Native and Indigenous News

The College's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to confirm Heather Shotton as the sole finalist to be the college’s new president. Shotton is a citizen of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and a Kiowa and Cheyenne descendant. She is currently the vice president of diversity affairs and acting dean of students.

New Mexico lawmakers have passed a bill to create an alert system for missing Indigenous people, a growing trend in the Mountain West region.

Residents of Westwater, a small Navajo subdivision in Utah, set their sights on water in the early 2000s. Now, after years of effort, their dream is turning into a reality.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is making new efforts to help solve Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) cases. Now, the federal agency is using forensic technology to help reunite the remains of Native Americans with their families and tribal nations.

About 400 water users on the Southern Ute Reservation and in La Plata County depend on the aging system. They will be left with a faulty water supply until ongoing maintenance issues are addressed.

Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce and government spending have reverberated across Indian Country. Native officials say the cuts could hit a vast array of core public services in tribal communities — even though the federal government is legally required to provide those services.

Peltier's imprisonment had symbolized systemic injustice for Native Americans across the country who believe in his innocence.

Of particular concern was a late January Office of Management and Budget memo that temporarily froze federal payments, and sowed ongoing uncertainty across the country.

The Fort Peck Tribe sent 11 bison to the Mosquito First Nation in Saskatchewan. It’s the first time bison have crossed the international border under the Yellowstone Bison Conservation Transfer Program.