The Native American tribe regained a piece of its ancestral homeland in $1.9 million deal.
There are many misconceptions about tax payment rules for Native Americans. The relationship between Native American tribes, tribal sovereignty and taxation is quite complex. On one hand, the unique ...
For the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a tribe of nearly 40,000 in Shawnee, Okla., guarding against a potential loss of data related to its history, language and culture is a huge priority. That means ...
Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration on chronic absenteeism among Native American students between The Associated Press and ICT, a news outlet that covers Indigenous issues. WATONGA, ...
The federal government can confer health care, education, housing and casino rights, but for small bands like many in the ...
A lawsuit filed Thursday names Principal Chief David Hill and the Muscogee Nation Citizenship Board as defendants.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), the committee’s vice chairman, are urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to ...
Efforts to update an Indian housing law that expired more than a decade ago continue to face setbacks on Capitol Hill.
The quiet, wind-swept hills of the Battle of Greasy Grass, known to many as the Battle of Little Bighorn, are the setting for Native Americans commemorating the battle’s 150th anniversary with horse ...
NEAR CENTER CROSS, Va. — The brown waters of Dragon Run meander through shaggy banks of duckweed and arrow arum before melting into the forest. Insects clamor like city traffic. Noontime shadows are ...
When President Donald Trump toured Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention camp on July 1, he cast its location in the Big Cypress National Preserve as a remote and inhospitable ...