The winter holidays and especially Christmas have different meanings to tribes and Native individuals across Indian Country ...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee is the only NC tribe with full federal recognition. But NC recognizes seven others.

Guest Opinion. Being a federally recognized tribe in the United States officially recognizes the political relationship ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure.

WATONGA, Okla. (AP) — As the Watonga school system's Indian education director, Hollie Youngbear works to help Native American students succeed — a job that begins with getting them to school. She ...

For more than 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Northeast was home to many tribes with organized leadership and governance; it was among the most prosperous parts of North America. A ...

The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation filed a federal lawsuit Friday against Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and ...

The wrenching transfer of power from hundreds of Indigenous cultures is fundamental to U.S. history. Along the way are remarkable truths of Native survival and grit.

A newly established tribal business entity quietly signed a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with an early ...

The livelihoods of Indigenous peoples and their $44 billion in casinos, horse racing and sports betting investments are at ...

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, ...