Tribes with bison herds are seeking negotiations with U.S. Department of Interior officials to ask for an exemption from new ...

As recently as three years ago, the Oglala Sioux Tribe declared an emergency in foster child placement. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Supreme Court turned back another challenge to the Indian Child Welfare ...

Michigan's native American tribes will be celebrating their culture and heritage this summer at annual powwows, and the public can witness the traditions at nearly a dozen gatherings across the state, ...

A federal court has decided to release former Oglala Sioux Tribe president Julian Bear Runner from jail.

As of 2024, 0.3% of practicing physicians in the nation were Native American. A proposed Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City could help change that. The school would be the first of its kind ...

NEW YORK – The Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center was packed Wednesday night for a movie premiere, but it wasn’t filled with the usual sparkling gowns and tuxedos. Instead, attendees wore ribbon ...

Flandreau Santee Sioux and Muscogee Creek sisters said reconnecting with Dakota language helped shape their paths to leadership ...

Numbers of Choctaws who speak the native language have dwindled, but a program is designed to turn that around.

A man and woman, from Rosebud, SD, have recently been sentenced for voluntary manslaughter in connection with a 2024 crime.

A new documentary, "Nine Little Indians," explores the painful history of Native American boarding schools through the eyes of nine sisters.

A new documentary, “Nine Little Indians,” follows nine Charbonneau sisters who attended Marty Indian School in South Dakota and alleges abuse by clergy. The film premieres May 27.

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