In Navajo culture, there is a teaching that "your words are like a prayer." Words have the power to manifest our reality, to literally bring things into being.

Growing up, our elders admonished us to be careful with our words, especially harsh words that can't be taken back -- words...

A groundbreaking report examining the roots of Christian domination over indigenous peoples and their lands was released this week at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

North American Representative to the Permanent Forum Tonya Gonnella Frichner, an attorney and founder of the American Indian Law Alliance, presented a...

NEW YORK - Political tides are turning as international support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples continues to grow, putting greater pressure on Canada and the United States to fully endorse it.

One day after New Zealand reversed its position and supported the Declaration, U.N....

ALBUQUERQUE - The "listening session" held by the U.S. State Department on March 16 at the University of New Mexico Law School drew more than 100 Native leaders, legal scholars and human rights activists, many of whom called on the United States to adopt the United...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Where do Indian nations go when United States' courts have failed them, and justice is unattainable?

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy -- the oldest continuous democratic government in North America -- has long argued that Indian nations should not expect to win justice from colonizing governments, and...

Just as we think we're making progress, another hate crime rears its ugly head. And this time, it's against our children.

Last week the website UsedWinnipeg.com ran an advertisement headlined "Native Extraction Service" with a photograph of three young Native boys....