Tribal Land

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.

HB 2494 required all registered voters to provide proof of a physical address, but the lawsuit argued that more than 40,000 homes on Native American reservations across the state don’t have one.

Tesla opened its first store as well as a repair shop on Native American land in 2021 in New Mexico.

Gov. Katie Hobbs met with leaders from Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes Friday to discuss how to best leverage broadband expansion in their communities.

The Tucson City Council unanimously approved a proposal to give more than 10 acres of city land at the base of Sentinel Peak to the tribe. The Hohokam, the ancestors of the Tohono O'odham, grew crops and thrived for more than 4,500 years at the peak.

A federal appeals court says the U.S. government failed to consider the cumulative effects of greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the approval of nearly 200 drilling permits issued in an area surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

A white state lawmaker in Montana is questioning whether land set aside long ago for Native Americans should exist anymore.

According to the new guidelines, all investigators will be trained to employ a victim-centered, trauma-informed and culturally responsive approach to criminal investigations.

Tribes now have a collective 20,000 bison and that’s been growing steadily along with a desire among many Native Americans to reclaim stewardship of an animal their predecessors lived alongside and depended upon for millennia.

The Tohono O’odham Nation and the Gila River Indian Community argue the that requirements will disenfranchise Native voters as it will leave many tribal members unable to register to vote.