The Latest Breaking News on Native America

UK company mining gold in Amazon on disputed land

London-listed Serabi Gold extracting gold without approval of Brazilian land registry and Indigenous communities

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

Indigenous place of worship threatened

Resolution Copper is one court ruling away from destroying one of the Apaches’ holiest sites.

Salon · Apr 18, 2023

‘Corrupt political favoritism’: Chukchansi kicks 49 members out of tribe, more targeted

FRESNO, Calif. — Members of the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians who were targeted for disenrollment earlier this year were kickedout of the tribe in March — and now a new group of more than 60 members is facing the same fate, according to an attorney representing the majority of…

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2023

EXPLAINER: What might Colorado River cuts mean for states?

The Biden administration floated two ideas this week for how Western states and Native American tribes could reduce their water use from the dwindling Colorado River

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023

‘Family policing system’: how the US criminalizes Black parenting

A Texas newborn’s recent removal from home illustrates the cruel treatment Black families face for their childcare decisions

The Guardian - US · Apr 14, 2023

Canada’s troubled relationship with its indigenous population

The discovery of a body in Canada has brought renewed focus to the disproportionately high rate of disappearances and murders of First Nations women, and to the country’s troubled relationship with its indigenous population. 

The Week · Apr 14, 2023

Chasing Horse's Nevada sex abuse trial on hold indefinitely

The sexual abuse trial of a “Dances With Wolves” actor charged in Nevada is on hold indefinitely

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

Hyundai urged to stop illegal miners using its machines in Amazon

Greenpeace report finds heavy machinery made by South Korean firm contributing to destruction of Brazilian rainforest

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023

Commentary: We can’t let Oak Flat get sold to mining companies

Imagine that a giant mining company announces plans to dig down deep beneath the Vatican to extract precious minerals, collapsing St. Peter’s Basilica into a cavernous pit. While this unlikely scenario would be met with near-universal outrage, it’s effectively what’s happening in southeastern Arizona, to almost no national scrutiny.

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023

Tribes want national monument protection for Grand Canyon

Tribal leaders in Arizona say they hope to persuade the Biden administration to create protections for areas adjacent to the Grand Canyon, which they consider sacred

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023