They launched into the Klamath River headwaters two weeks ago and are now more than halfway through a momentous 30-day journey. So far, they’ve paddled through waves on a treacherous lake, portaged ...

The connection: Julius and Pavel Sulyandziga Sr., a Udege Indigenous rights activist now living in Maine, met in October 2022 at the International Indigenous Salmon Seas Symposium sponsored by ...

A project 23 years in the making, the Yurok Tribe and Western Rivers Conservancy jointly achieved the largest land back deal in California’s history this May. With over 47,000 acres of ancestral lands ...

Portland’s trbal relations office was a trailblazing endeavor, inspiring other governments to reimagine their relationship with tribal governments and Native residents. A pattern of managerial ...

Stemming from trust and treaty responsibilities the United States holds with tribes, the BIA provides direct law enforcement services to roughly 200 tribal communities through its Office of Justice ...

On Feb. 10, around a dozen people gathered outside the Mamook Tokatee apartment complex in the Cully Neighborhood to display protest signs and sing handdrum songs before walking to the Native American ...

Charles F. “Chuck” Sams, the outgoing director of the National Park Service, said he was “shocked” by the firing of nearly 1,000 NPS employees on Feb. 14 and cautioned park guests that they will see ...

Native Nations across Turtle Island are working to ensure their citizens’ safety amid widespread reports of Indigenous people being racially profiled, stopped, questioned, and mistakenly detained for ...

Native Americans are twice as likely as others to have overdue medical bills in collection, and major problems within the Indian Health Service are a key reason, a new federal report shows. The ...

A stretch of land in Southern Oregon with historical significance — including the likely location of a treaty signing and near the site of a massacre — is returning to the Confederated Tribes of ...

Partners say the OSU-NAGPRA Facility, created through consultation between Oregon’s nine federally recognized Native nations and Oregon State University, could set a better precedent for safeguarding ...

Editor’s note: Support for this reporting came from the Poynter Institute with funds from the Gill Foundation.Read other stories in this series here, here and here.. The colonial legacies of ...