The winter holidays and especially Christmas have different meanings to tribes and Native individuals across Indian Country ...

The Minnesota Vikings, the NFL and the Native American Athletic Foundation will host 70 of the nation’s top Native American ...

Chris Ellert and Haysten Wooden Knife helped create a culture on the team fueled by the desire to win and leaning on each ...

For more than 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Northeast was home to many tribes with organized leadership and governance; it was among the most prosperous parts of North America. A ...

Lawrence Bowstring and Elisha Gotchie wrapped up their senior year football season with Deer River this fall. But now they ...

Right now, Hawaii and Utah are the only two states that outlaw all forms of gambling. But Department of Hawaiian Home Lands ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For Eloy Martinez, returning to Alcatraz Island meant a joyous reunion with people he hadn’t seen in decades. It also brought a renewed sense of pride and hope. Martinez was among ...

Ever since the Washington State Patrol began keeping a database on all its traffic stops, one troubling point has stood out: Troopers search the cars of Native American drivers much more often than ...

It’s estimated that around 7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, a number that’s expected to double by 2060. But researchers have found that some of the highest rates of cognitive impairment ...

— -- Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike -- brothers of one father and one mother, with one sky above us, and ...

Asked to list stereotypes they had heard about themselves or other Native Americans, more than 200 middle school-age citizens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally recognized nation ...

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