Native and Indigenous News

A journalist and Carbondale local, Stewart Huntington, traveled back to his hometown of Minneapolis last month to report on ICE activities and local resistance efforts.

Crisosto, of Mescalero Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and Diné lineage, will serve as poet laureate for two years.

Apache, who lives in Lakewood, is a member of the Mescalero Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and Diné (Navajo) tribes, and is the first indigenous poet to serve as Colorado’s poet laureate.

From January 16-18, 2026, the First People's Festival in Estes Park brought together Indigenous artists, dancers, educators, and families for a fashion show, an art market, cultural demonstrations, and a powwow, creating a space for celebration, education, and remembrance.

The Canadian songwriter reflects on home and ambition as his sound grows bolder on Further from the Country.

Meth is a problem most everywhere, but particularly in Indian Country. In one small town on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, new buildings serve as symbols of a town trying to rebuild after being devastated by addiction.

Tribes are still figuring out how to start and finish renewable energy projects amid the Trump administration freezing or eliminating federal dollars from the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, which directed more than $720 million to Indian Country.

Drop it right now, before something bad happens to you.

The only problem: No one is fully fluent.

Campbell was the first Native American to chair the Committee on Indian Affairs and the only Native American to serve in the Senate during his two terms. Campbell and his wife have lived on a ranch on the Southern Ute reservation since 1978.