Robeson County, where most Lumbee members live, has shifted politically in recent years. Once dominated by Democrats, the ...

Wednesday’s vote to grant the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina federal recognition through a defense spending bill marked an ...

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

The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (UKB) completed the acquisition of a new 7,700-square-foot ...

When the Cherokee Nation’s first bingo hall opened in the fall of 1990, then-Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller promised “major” ...

A Native American boarding school established by Moravian missionaries in North Georgia in the early 19th century reveals a complicated and compelling history.

Cherokee potter Crystal Hanna and dozens of Indigenous artists shared stories and artwork at the First Americans Museum’s ...

The exploitation that took place more than a century ago persists today; it just goes by a different name: the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit crisis, or MMIWG2S.

In the U.S., there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes and Alaska Native entities, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior. As for Louisiana, the state is home to more ...

Cherokee author Vanessa Lillie's work begins with curiosity, a passion to learn about the Native nations around her and the histories that have long been overlooked. Her latest novel continues that ...

TULSA, Okla. – Three American Indian tribes have filed a federal lawsuit disputing an Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation policy prosecuting tribal members for hunting or fishing on Indian reservations ...