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President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tribal leaders their marginalized community deserves more from its government.
Jaycee Dugard is emerging from obscurity after police say she spent 18 years as a captive in a sex offender's yard, releasing the first photos of herself as an adult and her first statement.
The Senate has approved a resolution apologizing to American Indians for years of "ill-conceived policies" and acts of violence by U.S. citizens.
A group of American Indians who find the Washington Redskins' name offensive wants the Supreme Court to take up the matter.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius acknowledged on Tuesday that government health care for American Indians has been a "historic failure" for more than a century and pledged to launch an extended effort to improve it.
The cultural and natural resources of New Mexico's Mount Taylor will now be protected by the state, ending a yearlong battle between American Indians and landowners all concerned about preserving their rights to use the mountain without interference.
Minority teachers are underrepresented at theological schools and need more financial help and encouragement to become faculty, according to a prominent group of scholars dedicated to improving religious education.
Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan says the government will offer more than $250 million in housing grants to American Indians and native Alaskans as part of the federal stimulus package.
The Washington Redskins won another legal victory Friday in a 17-year fight with a group of American Indians who contend the football team's trademark is racially offensive.
North Dakota's Board of Higher Education has agreed to drop the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo, a move intended to resolve a decades-long campus dispute about whether the name demeans American Indians.
The government told a federal appeals court Monday it owes nothing to 500,000 American Indians and their heirs who claim they were cheated out of billions of dollars in land royalties.
American Indians stand to gain almost $3 billion as part of the economic stimulus moving through Congress, money that could help some of the nation's poorest communities rebuild roads, improve health care and boost employment that has lagged behind the rest of the country for decades.
Leaders of California's politically powerful Indian tribes are pressing the incoming Obama administration to appoint more American Indians to the federal judiciary.
For the first time, federal legislation has set aside the day after Thanksgiving — for this year only — to honor the contributions American Indians have made to the United States.
Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says.
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year — and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.
It was another perfect summer day — so similar to and yet so different from that day a year ago when the Minneapolis freeway bridge fell.
The Senate voted Wednesday to triple spending for a much-acclaimed program that has treated and protected millions in Africa and elsewhere from the scourges of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
The Washington Redskins have won the latest round in a 16-year court battle against a group of American Indians, prevailing on a technicality that again skirts the issue of whether the team's nickname is racially offensive.
A federal judge indicated Wednesday that American Indians who have filed a lawsuit against the government for mismanagement of trust funds may not be awarded the $47 billion they have said they are owed.
A group of American Indians is not entitled to a $58 billion claim against the United States — or anything close to that amount — over the mismanagement of century-old trust lands, government lawyers argued Monday.
It has been 12 years since a group of American Indians sued the government, saying Washington had cheated them out of profits from land royalties since 1887.
The purification ceremony isn't an everyday ritual of U.S. presidential politics.
A melee that left two prison inmates dead was a battle between blacks and American Indians sparked by a spitting incident three days earlier, a prison official said Tuesday.
The Colorado Legislature passed a resolution Wednesday comparing the deaths of millions of American Indians to the Holocaust and other acts of genocide around the world.
1491 - Is the Amazon the world's largest man-made garden?Before it became the New World, the Western Hemisphere was vastly more populous and sophisticated than has been thought—an altogether more salubrious place to live at the time than, say, Europe.
President Obama Promises Real Change to American IndiansWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tribal leaders their marginalized community deserves more from its government.
Soboba Indian leader arrested on bribery charges - Kansas City StarCalifornia Indian tribe's leader charged with accepting bribes from various outside vendors. One of the vendors was also charged with bribery.
McDonald's Custer Toy Angers American IndiansThis toy was part of a series from "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian..." "I think it's insulting. It's like handing out KKK dolls in the south where there are a lot of Blacks."
Influenza strikes Aboriginal reserves, yet communities are ill-prepared to combat its spreadHealth care is scarce and resources few on the First Nations reserves, which are dealing with outbreaks of the flu.
Mohawks Protest Plan to Arm Guards on the BorderThis is the border of Canada and the U.S. and where the Mohawk reservation is. Part of the Mohawk rights include being able to go back and forth between the US and Canada. This would probably create some problems. There has already been some incidents.
Tribes want more time to develop ID cards for use at the Canadian border-US governement continues to break treatiesLocal American Indians say they shouldn't be forced to comply when new passport requirements go into effect on June 1 along the U.S. border with Canada.
An Open Letter to Barack Obama Dear President Obama, I want to personally thank you for the $3 billion in direct funding and $500 million more in bonding authority you've given to Indian Country in your $787 billion economic stimulus package.
Money, White House pick revive Everglades restoration hopesAfter years of tepid support, Washington appears primed to jump-start stalled Everglades restoration.
Justice for American Indians The federal government has a long history of cheating American Indians, and not all of this dirty dealing is in the distant past.
Wanted: More Long Island ghost stories (Video)---Main Link is Video. Print Story link below.--- Calling all ghosts.
Buffy Sainte-Marie to release her first new album in 15 years; campaigns on pueblos for ObamaThe Canadian singer-songwriter and activist is back on the scene and making some noise.
The culture of the First Nations was not "savage": A timely rebukeAn Olympic official and a prominent G&M columnist have both weighed in on their views toward Canada's original people. This article offers a corrective.
Its a real crapshoot with McCain, literally. McCain as the "founding father of Indian gambling"A lifelong gambler, Mr. McCain takes risks, both on and off the craps table.
Obama and Reparations"... the U.S. should review how it can make amends for "offenses" committed during its history." Obama
OPP head defends his actions during First Nations protests in 2007The infamous Ipperwash killing in 1995 has sparked a number of inquiries. The OPP are once again being asked to justify their actions, and their head is under scrutiny for intemperate remarks.
A Panel Discussion on P.M. Harper's Historic Apology: What's Next?Yesterday the Canadian P.M. delivered a long overdue apology to the First Nations about the government removal of children from their homes and families and placement in residential schools.
Canada's P.M. has made an historic apology for disrupting the families of nativesP.M. Stephen Harper has addressed the shame of his nation and delivered an official apology for the treatment of the First Nations by the Canadian government.
Native America: dark deeds in the Black HillsHow are Native Americans faring out west? What are their political issues, and which candidates speak to their aspirations?
Native Gangs Plague the PrairieIntimidation and prison battles are the new trade among Native gangs in western Canada.
Native Protesters Protest Arrest and Challenge the O.P.P.The arrest of Native activist Shawn Brant has caused counter demonstrations and clashes with the Ontario Provincial Police. Road blockades are threatened once again.
First Nations warns of protests and disruptions at Vancouver gamesThe Native people of Canada have been trying to get their government to address the issues of poverty on native reserves, but they've encountered apathy and neglect instead.
Aboriginal suffering continues unabated in Canada. Why is this still so?First Nations indices of poverty are far greater than those of all other Canadians. Why is this still the cas?
At OpEdNews: Bullying prosecutorial Tactics on Navajo Accused of Battery Met with This is a very important article. I know both Chad Redhouse and his wife, Bret Holaday Redhouse, who has vanished and moved back to Florida, even left a notarized letter with the Court to that effect.
Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native AmericansStudies of genetic variation have the potential to provide information about the initial peopling of the Americas and the more recent history of Native American populations.
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