The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is accused of destroying sacred plants belonging to an affiliate of the Native American Church in Southern California. Getty Images/iStockphoto A Native ...

Intertribal Dance Singers and dancers perform during the California Native American Nations 56th Annual Native American Day at the State Capitol in 2023. Hector Amezcua The Sacramento Bee Today, on ...

Bill S.312/H.575 would prohibit schools from adopting Native-themed mascots moving forward. It would also require the Commission on Indian Affairs to identify Native-themed mascots and work to change ...

The fourth Friday in September of each year is known as Michigan Indian Day. This designation dates back to 1974 when the Michigan legislature enacted Public Act 30. In 2007, the Michigan House of ...

On Friday, known as California Native American Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three key pieces of legislation focused on Native American issues and issued a proclamation recognizing the significance of ...

KSHB 41 reporter Lily O’Shea Becker covers Franklin and Douglas counties in Kansas. Share your story idea with Lily. Haskell Cultural Center and Museum on Haskell Indian Nations University's (Haskell) ...

When Congress passed legislation in 1887 that allotted individual American Indians pieces of land while also granting them citizenship, proponents of the Dawes Act argued it would give them greater ...

This week, staff working with the Office of Army Cemeteries begin the somber work of trying to repatriate 19 Native Americans to their home tribes and closest descendants. All the youths died in the ...

Two tribal nations are suing the U.S. government for misusing trust funds meant for Native children's education to finance abusive boarding schools. The lawsuit demands an accounting of an estimated ...

When Betsy Fore was five, her grandmother got her a gift she has never forgotten: A Velveteen Rabbit from Goodwill that Fore believed, with enough love, could spring alive. Decades later, that rabbit ...

Born and raised in the heart of Lumbee Tribal Territory, Sampson proudly serves as a role model for Lumbee youth and Native communities across the country. Since taking over the University of ...