Few states can boast of a culture and history as closely tied to its Native American heritage as South Dakota. The state has ...

There has long existed on reservations a hesitation to allow outsiders into certain traditional spaces and a general fear of ...

RENO — Inside Dean Barlese’s home on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reservation is a whiteboard with the numbers of tribal members who would drop everything to come to the beloved elder’s aid if needed ...

South Dakota ranks fourth in the nation for the percentage of residents who identify as Native American. As of the 2020 census, almost 100,000 people in South Dakota identify at least partially as ...

In December 1965, Mary Velasquez Riley stood alongside a contingent of White Mountain Apaches in Washington, D.C., as the official national Christmas tree was lit, the first time a Native American ...

Long before World War II, the U.S. Army rounded up Native Americans onto reservations — drawing in their new boundaries. And in Arizona, the federal government once again looked to those lands for ...

Last month, the state of California took an extraordinary stride toward righting the historical wrongs committed against California Native American tribes. In a historic land transfer, the state of ...

Native Americans on tribal lands in the United States have historically faced some of the nation’s worst economic conditions. The proportion of American Indian people living below the poverty line in ...

When most folks think about Native American tribes, they might recall history class stories or old westerns. The reality, though? These are thriving, complex communities that continue to shape modern ...

The Wampanoag are a Native American tribe that has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for over 10,000 years. The Wampanoag did eventually help the Pilgrims, but it was a ...

The rich tapestry of Native American heritage across the United States includes hundreds of distinct tribal nations, each with their own unique traditions, languages, and cultural identities. Today, ...