The Latest Breaking News on Native America

‘There are days when the school closes because children don’t have water to drink’ – This is climate breakdown

Until the 1960s it rained a lot. We ate wild game, fish, there were plenty of rivers, but since then they’ve been drying up. This is José’s story

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2024

Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued the first round of permits allowing Enbridge to reroute an aging pipeline around a tribal reservation

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2024

Al Jazeera wins Amnesty International award for Colorado River reporting

Journalists Megan O’Toole and Jillian Kestler-D’Amours win award for report on Indigenous fight for water rights in US.

Al Jazeera · Nov 14, 2024

A woman disappeared without a trace 23 years ago. But a new ‘significant’ tip is giving her friends hope

Melissa Montoya disappeared after a night out in Dulce, New Mexico on March 9, 2001. For 23 years, there was no movement in the case but Darlene Gomez, an advocate for MMIW cases, never gave up the search for her friend. She tells Andrea Cavallier how a new tip could…

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2024

Lawsuit filed over measure approved by Arkansas voters that revoked planned casino's license

Cherokee Nation Entertainment has filed a lawsuit challenging a measure Arkansas voters approved this week that revokes its license for a planned casino in the state

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024

Canada and churches have moral obligations for the reparations of missing and disappeared Indigenous children: Final Report

Independent Special Interlocutor Kimberly Murray has released her final report after two years of examining the issue of missing and disappeared Indigenous children and unmarked burials sites at residential schools in Canada.

The Conversation · Nov 4, 2024

Murray Sinclair, First Nation advocate for justice and Canadian senator, has died

Murray Sinclair, a former First Nation judge, senator and chair of the commission that delved into Canada’s troubled history of residential schools for First Nations students, has died

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024

Indigenous Canadian judge who reshaped nation’s legal system dies aged 73

‘Brilliant mind’ praised by prime minister for pioneering country’s Indigenous reconciliation efforts

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2024

Police in Brazil indict Colombian fish trader in high profile killing in Amazon region

Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slayings of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon in 2022, they announced Monday

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024

Alleged mastermind in murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira formally charged

Brazilian federal police announce end of two-year inquiry into killing of journalist and Indigenous expert in Amazon

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2024