New Hampshire has become the first state to require doctors and medical staff to sterilize patients who request it. The measure focuses on adults who have medical conditions for which sterilization ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — The governor of New Mexico declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native ...

EMMET COUNTY, Michigan — In December 2022, Enbridge, the Canadian fossil fuel giant behind the controversial Line 5 pipeline, signed a real estate agreement transferring two parcels of land near the ...

For members of the Klamath basin tribes who had fought for the river dams’ removal and organized the historic first descent of the newly free-flowing waters, the signing of an international accord ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Candace Thompson, a citizen of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Indians, is director of ...

The Trump administration’s proposed freeze on federal grants would cut $24.5 billion in funding to Native communities for health, law enforcement, education and key social services, according to an ...

Six months into President Donald J. Trump’s second tenure in office, much of the congressional attention was focused on the passage of the “One, Big, Beautiful bill,” which the president signed into ...

Amelia SchaferICT RAPID CITY — A unique grassy terrain in the center of the Black Hills is at the center of a local debate on drilling activity. For Oceti Sakowin (Lakota, Dakota and Nakoda) people, ...

It was a historic day in the Canadian government with the naming of the nation’s first Indigenous Minister of Indigenous Services. Newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney tapped Member of Parliament ...

Kalle Benallie ICT ALBUQUERQUE — Becoming Miss Indian World opens doors. You travel a lot, meet new people and have the chance to represent your tribe and Indigenous people. This year, Dania Wahwasuck ...

The sight of a room full of human cadavers can be off-putting for some, but not for Haley Omeasoo. In fact, Omeasoo’s comfort level and lack of squeamishness convinced her to pursue studies in ...

Nada Hasanein Stateline When Stephanie Russo Carroll, a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah in Alaska, set out to earn her doctorate in tribal health 15 years ago, she focused her research on ...