Native Traditions

The Colorado River, one of the longest rivers in the United States, is gradually shrinking. This is partly a result of overuse by municipalities and seasonal drought. The other reason is global warming.The decline in the river reservoir will have serious...

There are many similarities between the Iroquois Constitution and the U.S. Constitution, in part, because Benjamin Franklin and other Founding Fathers gained insight into democracy through their meetings with members of the Six Nations. Those ideals show...

Native American tribes, clans and leaders from seven U.S. states and Canada say the U.S. government’s decision to lift protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area violates the groups’ religious freedom.Source: Native Americans say...

WASHINGTON (RNS) Enter the “Religion in Early America” exhibit and there are objects you expect to find: Bibles, a hymnal and christening items.But on closer inspection, a broader picture of faith in the Colonial era emerges: a Bible translated into the...

(RNS) President Trump’s executive orders advancing the construction of pipelines are drawing condemnation from the Native American and religious groups that have opposed them. Source: Native Americans condemn Trump’s executive action on pipeline |...

The Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency responsible for investigating, developing and maintaining water and related environmental resources, recently announced that they would not allow the Dakota Access pipeline to be constructed under the...

STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (RNS) In the Sioux creation narrative, water was one of the first beings the Creator made, and it became a major part of the people’s religious ceremonies. Source: Sioux anti-pipeline action sustained by Native...

DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE WILL DESECRATE MANY NATIVE AMERICAN SACRED RELIGIOUS SITES.Native American religion is intrinsically based on nature. Religious places are not man-made structures like churches or mosques, but open landscapes where their nature-gods...

While Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier sat down with President Barack Obama at a private roundtable in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 25, Morton County, N.D. Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier was calling in police reinforcements from six states...

When opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline galvanized the support of hundreds of U.S. tribes, it became an unprecedented show of Indian country unity and resolve.Now, it’s a global indigenous movement. Source: Standing Rock Joins the World’s Indigenous...