Former Cowlitz Indian Tribe chairman and spiritual leader Roy Wilson died early Tuesday morning at age 97, just days before the 25th anniversary of the tribe’s federal recognition on Thursday.

A proposed Nevada Assembly bill would move the state’s Indigenous Peoples Day to the second Monday in October, despite some ...

Lynda Frost, senior project manager for Trust for Public Land in Virginia, praised the program for allowing tribes access to their native land. “We believe that every tribe should have a ...

When asked more directly about dealing with tribes by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), who was the first woman to serve as chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Burgum elaborated on his ...

In this article, we will provide a state-wise compilation of Indian tribes, highlighting their history, customs, and significance. A tribe is a group of people, often of related families ...

Come 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Lumbee Act, which recognized the tribe as the "Lumbee Indians of North Carolina." However, the said legislation did not provide federal ...

After 12 years in the making, the Coquille Indian Tribe’s plans to build The Cedars at Bear Creek casino in Medford came to fruition on Jan. 10 when the U.S. Department of Interior signed a ...

It gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi. Under these treaties, the Indians were to give up their lands east of the Mississippi ...

PARKER — Following concerns that federal officials may be detaining Native American citizens in sweeping immigration actions, Colorado River Indian Tribes Chairwoman Amelia Flores is assuring ...

While the U.S. has a trust responsibility — codified by dozens of treaties — to assist tribes in providing public safety in Indian Country, tribes in Montana have long said the federal ...

The Northern Montana Water Security Act has two components — one regarding the Fort Belknap Indian Community and ... the Fort Belknap Aaniiih and Nakoda Tribes, the reservation is the last ...