The Lumbee Tribe was first recognized by Congress in 1956, but the legislation didn't include federal benefits.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina could be federally recognized through the National Defense Authorization Act the House ...

A proposal by the Crow tribal chair could dramatically change who counts as a Crow tribal member under the “blood quantum” ...

After 175 years of displacement, the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation has reacquired 900 acres south of Yosemite National Park.

The Trump administration is touting its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program as the largest-ever U.S. investment in rural health care. But the government made minimal mention of Native ...

California’s first governor, Peter Hardeman Burnett, swore that the racist campaign he championed would not end “until the Indian race becomes extinct.” His two years in office brought malnutrition, ...

Freddie Lane, an enrolled member of Lummi Nation, has watched his people’s lands flood since his childhood on the Whatcom ...

The Little Shell Tribe presented details for a housing development during a Neighborhood Council 3 meeting on Thursday ...

Teenagers and young adults from Klamath Basin tribes in south-central Oregon and Northern California earned international applause this summer paddling neon-colored kayaks 310 miles on the newly ...

Africans are one of the most genetically diverse groups of people in the world. Most people would think Africans are mostly dark skinned, with brown eyes and black hair. But deep in the South Pacific, ...

When Ken Workman looks at the skyline from across the bay in West Seattle, he sees something more than the space needle or the Mariner's ballpark. "This is the first place where the white people would ...

Church leaders in India’s northeastern state of Assam have joined a tribal students' group to oppose the provincial ...