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Two tribal nations filed a lawsuit Thursday saying that the federal government used the trust fund money of tribes to pay for boarding schools where generations of Native children were ...

“American Idol” Season 23 winner Jamal Roberts will perform at the Jackson Convention Complex on September 19. The concert will benefit Alcorn State University Athletics. Tickets are available ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. New York’s governor has formally apologized for ...

The Iron Sheik was played by Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, a Persian American performer who pretended to be an Arab, an evil one. He wore an Arab headdress ... and Battle Creek native Rob Van ...

A dozen Native American tribes in Michigan will collectively get about $26.5 million under a federal grant program aimed at improving affordable housing options on tribal land. The money is part ...

The U.S. operated or supported 408 national Native American boarding schools across 37 states between 1819 and 1969, according to a 2022 U.S. Interior Department report, which detailed rampant ...

Chaos ensues in the trailer for Americana when a bunch of poor white people scramble to filch a “Lakota Indian ghost shirt,” as the only rich character describes it, and sell it for half a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sunlight illuminates the exterior of the North ...

Pike’s death spurred a resurgence of activism aimed at bringing more awareness to the disproportionate number of disappearances and violent deaths that have gripped Native American communities ...