Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A proposed casino in Pasco is being criticized by rivals who say the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have no right ...

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 ...

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The Virginia legislature plans to address the impact of a racist 1920s policy that for decades prohibited Native American ...

India is home to one of the world’s largest and most diverse indigenous populations, with more than 700 officially recognised Scheduled Tribes spread across its forests, hills, plains and islands.

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

An urban planner by training, Tovey was appointed by Gov. Tina Kotek as co-chair of the Housing Production Advisory Council in March 2023. The council finished its work with a report released last ...

More than 18,000 children were shipped off to faraway schools in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Nearly 900 known deaths occurred in the 417 federal-run institutions, along with uncounted cases of ...

A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the U.S. Department of the Interior may take land into trust on behalf of Alaska Native tribes, a decision that could allow tribes to create “Indian country ...

A powerful film about the Chickahominy Tribe’s resilience, heritage, and renewal. Resilience on the River tells the powerful story of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia, whose identity has ...