Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples make up a big part of the U.S. population. Today, there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes, plus an estimated 400 more that are unrecognized, ...

For advocates, dehumanization of indigenous people is at the root of the issue. More than a decade ago, Sundance, a member of the Muscogee tribe, led a successful effort to change the mascot of a high ...

Kay Gibson and Valerie Badhorse are the co-chairs of the American Indian Center of Springfield. Kay’s tribe is Cherokee and Valerie’s tribe is the Bois Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa. They spoke ...

WOLF POINT, Mont. – Louise Smith sits at her daughter’s dining room table on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, poring over photographs and newspaper clippings – the everyday scraps that weave a ...

People like Ray Halbritter believe institutions long carried out an injustice. Ray Halbritter, representative for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York, has to travel over 200 miles to visit one of his ...

Window Rock, Ariz. — Navajo Nation leaders took turns talking with the U.S. government's top health official as they hiked along a sandstone ridge overlooking their rural, high-desert town before the ...

President Biden’s historic apology on Friday to tribal nations for the U.S. government’s Native American boarding school policy has sparked celebration through the communities, along with some ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Native American groups fought for years to get this city's National Football League team to change its name. Now, President Donald Trump wants to change it back to a moniker many Native ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – President Trump’s recent comments insisting that the team bring back “Indians” over the current “Guardians” name sparked a sharp response from a Native American spokesman in Greater ...