The Latest Breaking News on Native America

Alleged cult leader now facing sex assault charge in tribal court

LAS VEGAS — Nathan Chasing Horse, an alleged cult leader and former actor arrested in North Las Vegas and accused of sexually assaulting and trafficking women and girls, is now facing an additional charge from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023

Interior secretary hires Native American as legal counsel

An attorney who oversaw New Mexico’s Indian Affairs Department has been tapped to serve as a top legal advisor to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023

Kansas City Chiefs face new call to drop ‘insulting’ name and symbol

Group gathered outside Arizona stadium to protest the team’s name and the insulting gesture and chant performed by its fans

The Guardian - US · Feb 13, 2023

At Mexico's Chichen Itza site, researchers discover ancient 'elite' residences

Archaeologists have revealed a group of structures discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, believed to have been part of a housing complex inhabited by the elite of the sacred city founded in the 5th Century AD.

Reuters · Feb 11, 2023

Young rapper roars for indigenous rights

Just before taking the stage, the teenage indigenous rapper took a deep breath and composed herself, eyes closed.

Bangkok Post · Feb 11, 2023

Diversity, "wokeness" and oppression

Diversity is an important value — but militarists, corporatists and oligarchs have turned into a marketing gimmick

Salon · Feb 11, 2023

Health crisis leads scores of Yanomami to roam the streets

Years of neglect during the previous government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro led to a health crisis in Brazil's Indigenous Yanomami population

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2023

Native dancers want Arizona gallery owner held on hate crime

Native American dancers who were the target of a suburban Phoenix gallery owner’s racist rant as they were being filmed for Super Bowl week are pushing for hate crime charges

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Indigenous tribe sues US over lack of Pine Ridge law enforcement

Oglala Sioux Tribe has argued the Bureau of Indian Affairs and officials have failed to uphold treaty responsibilities.

Al Jazeera · Feb 10, 2023

'Everybody's tired': South Dakota tribe sues US over crime

Violent crimes across the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota have increased in recent years

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023