indigenous history

A federal judge rejected a challenge from some of Arizona's top Republicans to undo the designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

The White House says President Biden will officially announce two new national monuments next week. Wildfires in California forced changes to his plans for Tuesday.

Peyote is sacred to many Indigenous people, but it's threatened by overharvesting and a resurgence in psychedelic use.

The Biden-Harris administration released a 10-year national plan to support the revitalization, protection, preservation and reclamation of Indigenous languages across the U.S.

President Joe Biden formally apologized for the U.S. government’s role in running federal Indian boarding schools last month. About four dozen operated in Arizona and one is reflecting on the apology.

The investigation found marked and unmarked graves at 65 of the more than 400 U.S. boarding schools where Native American children were forcibly assimilated into white society.

A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate would create a commission to investigate historical abuses at Native American boarding schools.

California's Yurok Tribe had 90% of its territory taken during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s. They're now getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks.

A coalition representing about 1,500 enrolled tribal members is lobbying the federal government to designate nearly 40 square miles as Bahsahwahbee National Monument in eastern Nevada.

Apache scholar, educator and former Yavapai-Apache Tribal Council Chairman Vincent Randall has died.