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Members of the Miccosukee Tribe are celebrating after a judge temporarily blocked further construction at the Alligator ...
Federal law requires federally funded institutions to return remains and sacred objects requested by tribal nations.
Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when the COVID-19 public health emergency ended ...
This Native Nation Is Opening the United States' Newest Bike Park originally appeared on BikeMag. After years of development, the newest bike park in the United States opens this weekend on Native ...
“Native people are still working to revitalize what the United States tried to erase,’’ said Wright, a staff attorney with the Native American Rights Fund.
Until 2002, the heroic service many Native Americans Code Talkers performed in the United States military remained classified. After Congress passed the Code Talkers Recognition Act, their story ...
Before Colombus arrived in American in 1492, 533 years ago, Native Americans had already been living in America for at least 23,000 years and possibly as long as 30,000 years. Yet somehow, settlers ...
The Department of Justice recently argued that birthright citizenship does not apply to Native Americans. The administration will likely take aim at Native sovereignty next.
Questions about whether Native Americans born in the United States have birthright citizenship if they aren’t “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. — such as if they live on sovereign ...
The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 years, close to life expectancies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. For many Asian ...
For example, the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American territory in the U.S. with over 173,600 residents, had the highest per capita infection rate in the country by May 2020.
Approximately 20% of Native Americans in the United States identify as Catholic, and more than 340 parishes serve predominantly Native congregations, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic ...