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

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

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure.

PEMBROKE — President Donald Trump is expected to sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes the Lumbee Fairness Act to grant the Lumbee Tribe full federal recognition, at 6 p.m ...

Renewable energy is an internal Tribal matter and an exercise of sovereignty—not something that requires approval from rural ...

The tribe's legitimacy and unwillingness to go through the normal process to get recognition have been questioned by other ...

The St. Croix Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin got rid of their blood quantum requirement. The tribe is now seeing their first tribal enrollment gains in years. The Crow and the St. Croix Chippewa are ...

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

WASHINGTON — Alaska Native groups on Thursday celebrated the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act. The Indian Child Welfare Act gives preference to relatives and tribal ...

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.

The Senate approved the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) yesterday, authorizing nearly $900 billion in military ...

As fentanyl addiction and overdose deaths ravage Native American communities, some tribal leaders want Indian law enforcement to take drug enforcement more into their own hands. "We can't wait anymore ...