Albert Mekko, 17, (seated, center) from the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, died and was buried at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1881, two years after arriving at the school. More than 140 ...

In 1862, the Morrill Act shifted the landscape of education and left a lasting impact on tribal communities. While it opened doors to higher education, it also brought displacement and loss of land to ...

Look for solar panels to blossom atop low-income homes in Indian Country over the next five years. On Monday the Environmental Protection Agency announced $500 million for tribes as part of $7 billion ...

PORTLAND, ORE. — Across the Pacific Northwest, Native nations and Native-led organizations are working to combat the opioid crisis, offering substance use disorder treatment programs to support their ...

TULSA, Okla. – After Oklahoma’s governor tweeted the terms of a 10-year car tag compact with the Cherokee Nation late Monday afternoon, the tribe responded within two hours to say no agreement had ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A coalition of 14 tribes across the Northern Great Plains has been awarded $135,580,000 by the Environmental Protection Agency for residential solar energy projects. “Our future ...

The Coughlin Campanile - a 165-foot-tall chimes tower - rises up amid the tree on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota State ...

Carmen White Horse spoke about the murder of her granddaughter Reganne Chekpa during the inaugural MMIP conference held by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Rosebud Sioux Tribe. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT ...

PAWNEE, Okla. – The sexual assault trial of a prominent Yakama and Pawnee artist – originally planned to begin in late April – has been rescheduled until Oct. 28. Walter “Bunky” Echo-Hawk Jr. also had ...

The importance of engaging young people at the United Nations cannot be understated because one day they will be the leaders advancing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples This story is ...

Kaysa Whitley, coordinator for the Westwin Resistance Coalition, speaks outside the Lawton (Oklahoma) City Hall. The coalition is fighting to stop a cobalt and nickel refinery that is being built in ...

Kansas Begaye of Rio Rancho was crowned Miss Indian World at the Annual Gathering of Nations pow wow in 2013 Since the Gathering of Nations started officially in 1984, people from hundreds of tribal ...