More than 100 years before American independence — and long before the arrival of colonists — the Narragansett Indian tribal powwow was already being held in what is now Rhode Island. “That’s just ...

RENO, Nev. – Reno-Sparks Indian Colony’s (RSIC) most renowned Tribal Chairman of 32 years, Arlan D. Melendez; the basketball star who wanted to open a hotdog stand to fundraise for his All-Indian ...

By Chelsea Spaugy • For The Lima News BLUFFTON — Little Riley Creek Farm held a “Down on the Farm” event Sunday to celebrate rural life while shedding light on Native American presence in the area in ...

Michigan tribes are uniting oppose state-approved permits for the Line 5 tunnel, citing threats to treaty rights and Great ...

The Colorado River Indian Tribes of Arizona and California voted this month to give their namesake waterway the same legal rights as a person, saying the ‘living being’ deserves more protection while ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A quarter-century ago, the Justice Department had few meaningful relationships with Native American tribes. While the federal government worked with state and local police and courts ...

Two Native American tribes filed a class-action lawsuit on Thursday against the U.S. government for its role in running a system of boarding schools for more than a century that separated Native ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the National Congress of American Indians today threw their support behind ...

As fentanyl addiction and overdose deaths ravage Native American communities, some tribal leaders want Native law enforcement to take drug enforcement more into their own hands. "We can't wait anymore ...

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 ...

Depending on how much you know about the constitution, you may be surprised to learn that Ben Franklin and the founding fathers modeled the United States constitution on the constitution of the ...