November is National Native American Heritage Month, and it’s a time to honor and celebrate the traditions and contributions ...

Kathryn Woodman Leighton was considered one of the world's most notable painters of American Indian portraits, "at a time when the subject was reserved for males." This painting of important Tewa ...

A law allowing people with a felony on their record to vote offers people once disenfranchised from the process a chance to ...

to attend a Quaker-run boarding school dedicated to training Native American children. Then she realized the teachers who had taken her traditional clothing upon her arrival wanted to cut her hair ...

President Joe Biden formally apologized on Friday for the federal government’s role in forcing Native American children into ...

Historical background The investigation, led by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland—the first Native American Cabinet member—revealed that more than 18,000 children, some as young as four ...

FILE – The ruins of a building that was part of a Native American boarding school on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in ... not allowed to wear any cultural clothing, keep their hair long or ...

This is, of course, the name of the Native American tribe on which our state’s name is based. Whether you've lived here all your life or are new to the state, here are a few quick facts about ...

“The Indian Card” begins with a statistical puzzle: In the 2000 U.S. census, 4.1 million people indicated Native American heritage. But in 2020, that figure had swelled to 9.7 millio ...

CHANDLER, Okla. — A woman with Sioux City ties pleaded guilty Tuesday of killing a former Sioux City man and helping burn the body in Oklahoma. Janelle Brown, 40, of Wellston, Oklahoma ...

However, the push to encourage Native Americans in Sioux Falls to vote still went on. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act, which extended citizenship to Native ...