Tribes

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West

President Joe Biden designated Avi Kwa Ame, a mountainous area in Nevada that’s revered by many tribes, as a national monument Tuesday.

A new database reveals that museums and universities across the U.S. still hold the remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans, despite a federal law passed more than 30 years ago to help return their remains to tribes.

The last operating uranium mill in the U.S. is in White Mesa, Utah. It's been the target of ongoing protests and criticism from environmental activist groups and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Parent company Energy Fuels responds.

In order to increase the number of Indigenous principals in Native communities and in public schools, a program called POLLEN is meeting teachers halfway by covering many of the costs.

Tribal nations across the country will be receiving additional funding for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program put forth by the Department of Commerce.

The Canyonlands Research Center in southeastern Utah, is in its second year offering a paid summer internship to Native American students interested in conservation.

KDNK's news team brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West.

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