Chaco Canyon was once the vibrant religious center of a Native American culture whose collapse long remained a mystery—until ...

One of South America’s largest ecosystems saw an increase in deforestation last year, with agriculture, livestock and fires contributing the most to the destruction of native dry forests. The problem ...

The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.

Days after President Joe Biden gave his farewell address to the nation on Jan. 15, the Bureau of Land Management approved oil ...

Some places are too special to drill or mine or extract anything," Haaland said when asked if she stands by the Chaco Canyon decision.Haaland has largely worked to protect sites sacred to Native ...

Participants highlighted concerns about oil and gas drilling, cleanup of sites contaminated by the uranium industry, hydrogen ...

Given their courage during the war between Paraguay and Bolivia in the 1930s, the Maká people were given a piece of land that ...

Deb Haaland officially entered New Mexico's 2026 race for governor on Tuesday, becoming the first candidate in an open — and likely expensive — race. The former New Mexico congresswoman, who spent ...

In one of his first secretarial orders, Doug Burgum ordered staff to review public lands with an eye toward opening them to ...

As the Interior Secretary under former President Joe Biden, Haaland became the first Native American to serve ... her office took action to protect the Chaco region from new oil and gas leasing ...

Many Maká traditions have slowly faded. Yet a few elders among these Paraguayan Indigenous people recall how their songs imitated birds.

Native American leaders have long considered ... mixing mortar and hauling water to construct one of the great houses at the Chaco park. “I thought about the weight of their legacy,” she ...