As sovereign nations, the authority for ICE to enforce immigration laws on tribal lands is contested, with specific policies varying from tribe to tribe, and in late 2025, ICE launched a new initiative within its 287(g) program to allow tribal law enforcement agencies to carry out immigration enforcement.

In 2024, Native American and Alaska Native people had the highest pregnancy-related mortality ratio among major demographic groups. Native American leaders said including members of their communities in maternal mortality review committee activities could help.

The conference in Elko reflects how some tribal citizens are supporting their LGTBQ+ community members as President Donald Trump rolls back protections and policies.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have for years worked alongside private security to surveil protesters who oppose Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine, according to internal law enforcement communications reviewed by ProPublica.

On March 7, the Nevada Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) — the lead applicant on the grant — discovered it could no longer access the $20 million fund. Three days later on March 10, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced he was cancelling more than $1.7 billion worth of “DEI and Environmental Justice” grants, as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) efforts to cut government spending and compliance with Trump’s executive order to eliminate DEI across the government.

A Nevada district court has ruled that sections of a 2023 bill that essentially forced the Elko County Commission to earmark a portion of property tax proceeds for schools in exchange for funding to build a new Owyhee school are unconstitutional.

A new tribal sponsorship program rolled out last year in Nevada is aimed at getting tribal citizens covered and protecting them from incurring debt for uninsured care.

The Elko County School District received a bid last week to build a new school in a northeastern Nevada tribal community. The project faced setbacks last year after a victory in the 2023 legislative session.

President Joe Biden's administration said Monday it is taking steps to bar oil, gas and geothermal development for 20 years in northeastern Nevada's Ruby Mountains.

The sawmill, run in partnership with the business arm of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, is taking a market-oriented approach to megafires.

A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections.

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.