The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho have long fought for water sovereignty on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but ...

Students in UW’s Native American Education, Research and Cultural Center are among those who will benefit from a gift of $500,000 from the estate of the late William “Bill” Kruggel, which will provide ...

Smith broke barriers for Native art and exhibited at major museums around the U.S. Before she died last month, she planned a ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski , chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, addressed the U.S. Senate floor regarding a letter she ...

A campaign promise kept by Donald Trump is renewing centuries-old questions about who gets to be Native in America.

Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven, ...

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 ...

Lorraine Gouge, citizen of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and retention director at the Lac ...

Early in the 19th century, while the rapidly-growing United States ... "Indian Removal Act" through both houses of Congress. It gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with Indian ...

Madagascar owes its name to Marco Polo. The famous traveler heard about the island during his wanderings in Africa. The name ...

WASHINGTON — The anger, resilience and ready-to-fight energy radiated from tribal college and university presidents and ...