… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. WASHINGTON — The revenue from American Indian gaming enterprises in Minnesota has ...

The plight of the Bru (Reang) tribe has remained vastly unheard in the Indian subcontinent. It has been almost 23 years since their exodus and no media house has bothered to consider covering this ...

A proposed casino in Pasco is being criticized by rivals who say the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have no right to the Tri-Cities and that its plans will devastate nearby casinos.

Members of the Black Mouth Society, a traditional group on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation line up at an event marking the opening of the MHA Nation Interpretive Center, a cultural center and ...

The Colorado River Indian Tribes of Arizona and California voted this month to give their namesake waterway the same legal rights as a person, saying the ‘living being’ deserves more protection while ...

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PARKER — On the Arizona-California border, where the Colorado River pushes against Headgate Rock Dam, churning water pours into a wide canal and runs across the desert, flowing toward the farmlands of ...

Federal recognition provides tribes with critical healthcare and education. What happens to the tribal nations that the U.S. refuses to recognize? Before the pandemic, the cedar plankhouse called ...

The head of an American Indian tribe in Michigan signed a law approving same-sex marriage on Friday, joining at least two other tribes nationwide in doing so, then immediately wed a gay couple who had ...