A Native American Church affiliate in Southern California says a sheriff’s department seized and destroyed “thousands” of psychoactive plants revered as sacred, interfering with members ...

Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed legislation — House Bill 1237 — that would phase out the use of Native American-based mascots and logos in our state’s elementary and high schools.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Postal Service will be hosting a first-day-of-issue ceremony for the "powwow" stamps, which are designed to celebrate Native American culture. The stamps are created ...

American Indian and Alaska Native people under age 65 are more likely to be uninsured than White people under 65, but 30% rely on Medicaid compared with 15% of their White counterparts, according ...

Years after COVID-19 disrupted American schools, nearly every state is still struggling with attendance. But attendance has been worse for Native American and Alaska Native students.

The broad term “Native American” is typically used to describe the Indigenous people who inhabited the land now known as the U.S. for thousands of years before European colonization. The ...

E ach year during Native American Heritage Month in November, school classrooms around the country focus on Indigenous history. For educators in Illinois, this fall marks the first school year ...

Rex Surface is a runner. Always has been. At 77, he still runs marathons. For nearly half his life, he's been a member of the Portland Frontrunners, one of the LGBTQ+ sports clubs in the area. The ...

She first heard the sounds of Native American flautist R. Carols Nakai, of Navajo and Ute heritage, when she was 5 years old. Nakai’s music has been a big influence on her own journey playing ...

What’s more, the number of Native American students attending college has decreased in recent years, according to a report from the Postsecondary National Policy Institute, which found that ...