The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation signed an agreement in late March to acquire Fred L. Mitchell’s ...

The small town of Siletz near the Oregon coast is headquarters for the most diverse confederation of Native American tribes ...

The intertribal cultural initiative is dedicated to revitalizing traditional Southeastern Native folk arts and ensuring that ...

Solicitor General D. John Sauer seemed to struggle when pressed by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday on whether Native Americans should be considered birthright citizens. The question ...

Justice Neil Gorsuch pressed the government on its argument that the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause requires a child’s parents to be lawful permanent residents to obtain birthright citizenship.

WASHINGTON — In a moment that could take on new significance almost 150 years later, Omaha election official Charles Wilkins on April 5, 1880, refused to register John Elk to vote on the grounds that ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump has replaced Kristi Noem with Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social ...

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing entitled "Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program," on Feb. 10, 2026 (Source: ...

Sometime around 1860, Spaniards attacked a Navajo settlement in New Mexico and captured a woman named Ated-bah-Hohzoni, meaning “happy girl.” As she hid behind a cliff with her one-year-old daughter, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After decades of criticism from Indigenous communities, the Golden-based Westernaires will end their program that teaches and portrays Native American ...

A Paiute man had a vision: A ritual dance would reunite his people with their dead. The Ghost Dance swept across other North American tribes, until fear and violence brought it to a tragic end. HEARD ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! When America’s founders were walking the cobblestones of Philadelphia in 1776 while ...