Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed legislation — House Bill 1237 — that would phase out the use of Native American-based mascots and logos in our state ...

Several Native American tribes have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to order the United States to release documentation of the brutal boarding school system that included one such ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Senate Democrats and voting rights advocates are pushing to defeat a GOP election bill they said could disenfranchise Native American voters. Republicans led passage of the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — On the first day of American Indian Month in Minnesota—a time usually dedicated to honoring and celebrating Native American history, culture, and contributions—grief lingers in ...

But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school’s mascot — a stereotypical Native American man wearing a headdress — as problematic.

Tribes Say the U.S. Misappropriated Funds to Pay for Native American Boarding Schools Two tribal nations filed a lawsuit Thursday saying that the federal government used the trust fund money of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a formal apology Tuesday for the state’s role in a boarding school that separated Native American students from their families with the goal of ...

A Long Island town that refuses to take down its school district's controversial Native American mascot has been backed by President Donald Trump. The town of Massapequa in Nassau County has ...

The first Saturday in May is layered with history. This year’s running of the Kentucky Derby is no exception as it marks the 10-year anniversary of American Pharoah’s Triple Crown victory. Ten years ...

In 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior, under the direction of Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to run the agency, released a scathing report on the legacy of the boarding ...