An Australian cruise ship ran aground in Papua New Guinea. The incident took place at 5:25 a.m. local time off the coast of Finschhafen on Dec. 27, according to the Papua New Guinea National Maritime ...

A Long Island Native American tribe claims that part of Sunrise Highway was illegally built on its sovereign land, and it is now demanding compensation over it. The Shinnecock Indian Nation is arguing ...

A new agreement will make it easier for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe to apply for grants. Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Chair W. Ron Allen signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last month with the ...

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, about 26 miles northeast of the town of Goroka in the Eastern Highlands province. The quake hit at ...

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The quake struck at 10:31 a.m. UTC (5:31 a.m. ET) in the city ...

“It was early 2012 and I was doing a series of dives in submersibles all over the world. My expedition fellow Andrew Wight said, ‘Have you ever been to Papua New Guinea? There's [the New Britain ...

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho – The Coeur d’Alene Tribe announced a “milestone” in affirming tribal sovereignty after new rules clarified that tribal general welfare programs would not be subject to federal ...

Freddie Lane, an enrolled member of Lummi Nation, has watched his people’s lands flood since his childhood on the Whatcom County reservation. “Around the world, Indigenous people have their flood ...

Sophie Atkinson is a UK-based journalist and content writer, as well as a founder of a content agency which focuses on storytelling through social media… The Washington Gambling Commission has reached ...

On November 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule that would revise the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS), ...