Native and Indigenous News

Jasmine Higheagle is the secretary for the Nez Perce Fish and Wildlife Commission. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to Higheagle about how the changing climate is impacting fish and water.

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe in southwest Colorado sitting above the border of New Mexico has entered the first-ever TERA — or Tribal Energy Resource Agreement — more than two decades after Congress enacted the law.

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.