The Colorado River Indian Tribes may soon become the third Indigenous government in North America to grant personhood rights to a river. 'Aha Kwahwat, or the Colorado River, has been at the heart of ...

In the years leading up to Colorado statehood, nearly all of the territory’s western half still belonged to the Ute people, who had inhabited the northern Colorado Plateau for centuries.

A federal judge ruled Oct. 23 that sports betting overseen by Colorado’s two tribes must abide by the state’s laws, subjecting the sovereign nations to a possible 10% tax on online sports betting. U.S ...

PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) — Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing ...

DENVER, Colorado — A bipartisan bill advancing through the Colorado Legislature would grant enrolled members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe free access to more than forty ...

In October 2023, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Nation, based in eastern Washington state, accepted a request from Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) to live-capture 15 wolves on their 1.4 ...

For three days next week, water leaders from across the Colorado River Basin will gather in Las Vegas to talk about water and the looming failure of the seven basin states to work out differences on a ...

DENVER, Colorado — A new law allows Native American students across the U.S. to pay in-state college tuition in Colorado. Advocates of the new law hope to spread this police and increase Native ...

When seven states got together in 1922 to effectively divide up Colorado River usage, their resulting compact declared: “Nothing in this compact shall be construed as affecting the obligations of the ...

Colorado lawmakers are considering a proposal that would ban Native American mascots in public schools and colleges amid a nationwide push for racial justice that gained new momentum last year ...