Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in ...

The Pembroke-based Lumbee tribe was federally recognized by Congress in December after a nearly 140-year fight. Here's what's ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday awards to all 50 states under the Rural Health ...

WATONGA, Okla. (AP) — As the Watonga school system's Indian education director, Hollie Youngbear works to help Native American students succeed — a job that begins with getting them to school. She ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration on chronic absenteeism among Native American students between The Associated Press and ICT, a news outlet that covers Indigenous issues. WATONGA, ...

There are many misconceptions about tax payment rules for Native Americans. The relationship between Native American tribes, tribal sovereignty and taxation is quite complex. On one hand, the unique ...

“The Indian Card” begins with a statistical puzzle: In the 2000 U.S. census, 4.1 million people indicated Native American heritage. But in 2020, that figure had swelled to 9.7 million. And yet there ...

An assortment of framed photographs, certificates, cookbooks and other donations sits in Nevada’s Stewart Indian School ...

The Ute Indian Tribe is suing Colorado for discrimination in federal court, alleging that a recently passed law denies the ...

Courtesy of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation A tribally backed bill that could simplify the jurisdictional patchwork in Oregon Indian Country was signed by Gov. Tina Kotek on May ...

When New York State claimed a ‘permanent easement’ across the Nation’s Westwoods land, it could not do so, under federal law, ...