Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: 17 | Vintage Vibes

U.S. maternal deaths keep rising. Here's who is most at risk

The rate at which women in the U.S. are dying from pregnancy related causes more than doubled in recent decades. A new study, published in JAMA shows Black women and Native Americans are most at risk.

WEKU

LA mayor ousts Native American DWP commissioner; Indigenous groups outraged

Cynthia Ruiz, the first Native American ever to serve on the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners, got some bad news from City Hall recently.

Los Angeles Times

US maternal deaths have doubled since 1999 with most among Black mothers

The south and the midwest were hit hard, and the greatest increases were seen in Native American and Alaska Native women

The Guardian - US

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Federal court rules tribal citizen not subject to Tulsa traffic ticket

A federal court has ruled that a speeding ticket issued by Tulsa, Oklahoma, to a Native American man cannot be enforced because the city is located within an Indian reservation

The Independent UK

Historic Arizona mining town backs copper project on land that Native American groups say is sacred

Oak Flat in central Arizona is the subject of a tug of war between people in the historic mining town of Superior who want a huge copper mine developed there for its economic benefits

The Independent UK

US commits more lawyers to address Native American disappearances and killings

The U.S. Department of Justice will be funneling more resources toward addressing the alarming rate of disappearances and killings among Native Americans

The Independent UK

Oak Flat Timeline: Native American vs. pro-mining interests

Oak Flat is a piece of national forest land in central Arizona that has been at the heart of a years long struggle between Native American groups and mining interests that both see it as important to their future

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Oak Flat: a tract in Arizona sacred to some Native Americans but proposed as a giant copper mine

Oak Flat, a mountainous area east of Phoenix, is an Apache sacred site where Native Americans gather to pray and perform coming-of-age ceremonies and sweat rituals

The Independent UK

Stephen L. Carter: The mystery of Gorsuch’s passionate support for tribes

During Justice Neil Gorsuch’s six years on the Supreme Court, the justices have faced 10 cases involving the rights of Native American individuals or tribes. Every time, Gorsuch has voted in favor of Indian rights — including thrice in the past two weeks. Whether in the majority or the minority,…

Tribune News Service

US Interior Secretary Haaland reflects on tenure and tradition amid policy challenges

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made history a few times in her political career, becoming one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress and as the first to hold the reins of the Interior Department

The Independent UK

Controversial San Jose State prof who posed with Native American skull to resign after settlement reached

SAN JOSE — A controversial anthropology professor at San Jose State, who contended she was a victim of a “woke activist mob” for opposing the repatriation of Native American remains and posing in a photo with an ancient skull, has agreed to leave the university next year.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., covers 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) in the Southwest – an area larger than 10 states. Today it is home to more than 250,000 people – roughly comparable to the population of St. Petersburg, Florida, or Winston-Salem, North…

The Conversation

Supreme court rules against Navajo nation in Colorado River water dispute

Native American tribe argued federal government had not fulfilled obligations in battle over dwindling water supplies

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court rejects Navajo Nation push on water rights - Roll Call

The Supreme Court ruled that an 1868 treaty does not require the U.S. to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Navajo Nation.

Roll Call

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Native American tribes say Supreme Court challenge was never just about foster kids

Native Americans say the Supreme Court has reaffirmed their power to withstand threats from states in many areas

The Guardian - US

The supreme court made a surprising ruling for Native American rights

A white couple challenged an adoption law that protects Native children. Thankfully, the conservative court didn’t buy their argument

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: Supreme Court was sensibly conservative on tribal rights

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion for the Supreme Court in Haaland v. Brackeen is conservative in the good, old-fashioned sense of the word. In upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act, the court reaffirmed precedent and declined an invitation to revolutionize the law with a reactionary constitutional holding. Along the…

Reason

Justice Department Finds 'Deeply Disturbing' and Illegal Policing in Minneapolis

Minneapolis police used gratuitous force, discriminated against black and Native American residents, and retaliated against people exercising their First Amendment rights.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Supreme Court affirms Congress's power over Indian affairs, upholds law protecting Native American children

The Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families, in a June 15, 2023, ruling. Tribal leaders praised the decision as upholding the basic constitutional principles governing the relationships among Native…

The Independent UK

Judge's ruling awaited in tribes’ lawsuit over North Dakota redistricting map

A federal judge is expected to decide in the coming weeks whether the new boundaries of North Dakota’s legislative districts dilute Native American voters’ strength on two reservations whose tribes are challenging the map approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature

The Independent UK

Things to know about the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act

The Supreme Court has preserved a federal law giving preference to Native American families when it comes to adopting Native children in foster care

The Guardian - US

Native American tribes hail ‘major victory’ after supreme court ruling

Justices ‘on the right side of history’ for upholding protections for Native American children against removal for adoption

Al Jazeera

Tribes cheer Supreme Court ruling on Native American adoption

Supreme court upholds requirement Native Americans must be given preference in adoptions, fostering of Native children.

Capital & Main

Oral Care for Native Health

A new dental clinic takes on tooth decay and diabetes in California’s largest Native American community.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court upholds adoption law seeking to protect Native American children

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the landmark federal adoption law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families.

1 … 16 17 18 19

People

[ Brett M. ] Kavanaugh

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Justice Department

the Interior Department

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.