The winter holidays and especially Christmas have different meanings to tribes and Native individuals across Indian Country ...

On Dec. 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education said it will begin administrative wage garnishment for borrowers with ...

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

The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation filed a federal lawsuit Friday against Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and ...

WATONGA, Okla. (AP) — As the Watonga school system's Indian education director, Hollie Youngbear works to help Native American students succeed — a job that begins with getting them to school. She ...

The wrenching transfer of power from hundreds of Indigenous cultures is fundamental to U.S. history. Along the way are remarkable truths of Native survival and grit.

Tribal nations are not adjacent to Oklahoma’s story — we are central to it. We want what every Oklahoman wants for the future ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, with more than 55,000 members, earned federal recognition from Congress after decades of attempts. The status will open more government benefits for tribal members ...

Lawmakers tucked language into a fast-moving defense bill to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the only tribal provision in the 3,086-page bill.

The livelihoods of Indigenous peoples and their $44 billion in casinos, horse racing and sports betting investments are at ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration on chronic absenteeism among Native American students between The Associated Press and ICT, a news outlet that covers Indigenous issues. WATONGA, ...