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Emily Leshner/AP PhotoThe day of remembrance is for the Indigenous children who were taken from their families and sent to boarding schools. -
Melodie Edwards/Wyoming Public MediaProtesters have been gathering outside the Foundations for Nations church on the Wind River Reservation for weeks, ever since the church's pastor made derogatory remarks about the Northern Arapaho tribe's Sundance ceremony. She's since apologized, but adds that she's not leaving. The incident raises wider questions about tribal sovereignty and authority.
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The Native American Rights Fund finds disparities in voter registration, mail-in ballots and other stages of voting in Native communities -
Data centers have become a flashpoint across the country. And as Indigenous lands are increasingly involved, tribal communities are taking action. -
Along the Colorado River, 30 federally recognized tribes have legal and cultural claims. Yet they have no formal seat in negotiations. -
Museums have often been a place where colonial stereotypes are upheld, but a new generation of Indigenous professionals is working to change that. -
More than 56 million acres — nearly 3% of the U.S. landmass — belong to tribes. The Land and Water Conservation Fund has aided more than 47,000 projects, like parks and trails, in nearly every county nationwide. -
A new, mobile history and art project called the Breathing Healing Bus aims to bring focus to the experience of Indigenous communities in Colorado, as the U.S. and Colorado celebrate their 250th and 150th anniversaries. -
Native voices rise as the United States and Colorado prepare anniversary commemorations. The mobile Breathing Healing Bus aims to bring the Indigenous history of the state to light. -
Proposed legislation would protect nearly 450 miles of waterways from dams and mining amid the Trump administration’s push for more development. -
Jay Weiner, the water attorney for the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe on the Colorado River in Arizona and California, discusses how tribes play a role in Colorado River governance, even if they’re not officially in the closed-door negotiations. -
Highschoolers across six BIE-run schools in South Dakota, Oklahoma, Montana and New Mexico are already participating, including Northwest High School in Shiprock on the Navajo Nation.
