The Latest Breaking News on Native America

Long before the large-scale Earth Day protests on April 22, 1970 – often credited with spurring significant environmental protection legislation – Native Americans stewarded the environment. As sovereign nations, Native Americans have been able to protect land, water and air, including well beyond their own boundaries.

The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal government 20 years later

Panther Minerals set to start exploring Elim’s land as Trump seeks to expand drilling and resource extraction in Alaska

Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans for an oil mega-project at the mouth of the Amazon river.

As gold prices soar and with little help from the national government, the Indigenous Wampis are taking action to stop their land from being polluted and plundered

The leaders of 22 Indigenous peoples from five continents held prayers for nature in Chile on Sunday at the end of a 46-day pilgrimage around the world.

Chippewa member Todd Thompson sold cannabis after the state legalized it, but police still seized all his merchandise

The Not Invisible Act Commission’s resource was historic for Native Americans. It’s now been scrubbed from federal websites

A new study finds that a common blood test for ovarian cancer may miss some Black and Native American patients, delaying their treatment

The environmental group previously shared bankruptcy fears over losing a defamation suit to Texas oil giant Energy Transfer

A jury in North Dakota on Wednesday ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in a closely watched lawsuit brought by a US pipeline operator, raising serious free speech concerns.