Vice President Kamala Harris, while serving as California’s attorney general, declined to intervene on behalf of efforts by local Native American tribes to protect a sacred burial site from being ...

As Native language programs flourish in classrooms, Indian centers, tribal meeting rooms and online, President Donald Trump issued an executive order over the weekend declaring English would be the ...

The Justice Department's legal defense of Trump's order has drawn criticism for invoking an 1884 case, Elk v. Wilkins, that originally denied citizenship to Native Americans. The department argues ...

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

The Justice Department's legal defense of Trump's order has drawn criticism for invoking an 1884 case, Elk v. Wilkins, that originally denied citizenship to Native Americans. The department argues ...

Two tribal nations are suing the U.S. government for misusing trust funds meant for Native children's education to finance abusive boarding schools. The lawsuit demands an accounting of an estimated ...

Former President Donald Trump, the GOP's presidential nominee, made a bold campaign promise to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina during a rally on Saturday, vowing to grant them federal recognition ...

As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, health centers that serve Native American communities, such as the Oneida Community Health Center near Green Bay, Wisconsin, are ...

The Wampanoag are a Native American tribe that has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for over 10,000 years. The Wampanoag did eventually help the Pilgrims, but it was a ...

Before America was the United States of America it was populated by various Native American tribes. Some tribes were larger and lived in more expansive territories than others. Some of the especially ...

Long before Alabama became a state, it was home to thriving Native American nations whose descendants still live here today. But how many tribes are officially recognized in Alabama now? In the U.S., ...

Stacker used 2020 estimates from the Census to compile a list of the 50 largest Native American tribes in the country today. - Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via Getty Images Stacker used 2020 ...