Native and Indigenous News
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Crystal Ashike/KSUT Tribal RadioKino Benally’s unique ability to capture sounds from the environment and orchestrate them into music—whether for film or for dancing—has earned him widespread admiration. -
Eric Gay/APThe Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. -
Claire Harbage/NPRA public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department. -
Tribal Water Media Fellowship
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A new national survey by the Urban Indian Health Institute is working to reveal how widespread traumatic brain injuries are among Indigenous survivors of domestic and sexual violence. -
No Turquoise Alert had been issued but on Monday, authorities discovered human remains in Navajo County near the Knots Landing community in Whiteriver on the Fort Apache Reservation. -
Once that critical mineral is dug up, it will leave the Copper State entirely. Despite the six-decade project still not being greenlit, the pair of global mining giants – BHP and Rio Tinto – behind it hope the huge gamble pays off. -
It's been an interesting few weeks since Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren suddenly fired the tribe's controller. The Navajo Nation Council contends Nygren's recent behavior has been "unlawful." -
NoiseCat is the son of an Indigenous Canadian father and white mother. After a cultural genocide, he says, living your life becomes an existential question. His new memoir is We Survived the Night. -
The data system will be used to track cases and support the families of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. -
Senate Republicans confirmed William Kirkland among more than 100 Trump nominees along party lines — while Democrats, including Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, voted against it a week into the government shutdown. -
The Hopi Tribe received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to install solar panels and battery storage systems for hundreds of homes. But the Trump administration has canceled the funding. -
History Colorado will host listening sessions for survivors of federal Indian boarding schools and descendants across the state. Two sessions will take place in Durango in October and November.
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On the Flathead Indian Reservation in Northwest Montana, picking apples means there’s less food to attract bears. -
The conference in White Mesa, Utah, focused on abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation and the operating uranium mill near the Ute Mountain Ute community in White Mesa. -
The move, by the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California would give rights of nature to the water, marking a historic first.
