For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral ...

Efforts to lobby Wyoming’s congressional delegation and administratively reauthorize the Wind River Reservation-focused ...

Two major tribal organizations have rejoined the Alaska Federation of Natives, signaling a renewed push for unity as federal ...

For the study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

Revised textbooks on the five Native American tribes that share geography with North Dakota will be ready in time for next school year. For about three decades, the books went without updates due ...

The Chinook lost federal recognition in the early 2000s. We have been fighting to regain our status ever since because it has ...

School communities from Collinsville, Mascoutah and Granite City joined together at a rally on Sunday to oppose Illinois ...

Native American Chiefs and Vice-Chiefs from across the state came together to join in the opening ceremonies for the 48th ...

People hike on April 11, in Three Affiliated Tribes National Park on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota. A new tribal national park in North Dakota's rugged Badlands is opening ...

The US government has reinstated the SEVIS records of 133 students, many of whom are Indian, following a court ... many of them Indians, said: “All students are now reinstated.” ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Trump called the effort to force a change "ridiculous" and "an affront to our great Indian population." He added that he had directed his education secretary to "fight for the people of Massapequa ...