Native American boarding school funding under scrutiny in lawsuit The lawsuit filed by the Wichita and Washoe tribes demands an accounting of an estimated $23.3 billion in misappropriated funds.

Astronaut John Herrington, who is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and who was the first enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe to travel to space, encouraged the audience to make a ...

Astronaut John Herrington, who is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and who was the first enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe to travel to space, encouraged the audience to make a ...

Herrington, who spoke about his NASA experience, believes that seeing these things in action, seeing people work in STEM fields, can make them seem more obtainable and less esoteric for young people.

American Indian and Alaska Native people under age 65 are more likely to be uninsured than White people under 65, but 30% rely on Medicaid compared with 15% of their White counterparts, according ...

John Bennett Herrington, born in 1958 on the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma, was the first enrolled Native American to walk in space. After moving around quite a bit as a child, he graduated high ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Retired NASA Astronaut John Herrington (Chickasaw) who made history as the first Native American to fly in space, spent over an hour with Native American students at Grand Valley ...

Education Everywhere — Young students can explore space science during two days of STEAM programming that also honors a Grand Rapids hero. School groups of kindergarten through fourth-graders are ...