Now a leading archaeologist, Rostain was discouraged at first. “No one is interested in archaeology of the Amazon.” ...

Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep ...

A project called Kara Solar, led by Indigenous engineers and community leaders, has been building and deploying solar-powered ...

A veteran water expert from Arizona says his nomination has been pulled to lead the federal agency overseeing water management in the western U.S. Ted Cooke tells The Associated Press that he ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Indigenous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon against The New York Times and TMZ that claimed the newspaper’s reporting on the ...

In this undated photo provided by the Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Eastern Amazon, a home belonging to an uncontacted Indigenous group is visible in the Loreto region of the Peruvian ...

Santarém’s ceramics grace museums around the globe, yet the city’s heritage remains largely unknown in Brazil.

At 1,243 miles long, the Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest with its tributaries, wetlands and estuaries reaching six U.S. states. (Bonnie Moreland /Courthouse News) PORTLAND ...

Cherokee of Georgia was recognized in 1988 and has about 400 members. They have held nonprofit status since 1989 for their mission of maintaining a traditional Cherokee community while preserving and ...

Long before Alabama became a state, it was home to thriving Native American nations whose descendants still live here today. But how many tribes are officially recognized in Alabama now? In the U.S., ...