Two tribes are in federal court this week, trying to prove to a judge that North Dakota's legislative district map dilutes Native American voters' strength on their reservations. A trial began Monday ...

Maps hold power. For millennia, the borders and place names represented on world maps signify who claims or possesses control of a geographic region. Through colonization, violent conquest or ...

Long before Mormons settled at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Genoa or Mexican trader Antonio Armijo coined the term “Las Vegas” en route to Los Angeles, Native tribes roamed the Silver State ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two tribes are in federal court this week, trying to prove to a judge that North Dakota’s legislative district map dilutes Native American voters’ strength on their reservations.

U.S. District Judge Peter Welte's decision comes after North Dakota lawmakers failed to offer an alternative to the state's 2021 redistricting map A Forum News Service graphic illustrates the 2021 ...

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation signed deal in October, but president says tribe is now trying to exit contract A Native American tribe in Kansas is facing criticism from other tribal groups after its ...

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