Native and Indigenous News

There's an open call for Indigenous artists from the U.S. and Canada to submit their portfolios before a juried committee. Three semifinalists will then draft and present their concepts before a finalist is named.

Chip Thomas, a retired physician on the Navajo Reservation, is well known for his large photograhpic murals. Now, he's been recognized with a MacArthur "genius" grant.

The annual event is held at the former military fort and Indian boarding school south of Hesperus.

Earlier this month, a federal audit published by the Interior Department's Office of the Inspector General found that the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Missing and Murdered Unit is understaffed and its few special agents are spread thin — handling "unmanageable workloads" throughout Indian Country.

The day of remembrance is for the Indigenous children who were taken from their families and sent to boarding schools.

Tribal communities in Northern Nevada pass resolutions to ban data centers on their homelands and speak out against proposed data centers in the region.

The tribe wants the Bureau of Land Management to remove 2,500 acres on the reservation from an upcoming oil and gas lease sale.

Founder of the popular food and lifestyle blog The Fancy Navajo, Alana Yazzie of Queen Creek is now also the author behind "The Blue Corn Kitchen: A Navajo Story of Food, Family, and Tradition."

Municipalities across the Grand Canyon State are raising concern over the rapid rise of data centers, especially when it comes to water consumption in the drought-stricken Southwest.

The Native American Rights Fund finds disparities in voter registration, mail-in ballots and other stages of voting in Native communities