As hundreds of federal and local agents scoured the Arizona desert and chased down potential leads in the nearly two weeks since Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her affluent…
Read more Hundreds of agents search for Nancy Guthrie as her case spotlights other families left behindLAS VEGAS — A Nevada jury on Friday convicted “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse of sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls in a case that sent…
Read more ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse convicted on sexual assault chargesLAS VEGAS — A Nevada jury on Friday convicted “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse of sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls in a case that sent…
Read more ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse convicted on sexual assault chargesLAS VEGAS — The jury trial for Nathan Chasing Horse, the former “Dances with Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls, is expected to begin…
Read more ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse standing trial in Las VegasMADISON, Wis. — Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin…
Read more Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’CARLISLE, Pa. — For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, the United States government and Christian denominations operated boarding schools where generations of Native American children were…
Read more Native American boarding schools in the US, by the numbersJUNEAU, Alaska — JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — More rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaskan coast where two tiny villages were decimated by the remnants of…
Read more Storm decimates 2 Alaskan villages and drives more than 1,500 people from their homesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Navajo man has pleaded guilty to 15 charges stemming from allegations that he ran illegal marijuana growing operations in New Mexico and on the…
Read more Navajo man pleads guilty for illegal marijuana grow operationsMELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge fined telecommunications giant Optus 100 million Australian dollars ($66 million) Wednesday for unconscionable conduct selling services to hundreds of vulnerable customers including…
Read more Optus fined $66 million for ‘appalling’ conduct in sales to telecom’s customers in AustraliaFor the first time in three decades, a powwow is coming back to downtown Detroit. The North American Indian Association of Detroit (NAIA) is organizing the Indigenous Peoples’…
Read more Powwow returns to downtown Detroit after 30 years – Detroit Metro TimesLOS ANGELES — A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Indigenous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon against The New York Times and TMZ that claimed…
Read more Judge dismisses Indigenous Amazon tribe’s lawsuit against The New York Times and TMZNEW YORK — Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents…
Read more The oldest mummies in the world may hail from southeastern Asia and date back 12,000 yearsRENO, Nev. — Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered desert…
Read more Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit saysCALI, Colombia — After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous…
Read more At U.N. summit, historic agreement to give Indigenous groups voice on nature conservation decisionsRED SPRINGS, N.C. — Native American communities were decisive voting blocs in key states in 2020, and with the 2024 race remaining stubbornly close both campaigns have tried…
Read more A century after Native Americans got the right to vote, they could put Trump or Harris over the topWINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the tribe’s native language,…
Read more One of the last Navajo Code Talkers from World War II dies at 107MIAMI, Okla. — Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes grew up playing video games, including “probably hundreds of hours” colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s…
Read more Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the gamePHOENIX — After family members of a slain Navajo woman described their grief in a federal courtroom, the judge on Monday sentenced her boyfriend to life imprisonment for…
Read more Boyfriend of a Navajo woman is sentenced to life in prison in her killingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Santos’ spiritual journey has left a mark on her skin. Soon after the 50-year-old embraced her pre-Hispanic heritage and pledged to speak for…
Read more An offering, a fire, a prayer. How a Mexico City community celebrates its pre-Hispanic originsWASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will continue to live with less water next year from the Colorado River after the U.S. government on Thursday announced water…
Read more Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will lose same amount of Colorado River water next year as in 2024
