May 18 Wisconsin tribe asks court to shut down Enbridge pipeline due to oil spill risk By Harm Venhuizen, Associated Press Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe argued Thursday that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline because rapid erosion could expose it and cause a massive oil spill on reservation land. Continue reading
Apr 28 Brazilian President Lula resumes recognition of Indigenous land areas By Carla Bridi, Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has approved the creation of six Indigenous territories, the first such move after a five-year hiatus in Indigenous demarcation. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 1:30 The life and legacy of Native photographer Jennie Ross Cobb By John Yang, Claire Mufson This Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting figures whose contributions have often gone unseen. Tonight, we look back at the work of Jennie Ross Cobb, the first known female Native American photographer, who captured personal images of her community. Continue watching
Feb 16 Native Americans brace for racist traditions after Chiefs Super Bowl win By Terry Tang, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press The team won their championship in Arizona, where tribal reservations make up at least a quarter of the land base. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 6:25 Filmmaker Sky Hopinka’s unconventional ways of telling Native stories By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson The artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Genius Award last fall, celebrating a decade of his experimental work focused on Indigenous people. Jeffrey Brown met Hopinka in New York’s Hudson Valley for the final story in… Continue watching
Oct 05 Interior Secretary Haaland says U.S. is expanding Native American massacre site By James Anderson, Associated Press Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has announced an expansion of a National Park Service historical site dedicated to the massacre by U.S. troops of more than 200 Native Americans in what is now southeastern Colorado. Continue reading
Aug 02 How ‘Reservation Dogs’ became a breakthrough hit for Indigenous representation By Adam Kemp "Reservation Dogs" returns with its second season as fans and Indigenous communities still crave more Native representation on TV and film. Continue reading
Jul 25 WATCH: Pope apologizes for ‘evil’ school abuses committed against Indigenous peoples in Canada By Nicole Winfield, Peter Smith, Associated Press The pontiff says the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today. Continue reading
Jun 13 Supreme Court rules that Native Americans prosecuted in tribal courts can also be prosecuted in federal court By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The Supreme Court has ruled that Native Americans prosecuted in certain tribal courts can also be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal court. Continue reading
Dec 08 WATCH: Senate Indian Affairs committee hearing on violence against Native American women By News Desk The Senate Indian Affairs Committee oversight will hold a hearing on violence against women in Native communities on Wednesday. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET. Watch in the player above. Testimony is expected from Department of… Continue reading