The Latest Breaking News on Native America

‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway

Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27

With only 3 women left, an Amazon tribe faced extinction. An unexpected birth now brings hope

Three women lived for years as the last members of the Akuntsu people, who were decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest in the 1970s and ‘80s

The Independent UK · Feb 27

Mexico’s Supreme Court holds its first session outside Mexico City, in Chiapas

Mexico’s Supreme Court has started holding sessions in remote towns, opening the effort in an Indigenous community in Chiapas

The Independent UK · Feb 27

Illegal gold mining surges into new parts of Peru’s Amazon, threatening rivers and lives

Illegal gold mining is spreading into new parts of Peru’s Amazon, and experts say it is driving a growing environmental and health crisis

The Independent UK · Feb 23

New Mexico launches investigation of forced sterilization of Native American women

In the 1970s, the agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and informed consent

The Independent UK · Feb 21

Guatemalan school hosts Kaqchikel performance to promote Indigenous language preservation

An effort to conserve Indigenous languages has brought song and books translated to the Kaqchikel language to a school in Guatemala's western highlands

The Independent UK · Feb 20

California’s ‘blackjack ban’ in card houses could jeopardize ‘thousands of working families’ and cost millions, experts warn

The new regulations go into effect in April

The Independent UK · Feb 18

In Minneapolis, Native American patrols keep watch – and see history repeating: ‘We are still being chased’

The American Indian Movement was established in Minneapolis more than 50 years ago in response to police brutality. After ICE agents flooded the city this winter, neighborhoods reprised citizen patrols

The Guardian - US · Feb 15

Bodycam footage resurfaces showing US cop ‘laughing’ after police car struck Indian‑American Jaahnavi Kandula in Seattle

The tragic death of 23‑year‑old Indian‑American graduate student Jaahnavi Kandula has become a major legal and public relations issue for the Seattle Police Department, culminating in a $29 million settlement with her family.

The Times of India · Feb 12

Washoe Tribe buys 10,000 acres in one of California’s largest ever land returns

Tribe, which was forcibly removed from its lands near Lake Tahoe, used $5.5m grant and private donations for purchase

The Guardian - US · Feb 11