The Trump administration has already transferred the land to a private mining company; parents argued their children's religious upbringing is at stake.
Reps. Tyson Running Wolf and Tom France write, "We can cling to outdated policies that ignore history, science, and treaty obligations—or we can honor tribal leadership, uphold the law, and restore a species that once defined this land."
When the genesis of “Can’t Drink Salt Water” came to playwright Kendra Mylnechuk Potter, the heady subject matter and intense responsibility of representing it made her hesitant to bring it into the world
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WASHINGTON (CN) — An indigenous tribe from the Rocky Mountains asked a D.C. Circuit panel on Monday to overturn a lower court’s ruling refusing to hand over ownership of 1.5 million acres of land within its Utah reservation under an 1880 treaty with the United States.
The Ute...
The Timbisha Shoshone exhibit at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley is currently under review after the Trump administration advised National Park Service officials to remove certain language from a display.
In the years leading up to Colorado statehood, nearly all of the territory’s western half still belonged to the Ute people, who had inhabited the northern Colorado Plateau for centuries.