Native and Indigenous News

Farrell Hayes represents something that veteran firefighters say is harder to come by these days: a young person who wants to get involved in firefighting.

In this KSUT Conversation, we talk to Colten Ashley, KSUT Tribal Media Center Director, about the upcoming Native Lens Symposium, a celebration of Native American filmmaking.

The rural healthcare shortage has hit some tribal nations especially hard. One tribe in Nevada has found a solution: a doctor’s office on wheels.

For more than 50 years, Ed Singer has used oil paints on canvas to depict life in the Navajo Nation. In a style that is both realistic and abstract, Singer’s paintings portray the Indigenous experience using classical European painting techniques, and modern style.

Across the West, climate change is putting snow sports like skiing at risk. For Indigenous skiers, that adds to a long history of exclusion from the sport.

Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American agricultural system. The surprise find has archaeologists amazed.

Native American tribes, including one from Nevada, want the U.S. government to explain how it funded boarding schools for Indigenous children

Nationwide, tens of thousands of Indigenous households use firewood to help heat their homes. That’s why the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California is making sure their elders have the chopped wood they need.

The Tocabe American Indian Eatery in Denver is an effort to create a community-driven space where food reflects culture and identity. The restaurant sources ingredients from the Ute Mountain Ute and Navajo Tribes.

A Native American law group has launched a free online resource to help tribal nations obtain legal information about their water rights. This comes at a time when tribes face increasing water challenges.