California is making waves with a jaw-dropping plan to settle a 175-year-old score — handing back a staggering 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters to Native tribes. That’s 7% of the Golden ...

Sen. Mark Kelly wants Congress to approve $5 billion in funding to implement a landmark water rights deal for three Native American tribes.

Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration on chronic absenteeism among Native American students between The Associated Press and ICT, a news outlet that covers Indigenous issues. WATONGA, ...

From the Appropriations chairman to the Tribal leaders, Oklahoma is helping shape next year's Interior Department budget.

The new plan aims to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes — representing the acreage the U.S. promised and failed to hold for tribal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chuckwalla National Monument is a protected area spanning 624,000 acres in the Southern California desert. Native American tribes ...

Over the years, some tribes have undertaken the arduous process to change their official names to take back what they have always called themselves.

In all, 61 federally recognized tribes from more than a dozen states got grants through the Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund under the Federal Highway Administration.

When Chief Louie C. Chavis of the Beaver Creek Indians spoke to a captivated crowd at the South Carolina State Library, he asked, “Where do you want me to go?” — as if his breadth of experience and ...

The Justice Department's legal defense of Trump's order has drawn criticism for invoking an 1884 case, Elk v. Wilkins, that originally denied citizenship to Native Americans. The department argues ...

Many tribes are encouraged by Trump's choice of Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a member of the Cherokee nation, as the new DHS Secretary. ICE agents have been accused of racially profiling Native Americans.