Native American

Navajo leader calls for tribal vice president’s resignation amid political upheaval

The president of one of the largest Native American tribes in the U.S. announced Tuesday he has removed responsibilities from…

October 15, 2024

Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the election

In 2020, Native voters proved decisive in the presidential election

October 15, 2024

Defendant pleads no contest in shooting of Native activist at protest of Spanish conquistador statue

Martinez will serve four years in prison with two years' parole if he complies with plea terms

October 8, 2024

Defendant pleads no contest in shooting of Native activist at protest of Spanish conquistador statue

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man pleaded no contest Monday to reduced charges of aggravated battery and…

October 8, 2024

Journalist to read, sign book on historic Supreme Court case

Rebecca Nagle to speak about her new book, “By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native…

October 7, 2024

How Native families are particularly impacted by food insecurity

One in three Native children experience food insecurity across the U.S.

October 4, 2024

Accept our king, our god − or else

The senseless ‘requirement’ Spanish colonizers used to justify their bloodshed in the Americas

October 4, 2024

The Navajo lawmaker bridging past and future

Sen. Shannon Pinto, the only Diné member of the New Mexico Senate, serves a constituency whose lives have been threatened…

October 3, 2024

Victims, police expert among those who can testify in 2023 Oñate shooting trial, judge rules

Trial judge resolves evidence and testimony disputes one week before trial is scheduled to begin

October 1, 2024

Santa Fe City Council delays vote on the fate of controversial monument

Deep divisions within New Mexico’s capital city and an ongoing court battle complicate deliberations on the obelisk

September 27, 2024

Judge in 2023 Oñate shooting case to call 80 potential jurors

Prospective jurors’ knowledge of the case could disqualify them

September 27, 2024

The boyfriend of a Navajo woman is set to be sentenced in her killing

Case became representative of an international movement that seeks to end an epidemic of missing and slain Indigenous women

September 23, 2024

‘Respect tribal sovereignty’: The new Navajo law regulating radioactive material transportation

Most significant change requires advance notification from any company that plans to transport radioactive materials across the Navajo Nation

September 23, 2024

U.S. judge unlikely to rule until next week as Arizona tribe fights to extend ban on lithium drilling

Hualapai Tribe says the energy exploration will harm lands it has used for ceremonies for centuries

September 19, 2024

Community members want deputy who killed Mescalero Apache teenager charged

A girl kneels in front of a memorial for Elijah Hadley, a 17-year-old Mescalero Apache boy killed by an Otero…

September 17, 2024

Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium

Updated law calls for more advance notification of plans to ship uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine

September 2, 2024

Senators demand the USDA fix its backlog of food distribution to Native American tribes

A bipartisan group of senators is demanding immediate action from USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack after several tribal nations reported that…

August 23, 2024

Judge blocks Arizona lithium drilling that tribe says is threat to sacred lands

Operation suspended until judge hears initial arguments at a Sept. 17 hearing

August 22, 2024

Arizona tribe wants feds to replace electrical transmission line after a 21-hour power outage

Tribal officials say the transmission line fails routinely

August 13, 2024

Rez dogs are feeling the heat from climate change

Much of the problem has roots in the COVID-19 outbreak

August 12, 2024

Whalers seek international OK for continued harvest of bowhead whales

‘Our past people, they relied on the whale for survival. And today we still rely on this whale in 2024’

August 9, 2024

At least 95 Indigenous children died in federal boarding schools in New Mexico

At least 3,500 children from dozens of tribal nations attended New Mexico schools

August 6, 2024

Arizona governor negotiates pause in hauling of uranium ore across Navajo Nation

PHOENIX (AP) — A uranium producer has agreed to temporarily pause the transport of the mineral through the Navajo Nation…

August 3, 2024

Navajo Nation plans to test limit of tribal law preventing transportation of uranium on its land

Tribal police plan to stop trucks carrying the mineral

July 31, 2024