Chaco Canyon was once the vibrant religious center of a Native American culture whose collapse long remained a mystery—until ...

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The parcels are located near a sensitive archaeological site, but some Indigenous leaders approve of the move, which will ...

The former congresswoman and U.S. interior secretary talks about how her lived experiences — including her financial ...

Days after President Joe Biden gave his farewell address to the nation on Jan. 15, the Bureau of Land Management approved oil ...

The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.

Guns, oil and gas and the continued backlash to the Trump administration's policies in deep-blue Santa Fe have been among the ...

Researchers Discover a Network of Ancient Ceremonial Roads, Reveal Spiritual Practices of Our Ancestors A team of researchers ...

Last year’s withdrawal of the Thompson Divide region from future oil and gas leasing and recent national monument actions are ...

43 U.S.C. 1714 is the section of federal law that gives sitting U.S. presidents the power to order mineral withdrawals that ban new mining and drilling, like those ordered by President Joe Biden for ...

Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, created by President Joe Biden in 2023 ...

In one of his first secretarial orders, Doug Burgum ordered staff to review public lands with an eye toward opening them to ...