The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ missing and murdered unit was launched by Deb Haaland a year ago to tackle an epidemic of violence against Native people. But initial results have disappointed

Indigenous women are underrepresented in the US Congress and other elected offices. The Native Action Network wants to change that

The Lummi Nation, on the US west coast, has faced addiction issues for decades. Now they are utilizing a combination of culturally-based healing and western approaches

The 14-year-old had just learned some of the troubling details of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and was concerned that her mother, who is Alaska Native and tended to travel alone, might one day not make it home

Environmental organizations and tribes have been coming together to protect the natural world, and a key part of this teamwork has been land transfers

Farmers in Oregon had their ‘worst summer ever’ as heat, drought and extreme weather threaten industry

The result, in her favor by 310 votes, clarifies how much of a polarizing figure she has remained in her district

Danielle Ewenin believes her big sister was driven by law enforcement to the middle of nowhere and abandoned in sub-zero conditions.

The city accumulated about 19 in of rain between September and the end of November, a stark contrast to the summer’s searing temperatures

Agnes Tybo was strangled to death inside an Albuquerque motel room in 1983. Now, her granddaughter is determined to crack the horrific crime that upended the family.

Charles “Chuck” F Sams III made history this week in becoming the first-ever Native American confirmed to lead the National Park Service.

The tribe could be granted a special waiver after a lengthy legal battle to try to resume the historic practice

Throughout the pandemic, Canadians have been able to travel to the United States for nonessential reasons like visiting family and friends, but there was a catch: They had to fly.

Monica Fast Horse texted her 26-year-old daughter on a Thursday evening in August to ask when she would be home. It wasn’t fear that drove her to it, it was simply what they always did: they checked in with each other.

Legal setbacks in efforts to block a new lithium mine in Nevada’s Thacker Pass highlight how federal courts routinely fail to protect sacred lands

Joe Biden restored environmental protections on Friday to three national monuments and their vast expanse of vital ecosystems and sacred Indigenous spaces, reversing cuts made by Donald Trump.

Recall attempts across the US in recent months have hit a fever pitch in response to Covid-19 and racial justice disputes, and a socialist city council member in Seattle has become the latest prominent seat to be targeted.

Gabby Petito’s case highlights the power of media attention but for Indigenous communities it also emphasizes the lack of attention given to missing and murdered Native people

Climate change-induced warming in the Gulf of Maine has resulted in the population of the North Atlantic right whale to plummet, leaving the species critically endangered and conservationists desperate for safeguards, according to a study published this week in the journal Oceanography.

Outrage and at least one lawsuit has followed the Joe Biden administration’s announcement this week that it would open tens of millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration in an effort to comply with a court order.