The Latest Breaking News on Native America

Faced With US Heat Waves, The Navajo Push For Power -- And A/C

Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty's house -- finally giving her power against the searing Arizona desert heat.

International Business Times · Jul 13, 2025

32 Times People Were Stupid Enough To Do Something So Inappropriate That It Cost Them Their Job (New Pics)

Some people take a chill approach to work. So chill that it borders on the verge of becoming jobless any minute. And in case they mess up bad, they end up on this corner of Reddit known as “Bye Bye Job.”

Bored Panda · Jul 11, 2025

"This song is written for all the families torn apart by the recent immigrant purges and kidnappings": Tom Morello releases powerful new single in support of immigrant rights across America

Pretend to Remember Me arrives a week after Rage Against The Machine man Morello directed Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning celebration

Metal Hammer · Jul 11, 2025

A Mexican court sentences 10 men to 141 years each in a cartel-run recruitment ranch

A Mexican court has sentenced 10 men to 141-year terms each for their involvement in a ranch in the western Mexican state of Jalisco that was used by a feared cartel to recruit members, kill and disappear victims

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

Appeals court rules against North Dakota tribes in voting rights case that could go to Supreme Court

A federal appeals court has upheld its decision against two Native American tribes challenging North Dakota's redistricting map

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

Bolsonaro wanted to exterminate us, claims Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire

Kayapó chief tells in memoir of seeing former president in his dreams and of warning Lula not to repeat past mistakes

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2025

Criminal Groups Are Using Drone Bombings to Displace Indigenous Communities in Northwest Mexico

Local residents and mine workers who fled the area said the violence began on June 16, when dozens of armed men—believed to be part of Los Salazar—arrived in Indigenous communities in search of gold.

Latin Times · Jul 7, 2025

Why are tribal students dropping out after primary school?

Nearly every tribal Indian child aged six to 10 years is enrolled in school, but by the age of 14, only three in four go to school, while fewer than half the children aged 16-17 remain enrolled, data from the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+) for 2023-24, the…

Newslaundry · Jul 7, 2025

The good, bad and ugly of life as a digital nomad

Letters: Readers reflect on an article about how working from no fixed location isn’t always the dream it’s made out to be

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2025

Wild visions of nature and carnage fuelled by hallucinogens – Santiago Yahuarcani review

The Peruvian artist paints hybrid creatures, rocks with eyes and fish brandishing spears in a shamanistic celebration of his home and his people – but also the terrifying colonial horrors inflicted upon them

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2025