The Latest Breaking News from Native American

Hawaii’s largest and oldest volcano, Mauna Loa, began erupting on Nov. 27, 2022, with lava flowing miles away downhill. The last eruption, which lasted three weeks, was nearly 40 years ago.

Governor Ned Lamont (D) and the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) announced a partnership with state tribal leaders on November 30, 2022, to develop a Native American studies model curriculum for K-12 students. The announcement follows legislation signed by the governor in June 2021. The bill established new subject…

The number of Latinos who identified as American Indian or Alaska Native jumped 115% in the last U.S. Census.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced he will establish a new national monument across a vast landscape on southern Nevada’s border with California to protect an area sacred to 12 Native American tribes and rich with big horn sheep, Joshua tree forests, desert tortoises, ancient petroglyphs…

President Joe Biden says he intends to designate a broad rugged mountain area considered sacred by area Native Americans in southern Nevada as a new national monument

An indigenous language has 16 advanced speakers — teaching it is a step towards greater cultural diversity

The Biden administration is making new commitments to Native American nations at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years

Four schools in the University of California system have repeatedly failed to return sacred Native American artifacts to tribes in a timely manner, according to a new state audit.

Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler’s name is a nod to his Native American heritage.

The bodies of more than 80 Native American children are buried at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in central Nebraska

The holiday is viewed by some to be a celebration of the conquest of Native Americans