Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe leaders said a new project, reopening 65 miles of the Truckee River, could aid recovery of the cui-ui and Lahontan cutthroat trout.

Public health experts contend the role Noneo and others like her fill is an integral part of ensuring people receive the care they need, especially for chronic illnesses, by helping close gaps in areas with medical provider shortages.

Stewart Community, part of the Washoe Tribe and located south of Carson City, is working on a historic $14 million affordable housing development — the largest housing project the tribe has ever taken on. 

Just four days before the U.S. Supreme Court defied predictions Thursday by upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a measure codifying the act into state law.

Owyhee residents traveled more than 400 miles to attend the signing of AB519, a bill that provides almost $65 million for a new school on tribal land and requires Elko County to apply more property tax revenue to school buildings.

Even though lawmakers in 2021 unanimously passed AB88, a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Howard Watts (D-Las Vegas) that prohibited “sundown sirens,” or sounds  citywide to alert people of color to leave town by a certain time, the town of Minden still sounds a siren at 5 p.m.

President Joe Biden is planning a trip to Las Vegas on March 14, where he is expected to designate Avi Kwa Ame as a national monument.

“The responsible expansion of the Navy’s Fallon Range Training Complex has been a major priority of the Navy for years,” Cortez Masto said. “I knew how vital this compromise was to both our national security and to the local economies and Tribal nations.”

After centuries of colonialism decimated their way of life, Indigenous people are reclaiming their identity, culture and presence through safe communal spaces.

Tribe members and other area residents are among millions of people nationwide who this year will experience poor air quality because of wildfires.

In the wake of their battle for equal access to the polls, the Walker River Paiute Tribe has been disappointed by low turnout during early voting — a trend seen across the state so far during the primary.

This week’s Indy Environment looks at the U.S. Department of Interior’s boarding school legacy through the lens of a recent art exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art.

Nevada tribal leaders traveled more than 2,000 miles to Washington D.C. in a bid to protect what they view as a sacred valley.

Autumn Harry has a lot to offer as a fly fishing guide on her ancestral homelands, she said. In an industry dominated by white men, she stands apart.

The residents are locked in a legal battle with the colony council. Colony leaders say the moves are necessary to clean up the neighborhood. Residents call it a thinly-veiled effort to remove them from their homes.

Reps. Susie Lee and Dina Titus are joining conservationists and Indigenous leaders in urging the Biden administration to designate more than 380,000 acres spanning three states a national monument. 

"It is on behalf of the state that I want to make an apology. This policy was abhorrent and we need to make amends now," Gov. Steve Sisolak said following a meeting with tribal leaders.

As Mineral County commissioners approved a resolution to proclaim Monday, the federal Columbus Day holiday, as Indigenous Peoples' Day, Lyon County didn't get that far.

Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows leaders formally reintroduced the site of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games this morning as Palisades Tahoe in time for the upcoming ski season. 

The shop’s wide variety of vegetarian and plant-based food and drink options are a novelty in the remote Nevada desert, said Andrea Martinez, an enrolled member of the Walker River Paiute Tribe.