Rhode Island–based photographer and world traveler George Salter has spent years capturing powerful street portraits across ...

The Lumbee Fairness Act gives the tribe's 60,000 members access to federal benefits like healthcare and education. The act allows the Lumbee Tribe to pursue federal programs, establish a reservation ...

The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians is moving ahead with plans to open a temporary casino in Vallejo, California, possibly as soon as January 2026. According to the Daily Republic, the site would ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has been granted full federal recognition after a nearly 140-year effort. This recognition corrects a 1956 act that acknowledged the tribe but denied them federal ...

With the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by the Senate on Wednesday, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is all but assured to become a federally recognized tribal nation. 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.

After decades of political maneuvering through Congress and government agencies, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina may finally achieve federal recognition through the National Defense Authorization ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Congress added a provision to the defense bill to grant Lumbee federal recognition. Federal recognition would unlock education and ...

North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe could receive federal recognition within the month — a goal that’s been generations in the making for the tribe, but which also faces heavy opposition from other Native ...

A proposal by the Crow tribal chair could dramatically change who counts as a Crow tribal member under the “blood quantum” standard, a concept created by White settlers and rooted in assimilation ...