Rights commission says district should develop ‘restorative justice’ alternative to expulsion

March 5, 2026

Navajo parents at rural school ask: Where is money going?

A sign protesting emissions from oil and gas stands across from Lybrook Elementary School, in Counselor, New Mexico, Navajo Nation,…

February 24, 2026

Associated Press New Mexico

New Mexico launches investigation of forced sterilization of Native American women

EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) — In the 1970s, the U.S. agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of…

February 21, 2026

Bill that would have allowed Native American designation on IDs dies

Designation would have helped prove they’re also U.S. citizens if confronted by ICE

February 20, 2026

New Mexico Senate calls for study of forced sterilization

In the 1970s, a doctor concluded that one in four Native women had been sterilized without their knowledge or consent

February 16, 2026

Associated Press New Mexico

Indian Health Service to phase out use of dental fillings containing mercury by 2027

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans and Alaska Natives has announced it…

February 15, 2026

Green or not, U.S. energy future depends on Native nations

Native lands contain 30% of the nation’s coal, 50% of its uranium and 20% of its natural gas

February 11, 2026

N.M. memorial calling for study of forced sterilization against women of color advances

New Mexico would be the first state to acknowledge the history of eugenics practices in the U.S., expert says

February 6, 2026

Lawmakers want upgrades to missing persons systems

$1.5 million requested upgrade systems and pay full-time employees

February 3, 2026

Associated Press New Mexico

Polly Cooper, an Oneida woman who helped save Washington’s army, is honored on $1 coin

EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) — The reverse side of the U.S. Mint’s 2026 Sacagawea $1 coin will feature Polly Cooper, a…

January 30, 2026

Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the U.S.

Tribal leaders have advised citizens to carry tribal IDs at all times

January 30, 2026

Governor asks New Mexico lawmakers to fund tribal media

A majority of tribal stations surveyed expect to be operational for another six months to two years

January 29, 2026

ACLU NM director marks MLK Day with calls for New Mexicans to stand with neighbors under threat

NAACP official says group will support legislation updating police training curriculum

January 20, 2026

Mining company announces milestone in push to dig new uranium mine in N.M.

State’s review could set precedent for first new uranium mine in 40 years, environmental lawyer says

January 16, 2026

Tribes stake their claim on the Colorado River, and help conserve it

Tribes ‘flex their sovereignty,’ intend to develop water rights

January 6, 2026

‘I’ve lived it’: Valeria Alarcón pushes for state funding for rural, tribal health councils

Valeria Alarcón, executive director of the New Mexico Alliance of Health Councils, hosts Public Health Day at the Legislature in…

December 30, 2025

New Turquoise Alert for missing Native people has been issued just six times

State police deny most requests

December 17, 2025

New Mexico U.S. Sen. Heinrich reintroduces act to strengthen tribal buffalo herds

InterTribal Buffalo Council has been pushing to return buffalo to tribal land for more than 30 years

December 16, 2025

Judge gives Yazzie/Martinez plaintiffs more time to respond to state’s plan

A school bus parks outside the New Mexico State Capitol in January 2023. Bella Davis/New Mexico In Depthcca A state…

December 10, 2025

Associated Press New Mexico

FBI surge leads to charges in 2020 killing in Native American community

BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — Unconditional love. That’s what Vangie Randall-Shorty felt the moment she first held her son. She still…

November 26, 2025

New Mexico legislators express concerns about judiciary’s role in education policymaking

Next round of comments in Yazzie/Martinez plan due in December

November 24, 2025

The Indian Health Service is flagging vaccine-related speech. Doctors say they’re being censored.

Margo Yeager, chief nursing officer at the Southern Ute Health Center, fills a syringe with the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine March…

November 24, 2025

New Mexico delegation, Pueblo leaders ask Interior Secretary to protect Chaco Canyon

BLM working to revoke the 10-mile barrier around the historic site

November 24, 2025

Lawmakers call for study of forced sterilization of Indigenous women

Thousands of women were sterilized in the 1970s at IHS areas, including Albuquerque

November 17, 2025