In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon, according to the country’s Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses.

Deep in the Ecuador Amazon, a Canadian-owned mining project threatens the way of life of local Indigenous communities.

The two candidates vying for Ecuador’s presidency in a second-round run-off never campaigned in Cochapamba. Their faces are ...

President Trump's push to recognize the Lumbee Tribe overshadowed by other executive actions.But that doesn't mean it's not a ...

On Dec. 4, the two-year struggle by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protect their sacred land and water ended – at least for now – when the Obama administration denied the easement ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s latest lawsuit over the Dakota Access Pipeline should be tossed, arguing the tribe can’t sue the agency over a permit that ...

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous rights and the environment.

Following concerns that federal officials may be detaining Native American citizens in sweeping immigration actions, Colorado River Indian Tribes Chairwoman Amelia Flores is assuring members that ...

A stretch of land in southern Oregon with historical significance, including the likely location of a treaty signing and near the site of a massacre, is returning to the Confederated Tribes of ...

Lynda Frost, senior project manager for Trust for Public Land in Virginia, praised the program for allowing tribes access to their native land. “We believe that every tribe should have a ...

But the Siletz Tribe is trying to bring them back with the help of a $1.56 million grant. The three-year grant comes from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and is part of the America the ...