WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama on Thursday told hundreds of Native American youths that they are all precious and sacred and that “each of you was put on this earth for a reason.” “Each of you has ...

Mary Youngblood, dubbed the First Lady of the Native American Flute, said it was destiny that she picked up the instrument that has led her to becoming a two-time Grammy winner. Of Native American ...

I am a direct descendant of family members that were forced as children to attend either a U.S. government-operated or church-run Indian boarding school. They include my mother, all four of my ...

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 ...

Every year, Tamara St. John, an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation of South Dakota and House-Chair of the State-Tribal Relations Committee in the South ...

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 ...

Voters in 25 states will have the opportunity to elect or reelect an Indigenous candidate to public office this year. At least 170 Native American, Native Hawaiians, and Native Alaskans are on ballots ...

Critics say the “pretendians” take positions from Native Americans, betray their students and potentially commit research fraud. UC has launched a “fact-finding mission” into the issue. For years, ...

Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, San José State University Perhaps that’s unsurprising. The legislation has little relevance to most American citizens, and many Native ...