Hundreds of tribal leaders gathered on Monday morning to hear the annual State of Indian Nations address delivered by National Congress of American Indians President Mark Macarro,  the longtime tribal ...

KSHB 41 reporter Lily O’Shea Becker covers Franklin and Douglas counties in Kansas. Share your story idea with Lily. Haskell Cultural Center and Museum on Haskell Indian Nations University's (Haskell) ...

Ben Black Bear Jr., at far left, with (back row) his wife Arlene, mother Iva and father Ben Black Bear Sr., and daughters (front row) Benita and Berlene, on his ordination day in 1976. Credit: St.

Native American tribes are the original inhabitants of the lands that now make up the United States. Despite centuries of displacement, colonization, and cultural suppression, many tribes continue to ...

"American Indians have served in our nation's military since colonial times. For many, military service is an extension of their warrior traditions. Others serve for love of home and country.

It’s a sunny spring morning as Nakai Clearwater Northup stands amid white pine trees, near a river, surveying the land. Looking at his Narragansett homelands in southern Rhode Island, he says hunting ...

The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council is punching back at the sanitizing of history by the Trump administration that is ...

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., a New Jersey Democrat, has introduced a resolution that would ban Native American mascots from public schools. The resolution calls for “an end to unsanctioned Native ...

Despite being the original inhabitants of this land, Native American voters have faced centuries of discrimination pushed by leaders who intentionally block tribal communities from opportunities and ...

Diane Orson is a special correspondent with Connecticut Public. She is a longtime reporter and contributor to National Public Radio. Her stories have been heard on Morning Edition, All Things ...