Research and Course Guides: Topic: Indigenous Resources: News Sources

Current Newspapers and News Sources

Here are some selected current news sources that cover Indigenous people and issues.

Indian Country Today

Indian Country Today website
Indian Country Today is a daily digital news platform that covers the Indigenous world, including American Indians and Alaska Natives.

The Circle: Native American News and Arts

The Circle (library link)
Links to the library's access for the Circle. We have the most recent 2 years in print and electronic access from 1994 to present.

Confederated Umatilla Journal

Confederated Umatilla Journal website
The monthly newspaper of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Confederated Umatilla journal (library link)
Links to the library's access to the journal. We have online access from1997 to present.

High Country News

High Country News website
High Country News covers the West's social, political and ecological issues. From Alaska and the Northern Rockies to the desert Southwest, the Great Plains to the West Coast, High Country News covers 12 Western states and hundreds of Indigenous communities.
High Country News (library link)
Links to the library's access to High Country News. We have online access from 2002-present.

Windspeaker

Windspeaker website
Windspeaker is published by the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society (AMMS) and is "Canada's most widely circulated Indigenous news publication". In addition to current content, 24,000 articles dating back to 1983 are available in the online Windspeaker Archive Search.

News Databases

These are news databases that we subscribe to. While they are not solely focused on indigenous communities and news, they do include indigenous sources. You can use these databases to search multiple sources at once.

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
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This collection includes many newspapers from the native press. You can search across the entire collection, or use the publication search to just search within one title.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
This database contains electronic editions of thousands of local, national and international newspapers, along with broadcast transcripts and college and university news.
ProQuest US Newsstream, including Star Tribune This link opens in a new window
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S Newsstream enables users to search current U.S. news content, as well as archives that stretch back into the 1980s. It features top newspapers, wires, broadcast transcripts, along with national and regional news sources.

Library of Congress Digitized Native American Newspapers
Part of the Library of Congress' Chronicling America Historical Newspapers. There are 23 newspapers from across the country, covering 1828 - 1963.