Native and Indigenous News

Captain Paiute is, that's who. Las Vegas artist Theo Tso tells about his comic book character from a fictional tribe, who fights villains putting Indigenous peoples at risk.

While Nevada's supply of lithium would be able to create of hundreds of electric vehicles, it could come at the cost of Indigenous ancestral homelands and their ecosystems.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are moving forward with their climate plan despite the loss of state support and federal funding.

The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California bought over 10,000 acres of land from the city of Santa Clara. This is the first of many land purchases the tribe plans to make to restore Indigenous land and benefit the environment.

Captain Paiute, the main character of an Indigenous comic book series created by Theo Tso, brings the protection of the Southwest to the forefront from the perspective of an Indigenous hero.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the approximately 1,000-year-old geoglyph in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was disturbed by border wall contractors nearly two weeks ago.

The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands with the hopes of restoring Chinook salmon.

From Montana to Chicago, Indian Country's top cooks vied for the "Chopped" title, but two of them repped the Southwest on Tuesday night.

A partnership between UNLV and Fort Lewis College aims to increase the number of Indigenous students enrolled into graduate programs.

In southern Oklahoma, the Chickasaw Nation is planting trees to combat climate change. The project is also ensuring that Chickasaw culture gets passed down to the next generation.

Fort Lewis is a former federal Indian boarding school, making the appointment of President Heather Shotton significant because she is a descendant of boarding school survivors.

Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to Kiara Tanta-Quidgeon, a Mohegan community advocate and health researcher, about public health challenges facing Indigenous communities and the connections between health and climate.