As polling places open around this country on Nov. 2, for the midterm elections, members of the country's largest Native American tribe — the Navajo nation — will be voting to elect a new Navajo ...

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Sculpture at the Monument Valley entrance and Great Seal of the Navajo Nation. Monument Valley is located on Navajo or Diné land in Southern Utah. (Derek VanBuskirk) The trip, like many good things in ...

The tribe says an 1868 treaty means the federal government has a duty to ensure its people have sufficient water on a reservation where thousands do not have running water. NAVAJO NATION, N.M. — Her ...

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the US is not required to secure water for the Navajo Nation. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a dissent comparing the plight of the Navajos to waiting at the DMV. The ...

The Navajo Nation is nearing completion of a settlement of water rights claims in Arizona, ending decades of negotiations and giving hope for thousands of people who have long gone without running ...

Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. Photos: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Justice Neil Gorsuch again highlighted the mistreatment of tribal communities by the federal government in a ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the Navajo Nation in a legal dispute involving water access for the tribe, finding a 1868 treaty does not require the United States to take ...