The federal government can confer health care, education, housing and casino rights, but for small bands like many in the ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is on the verge of full federal recognition after the Senate on Dec. 17 approved a $900 billion defense policy bill, titled the National Defense Authorization Act.

Cognetti — the mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania — recalled university professor Adam Pratt's opening statement for the ...

The quiet, wind-swept hills of the Battle of Greasy Grass, known to many as the Battle of Little Bighorn, are the setting for Native Americans commemorating the battle's 150th anniversary with horse ...

Muir traveled to the Grand Canyon and Redwood National and State Parks.

It's a complex history of displacement and forced assimilation as well as one of self-determination and, strangely enough, patriotism.

As tribes across the West seek the return of federal lands through U.S. Congress, land trusts have advanced a complementary ...

A pastor who called Native American rituals ‘idol worship' is defying tribal leaders’ demand to leave a Wyoming reservation.

There are many misconceptions about tax payment rules for Native Americans. The relationship between Native American tribes, tribal sovereignty and taxation is quite complex. On one hand, the unique ...

After devastating fires turned their forest into a moonscape, members of the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu found evidence of ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Lila Knolle, History and Literature Lecturer at Harvard University, discusses the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act at a U.S. Capitol Historical Society ...