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Cecil Joe, a member of the Navajo Nation, fills a water tank supplying one Navajo household on June 5th, 2019, in Thoreau, New Mexico. Due to a legacy of poverty, marginalization, and disputed water rights, up to 40 percent of Navajo families don't have clean running water at home and are forced to rely on visits to water pumps.

Drought Intensifies the Navajo Nation’s Ongoing Water Shortage (in Photos)

Although drought conditions are improving across most of the U.S., more than 40 percent of Navajo households still don't have running water at home.

Emily Moon

A view from the north of the Valley of the Gods, one of the areas excised from Bears Ears National Monument by President Donald Trump's December 4th, 2017, proclamation.

News in Brief

Bears Ears Now Has the Support of Its Home County’s Leadership

The San Juan County commission voted two-to-one in favor of a resolution that rescinds the county's previous opposition to the monument and condemns its reduction by Donald Trump.

Rebecca Worby

News in Brief

Here’s Why the Navajo Nation Is Suing the EPA Over Colorado’s Mining Catastrophe

The San Juan River is one of the most sacred and agriculturally important areas to the Navajo Nation.…

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

Native America Online

Native Americans have long struggled to convince Internet service providers to install networks on their land—but homegrown tribal solutions are facing unique challenges too.

Susie Cagle