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![Pueblo Bonito is pictured in Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. Pueblo Bonito, the largest of the great houses, has hundreds of rooms and dozens of kivas, which have long been used by Pueblo tribes for ceremonial and social purposes.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0723-pueblo-400x300.jpg)
Indigenous Remains Destroyed as Federal Studies Undermine Repatriation Efforts
Federal funds have created incentives for institutions to hold on to ancestral remains, subverting the goals of NAGPRA.
![Members of the Larson family, who have no running water in their home, collect water from a distribution point in the Navajo Nation town of Thoreau in New Mexico on May 22, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0623-navajo-water-400x300.jpg)
The Supreme Court Deals a Blow to the Navajo Nation’s Water Rights Claim
The decision could reverberate along the Colorado River Basin where 30 tribal nations rely on the river’s water supply.
![The Pascua Yaqui reservation, with a casino and golf course, lower left. Arizona Republicans introduced a bill in 2020 to bar tribes from renewing casino licenses if they had unresolved water rights litigation with the state. The measure failed.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0616-arizona-water-1a-400x300.jpg)
Arizona Is Extracting Steep Concessions to Thwart Navajo Nation’s Water Rights
When handed tribes’ water claims, Arizona has responded by creating cumbersome hurdles that don’t exist in other states.
![Indigenous Leader Is Barred From Running in Guatemala’s Presidential Election](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/seg3-Guatemala-400x300.jpg)
Indigenous Leader Is Barred From Running in Guatemala’s Presidential Election
The Guatemalan Constitutional Court upheld a decision to bar human rights defender Thelma Cabrera from running.
![Pricilla Hunter speaks to the community on behalf of Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians. The Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians along with their inter-tribal relatives are calling for an immediate halt to all logging and extractive industry in the forest, and are working with environmental NGOs to build a visionary forest management plan based on traditional ecological land management and access for cultural healing and regeneration.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0126-landback-400x300.jpg)
Indigenous Women and Femmes Are Winning Fights to Reclaim Land
Not only must acres be transitioned back to Indigenous peoples' stewardship, it must happen in any way possible.
![As Settler Colonialism and Genocide Continue, So Too Does Indigenous Resistance](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/GUEST-NickEstes-400x300.jpg)
As Settler Colonialism and Genocide Continue, So Too Does Indigenous Resistance
Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about Thanksgiving and the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline at Standing Rock.
![Native youth rally in front of the Supreme Court on November 9, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1111-EveryChildMatters11922-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Considers Dismantling Native Sovereignty in “Haaland v. Brackeen”
The Supreme Court is deciding whether to overturn four decades of legal precedent on Indigenous rights.
![Jen Deerinwater stands in front of the National Native American Veterans Memorial at the Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., in 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/DJI_20201124_145459_664-400x300.jpg)
Native Sovereignty Over Abortion Was Already Under Attack Before Roe’s Overturn
Sterilization and abortion restrictions made clear we can’t gain full reproductive justice without tribal sovereignty.
![North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum speaks during a press conference on February 22, 2017, in Mandan, North Dakota.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0222-doug-burgum-400x300.jpg)
Indigenous Nations Allege New Maps in North Dakota Violate Voting Rights Act
“Our voice is going to be muffled once again,” said Jamie Azure, chairman of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.
![The $33.5 billion proposal by Rep. Mike Simpson includes what would be the biggest river restoration project in history.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/Alison-Meyer-Photography_-400x300.jpg)
Biden Has a Chance to Oversee Biggest River Restoration Project in US History
Removing four dams in the Pacific Northwest will help salmon recovery, clean energy, agriculture and Indigenous rights.