In 1862, the Morrill Act shifted the landscape of education and left a lasting impact on tribal communities. While it opened doors to higher education, it also brought displacement and loss of land to ...

English colonists ambushed and slaughtered nearly 1,000 women, children, and elders of the Narragansett tribe in this region nearly 346 years ago “For many years, the Narragansetts were visitors to a ...

United States-Mexico border an invisible boundary created by colonial powers claiming sovereign Indigenous territories as their own; border wall would further separate Native peoples from friends, ...

The NHL playoffs are underway and there is a good chance the cup will be raised by an Indigenous player once again. In fact, there is a good chance that Zach Whitecloud, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, ...

The importance of engaging young people at the United Nations cannot be understated because one day they will be the leaders advancing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples This story is ...

The Native American Agriculture Fund was created after the lawsuit, Keepseagle v. Vilsack, uncovered discrimination against Native American farmers and ranchers in the U.S. Agriculture Department. The ...

The Coughlin Campanile - a 165-foot-tall chimes tower - rises up amid the tree on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota State ...

PAWNEE, Okla. – The sexual assault trial of a prominent Yakama and Pawnee artist – originally planned to begin in late April – has been rescheduled until Oct. 28. Walter “Bunky” Echo-Hawk Jr. also had ...

Sarah Agaton Howes was moved to tears describing the theft of her original artwork. “After all that’s been stolen from us – our kids, language, land, religion, our whole way of life – then this guy ...

Cruising south down a two-lane highway in Montana, Braven Glenn looked out onto the open road, the evening sky chilly and dark. It was Nov. 24, 2020—half a year into the pandemic and three months ...

Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act? This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led ...

PORTLAND, ORE. — Kianna Hamilton was just 4 years old when she first started to play basketball at the local YMCA, dribbling with hands too small to really fit around the ball. Over the two decades ...