Navajo Nation
'Financial Colonialism': A Bitcoin Mine in Navajo Nation Flares Tensions
A Bitcoin mine run by a Canadian company is the newest power customer in Navajo Nation, where many residents live without basic utilities.
The Only Native American on Death Row Was Just Executed Without His Tribe's Consent
For 17 years, the Navajo Nation and the victim’s family have publicly objected to Lezmond Mitchell’s sentence.
Coronavirus Is Devastating the Navajo Nation
About 30% to 40% of residents don’t have running water, which makes following basic CDC guidelines, such as handwashing, almost impossible.
Inside Navajo Nation’s Battle Against Coronavirus
The reservation has a higher infection rate than any state in the country — and many homes have no running water.
Photos of Queer Life on a Sprawling Native American Reservation
The Navajo Nation—the biggest reservation in the US—can get lonely, especially if you identify as LGBTQ. But advocates and members of the community hope that change is coming.
Meat Factory Dead Zones Are Wiping out Sea Life in the Gulf of Mexico
Your daily guide to what’s working, what’s not and what you can do about it.
The Navajo Nation Can't Go It Alone in Their Struggle for Clean Water
Activists felt the defeat in Trump’s allowance of the Dakota Access pipeline, but there’s another fight to be won in the American southwest.
Waiting for Running Water (Excerpt from 'Contamination Nation')
In this excerpt, VICE News reporter Neha Shastry spends time with Ben Lewis, a former uranium miner who has been living without running water in his home on the reservation.
On The Line: Neha Shastry Discusses the Navajo Nation’s Contaminated Water
VICE News correspondent Neha Shastry joined 'On The Line' to answer your questions on the Navajo Nation’s contaminated water crisis.
Darlene's Water Delivery Service (Extra Scene from 'Contamination Nation')
VICE News correspondent Neha Shastry joins Darlene Arviso — known locally as “The Water Lady” — on her daily rounds as she delivers clean water to her local Navajo community.
Living Without Water: Contamination Nation
There are tens of thousands of Americans living without clean, running water on the Navajo Nation today.