For the first time in history, Native American voters in Nevada cast ballots through the state’s online absentee voting system.

The discovery of a document with a passing mention of Agent Orange suggests the government may be involved in contaminating the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.

The donation from the NV Energy Foundation follows reporting from The Nevada Independent and will give the tribe time to find permanent funding.

Following a “surprising policy change,” leaders of the Fallon Shoshone-Paiute Tribe said a federal agency cut off the shelter's main funding source.

The Western Shoshone and Goshute (Newe) people have long cherished Bahsahwahbee for the special healing properties of its water. Historically, it was a place for dances and religious ceremonies. It was also the site of three massacres.

The prayer ride also aims to raise awareness of the effect mining has on Nevada’s Native communities.

After 31 years as chairman and 36 years on the tribal council, Melendez retired Dec. 13. During his time in office, Melendez and the tribal council significantly expanded the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony’s land, made strides in tribal health care and created a unique tax system that is known across Indian Country as the “Nevada system.”

The Not Invisible Act Commission, which included former Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe leader Janet Davis, began holding hearings in February and, on Nov. 1, released a 212-page report with urgent recommendations for Congress and the executive branch to address the violence, abuse and neglect that commissioners said Indian Country has suffered.

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.