The STAR School in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a water first initiative to encourage students to drink water over sugar sweetened beverages. (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

The Wounded Knee Massacre site is where Lakota men, women and children were killed by members of the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry on December 29, 1890. Proposed plans near the South Dakota site have upset some people. (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

Navajo and Hopi youth begin the Three Sister’s Bears Ears Run to raise awareness about the sacred Bears Ears site in Utah. (Photo-Navajo Nation, Office of the President and Vice President)

The owners of the Arrowhead Inn and three other closed beer stores in Whiteclay, Neb. dispute the state’s claim they owe $600-thousand in underreported taxes (File photo: Jim Kent)

Street art and graffiti cover walls in Indian Alley in Los Angeles, California.  The alley’s history includes Native people who once lived on the streets. Native people still face housing and other challenges living in the city, but many are going to Indian centers for services, a place to find a network of support, and reconnect to their Native culture. (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

People take part in a round dance at United American Indian Involvement in Los Angeles. Native culture is part of health and wellness initiatives at the center. (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

Cynthia Plenty Bull and her daughter, Tia are celebrating the Christmas season with their very own home in the Eagle Nest Housing Development at the village of Wanblee on the Pine Ridge Reservation. (Photo-Lakota Funds)

A coalition of Native groups and conservationists organized a protest outside the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage, Alaska during the 2017 Alaska Federation of Natives Convention. (Photo-Daysha Eaton)

38 Democratic members of Congress wrote a letter to Republicans urging them to include provisions for Indian Country in their tax bill. (Screenshot)

People demonstrate at a LNG construction site in Tacoma, Washington. Native people and their allies say they’re concerned about water and other threats to the environment.  (Screenshot-Native Daily Network, Facebook)