Jerry Laktonen is a fisherman and boatbuilder who began carving in his 40s and has become a leading voice in the revival of Alutiiq carving traditions. His masks and ceremonial paddles are celebrated ...

Tribes aren't allowed to apply for a share of the Rural Health Transformation Program, which is the largest-ever U.S. investment in rural health care, and must rely on states to share funds with them ...

Braided wetlands and tundra in the Bristol Bay watershed are seen from the air on July 26, 2010. Seen here is Upper Talarik Creek, which flows into Lake Iliamna and then the Kvichak River before ...

A proposal by the Crow tribal chair could dramatically change who counts as a Crow tribal member under the “blood quantum” standard, a concept created by White settlers and rooted in assimilation ...

JATUN RUMI, Ecuador — High in the mountains of the Ecuadorian Andes, a group of young Otavalo Indigenous people is using anime to inspire pride in their ancient culture and language, especially among ...

Decorated Native American veteran Charles Shay has died at age 101 in France. Shay was from the Penobscot tribe and from Indian Island in the U.S. state of Maine.

Lee Enterprises’ Public Service Journalism team has spent more than a year digging into the causes and implications of Native Americans’ disproportionately high rates of fatal encounters with law ...

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to cease construction and stop taking new detainees at Alligator Alcatraz in Florida Alligator Alcatraz, an immigrant detention ...

There’s been a flash point of change in the U.S. that has brought new recognition and reckoning with the high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous people. After decades of sporadic police and ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. – In 1977, Norma Rendon, Oglala Lakota, had just left an abusive relationship that had escalated into an attempt to take her life. Her healing journey was complicated, inspiring her ...

WOUNDED KNEE, South Dakota — Madonna Thunder Hawk remembers the firefights. As a medic during the occupation of Wounded Knee in early 1973, Thunder Hawk was stationed each night in a frontline bunker ...

The 2025 government shutdown has reached a new record, and tribal leaders are beginning to run out of patience and funds, with many dipping into their own already strained reserve funding with no ...