Indigenous Affairs

New Mexican legislators approved a measure to investigate the forced sterilization of Native American women performed by the Indian Health Service and other providers.

The Trump administration removed tribal lands in Arizona from a 2030 census test, drawing concern over how Indigenous communities will be counted.

Results from last week's White Mountain Apache Tribe primary show Chairman Kasey Velasquez earned a little over 400 votes, while his challengers both received nearly four times as many.

A man charged in a Navajo woman’s 2021 disappearance has pleaded guilty to robbery, a case emblematic of the crisis of killings and disappearances in Native communities.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren made his third annual state address Tuesday, outlining his administration’s accomplishments despite ongoing efforts to remove him from office before his term ends.

Ahead of the next session, Arizona Democratic state lawmakers held a town hall on missing and murdered Indigenous peoples for input on the problems facing families, advocates and victims.

Last week, more than a dozen tribes across the U.S. commented on a new proposal by the Trump administration to let developers obtain preliminary permits for hydropower projects on reservations in spite of tribal opposition.

It’s been an interesting few weeks since Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren suddenly fired the tribe’s controller. The Navajo Nation Council contends Nygren’s recent behavior has been “unlawful.”

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren tried firing the tribe’s controller — a move later deemed unlawful by the Navajo Nation Council.