Tribal Issues News Today

A Nevada tribe is gearing up for a different kind of fight against the U.S. government as it tries to build more public support for protecting Native American sacred sites.

Vanita Gupta, the first woman of colour and the highest-ranking India-American at the US Department of Justice (DOJ), will step down as the 19th US Associate Attorney General in February next year.Gupta has been serving in her present role ...

President Biden is set to sign an executive order Wednesday aimed at making it easier for tribal communities to access federal funding. The order, which Biden will sign as part of the 2023 White House Tribal Nations Summit, will overhaul the mechanism for the federal government’s support of tribal nations, Biden administration officials said on…

Order stops short of calling for removal of hydroelectric dams on the Lower Snake River in Washington state, which tribes and conservationists have urged.

While the government has several programmes to tackle Severe Acute Malnutrition, lack of officials at the grassroots level means that those in urgent need don’t

KINGMAN -- The Arizona State Legislature held an 11th-hour special joint meeting in Kingman on Monday to discuss and hear local residents’ thoughts on the proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni

The exploitative practices of the middlemen extend beyond pricing issues, as they often act as loan sharks, taking advantage of the farmers' vulnerability and charging exorbitant interest rates. P Ajay Kumar, national secretary of the All India Agricultural and Rural Labour Association, highlighted cases where moneylenders heavily inflated the debt of tribal farmers, sometimes

On the night of May 26, a tribal family rushed their toddler Dhanushka, who was bitten by a snake, to hospital first in a two-wheeler and then by foot. She could have been saved if there was a proper road.

Five tips for journalists reporting on Indigenous Peoples

In a video, Swaminathan can be seen directing two tribal women to put down the plastic bottles and bags they have collected and leave the place immediately, before proceeding to hit one of them with a slipper.