When 26-year-old Tirzah Bryant was a kid, she knew how to watch the cottonwood trees along the Yukon River for the sign that it was time to fish for salmon. “We know that the fish are coming when the ...
Firefighters, pilots and equipment operators are mobilized across much of Indian Country in Washington and Oregon, to rein in wildfires that have endangered many tribal communities. In a statement ...
The Navajo Nation president nominees, Crystalyne Curley and Justin Jones, have chosen their running mates. Together the nominees will face off in the general election in November. Curley picked Chris ...
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation welcomed its new chairwoman and elected council members. The tribe’s business council nominated Cindy Marchand as the next leader of the tribe after ...
The 65th annual World Eskimo Indian Olympics wrapped up this past Saturday after four days of highly active competition and intercultural sharing. The final day included finals competition in the ...
Washington tribes and environmental organizations sued the federal government Tuesday, July 14, arguing that recent changes to Endangered Species Act rules defy scientific research and pave the way ...
The Namaygoosisagagun (Collins) First Nation has been destroyed by a fast moving fire that came on so quickly, people were forced to carry out an emergency evacuation; including some forced to flee by ...
The province of Alberta late Thursday, July 2, announced a route for a new, one-million-barrel-per-day crude oil pipeline to Canada’s West Coast that terminates within about a mile of Washington state ...
North Dakota’s leaders spent decades building up former President Theodore Roosevelt as a hero, highlighting his Badlands experience and conservation efforts. But for Native Americans, who lived on ...
In November 2025, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, or CTUIR, requested the return of sole legal jurisdiction on civil matters on tribal lands. In late May, Gov. Tina Kotek ...
Dr. Donald Warne, Oglala Lakota, is a professor in International Health and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health. (Photo by Shannon R. Burnette) As of 2024, 0.3 percent of ...
History could be made this November for the Navajo Nation as the tribe holds its presidential election. Current Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, is running for reelection along with 15 other ...