Tehassi Hill, tribal chairman of the Oneida Nation, stands outside a U.S. appeals court in 2019 after arguments in a case that has made its way to the Supreme Court. AP Photo/Kevin McGill During oral ...

But nothing could be further from the truth. Removing or weakening the protections the act affords to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals would be a grave mistake. Growing up with a ...

Recent changes to federal regulations to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) are causing museums across the country to close some of their Native American exhibits. The ...

For the first time in U.S. history, a tribe is managing land with the National Park Service. In March, the Yurok Tribe of California signed a historic memorandum of understanding with the National ...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed the Native American Child Protection Act that Rep. Ruben Gallego introduced to address child abuse on reservations. “For too long, Congress has ...

Last Monday, the American Indian Student Association and California Native Vote Project hosted a presentation on the importance of white sage protection. The event took place in the Lake Balboa Room ...

The Native American Rights Fund announced a three-year project to develop stronger protections for sacred and culturally important sites in the U.S. The project, Sacred Places Protection: Fulfilling U ...

Navajo Nation leaders took turns hiking alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in April to detail the tribal nation’s priorities to improve access to health care and clean ...

Advocates for Alaska Native interests say they see an opening to significantly broaden a key federal subsistence protection across Alaska amid a court dispute between the state and the federal ...

In 1850 the California legislature passed an Act for the Government and Protection of Indians that essentially forced many Native Americans into servitude. The law provided for the forced labor of ...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation leaders took turns talking with the U.S. government’s top health official as they hiked along a sandstone ridge overlooking their rural, high-desert town before the ...