The Latest Breaking News on Native America

The decision leaves water infrastructure for the Navajo Nation on unsure ground

Sheldon Whitehouse says recent court may be undergoing a ‘course correction’ following backlash to its extremist ruling and ethics scandals

U.S. v. Texas, Linda v. Richard, and Brett v. Amy.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection have released body camera footage that shows Border Patrol agents were concerned that a tribal member they fatally shot last month many have been carrying a handgun

A Supreme Court ruling this week will make it harder for the Navajo Nation to get water from the Colorado River

The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., covers 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) in the Southwest – an area larger than 10 states. Today it is home to more than 250,000 people – roughly comparable to the population of St. Petersburg, Florida, or Winston-Salem, North…

Justice Gorsuch's conservative colleagues now ignore him in Indian cases.

Tribe says 1800s treaty creates obligation for US to secure water acces

Native American tribe argued federal government had not fulfilled obligations in battle over dwindling water supplies

Indigenous community had sought to assess water needs amid historic drought in the Colorado River Basin.

The Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River