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NPR guest host Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Annita Lucchesi about her report looking at missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in 71 cities across the U.S. She found an alarming lack of data.

In the northernmost town in the U.S., there's no Santa's workshop. But there is a unique maker's space where Indigenous artists can come anytime to make traditional artwork.

The Makah tribe in Washington state will be able to resume their longstanding tradition of whaling, after NOAA Fisheries decided Thursday to give them a waiver for a hunt.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appointed Nanaia Mahuta to the role of Minister of Foreign Affairs, the nation's first Indigenous woman to hold the position.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat about their new documentary, "Sugarcane," about Indian residential schools in Canada.

The Brooklyn Museum repatriated hundreds of objects to the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica.

In his campaign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to launch an investigation into the disappearances of more than 1,000 Native women. Families and advocates have been waiting for years.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Julian Brave NoiseCat, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer, about his new book, "We Survived the Night."

Women are underrepresented in Brazil's Congress. But Indigenous women recently elected in Sao Paulo are hoping to change that reality.

Terese Marie Mailhot's new memoir is an effort to draw art from mental illness, lost love and her family history on an Indian reservation in British Columbia.