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Minnesota landmarks with Indigenous histories hidden in plain sight
Discover the Dakota and Ojibwe histories embedded in popular spots around the st...
Lindsey Scharold 6 Nov 2026
USA pushes to abolish United Nations decolonisation committee amid mocking Pacific visits
The US Trump administration has called for the United Nations' decolonisation sp...
Andrew Mathieson 6 Nov 2026
By the numbers: An historic year for Indigenous candidates in the USA
Tuesday's general election in the United States will have the highest number of...
Pauly Denetclaw 3 Nov 2026
Cherokee Nation Tribal Council committee opposes Inola smelter
The Cherokee Nation Rules Committee has unanimously approved a resolution formal...
Thomas Pablo 2 Nov 2026
Indigenous women playing key role in US midterm elections

This is the first time Gwen Leaffe Carr, who is a longtime Democratic political consultant, has seen so many Indigenous women be major party nominees for high profile offices.

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Pauly Denetclaw Nov 2, 2026
Will Yup'ik candidate Mary Peltola make history? Alaska race tightens for US Senate

Former congresswoman Mary Peltola faces incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan in a race that could put the first Native woman ever in the upper chamber of the US Congress.

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Charles Fox Oct 27, 2026
Navajo, White Mountain Apache hit by flooding

The community near Kirtland, New Mexico, has come together at a fire station to help fill sandbags to stave off flooding from the San Juan River in residential areas.

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Kalle Benallie Oct 26, 2026
Inuit lifestyle set to be affected as Greenland accepts greater US militarisation

The latest agreement between the US Trump administration, Denmark and Greenland is likely to affect where Inuit people live, hunt, travel and possibly exercise its own self-government, a former Greenl...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 23, 2026
US Tribal Nations and Native students file amended challenges to federal changes to Indian Education

Three Tribal Nations (Pueblo of Isleta, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes) along with Native students (Ella Bowen, Kaiya Brown, and Danielle Ledesma) have filed amended chall...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 28, 2026
Cherokee Nation opens new 127-bed hospital in Oklahoma

The Cherokee Nation has completed a US$470 million (AUD 671 million) replacement hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, expanding the tribe's health care capacity with a six-story, 400,000-square-foot facil...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 21, 2026
'Fundamental to our history, culture, and future' - Indian Peaks Band files to protect Tribal water rights in Utah

The Indian Peaks Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, represented by the Native American Rights Fund, filed a Notice of Appeal and Petition for Stay with the US Department of the Interior on Wedne...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 3, 2026
'We are, and have always been, relatives' - North American Indigenous leaders issue Declaration of Kinship and Cooperation

The National Congress of American Indians and the Assembly of First Nations have renewed their shared commitment to unity, cooperation, and mutual support through a Declaration of Kinship and Cooperat...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 25, 2026
University of Oklahoma’s Native Nations research centre releases key report on cancer care access

The University of Oklahoma's Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research has released a new Sovereign Report - Purchased/Referred Care and Cancer: Overview and Options for Tribal Consideration.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 6, 2026
Native patrols continue in Minneapolis as community tracks ICE sightings

Native American patrols are continuing across south Minneapolis as community members track ICE activity and share sightings in encrypted chats.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 20, 2026
Oneida heroine Polly Cooper honoured on 2026 Native American $1 coin

The United States Mint has released the 2026 Native American one dollar coin featuring Oneida woman Polly Cooper, recognising her historic contribution during the American Revolution.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 5, 2026
Oklahoma tribes challenge governor’s views on sovereignty as legislative tensions grow

Leaders from several of Oklahoma's Native American tribes have reacted strongly to a speech by the state's Governor, Kevin Stitt, in which he criticised tribal sovereignty.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 3, 2026
Canadian Indigenous leaders issue warnings for citizens visiting the US

First Nations in Canada are issuing travel advisories warning citizens of the dangers visiting the USA in the wake of the growing violence of American immigration (ICE) officials and those officials a...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 2, 2026
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