The protected area covers nearly 700 square miles of the tribes’ ancestral ocean and coastal lands between the California-Oregon border to just south of Trinidad in Humboldt County.

For the first time ever, ancestral land was returned to the Wintu Tribe of Northern California the week of Dec. 15.

Colorado's wolf reintroduction program won't receive the next set of wolves from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington, after the tribes rescinded their offer.

Last week, in what appears to be the largest “land back” deal in state history, the Yurok Tribe completed acquisition of 47,000 acres around the Blue Creek watershed, finalizing the return of ...

Two tribes are in federal court this week, trying to prove to a judge that North Dakota's legislative district map dilutes Native American voters' strength on their reservations. A trial began ...

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. — A man wanted for more than four years in connection with the theft of culturally significant items from the Kalispel Tribe of Indians has been arrested, ...

The tribe's scientists study old maps and other records to figure out the mix of plants that will bring a piece of land closest to its historical character.