New ‘American Abenaki’ curriculum, focused on Vermont, draws rebuke from Abenaki nations in Quebec

Leaders of those Quebec-based nations continue to assert that many members of the groups in Vermont can’t claim legitimate ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Montana tribes ‘tell the stories themselves’ in new state history museum

The sovereign nations section of the museum is Robinson’s favorite exhibit. Each tribal nation has a dedicated display case, and each nation’s leaders chose the items inside. The Chippewa Cree Tribe’s ...

Some South Dakota tribes begin to embrace visitors as engine for economic development

Advocates see it as an opportunity for tribes to connect visitors with the lands, medicinal plants and stories of their ...
WTVD

Lumbee Tribe react to bill that inches them closer to federal recognition: 'The closest we've been'

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe is closer to gaining full federal recognition. Over the years, tribal members have called it a hard-fought battle as other tribes have opposed ...
The Shreveport Times

How many Native American tribes are in Louisiana? It has most in South

In the U.S., there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes and Alaska Native entities, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior. As for Louisiana, the state is home to more ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Native American Tribes Fight Sports Betting Rivals

Inside a Native American casino in Wisconsin, cards shuffle atop green felt tables and coins clink into metal trays. The Ho-Chunk Nation has offered gambling since 1982. But the real game is happening ...
The Herald News

Which Native American tribe sat with Pilgrims at 'first' Thanksgiving?

The Wampanoag are a Native American tribe that has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for over 10,000 years. The Wampanoag did eventually help the Pilgrims, but it was a ...
WBUR

For Native Americans, there's an enduring spiritual connection to the land

It’s a sunny spring morning as Nakai Clearwater Northup stands amid white pine trees, near a river, surveying the land. Looking at his Narragansett homelands in southern Rhode Island, he says hunting ...
The Clarion-Ledger

How many Native American tribes are in Mississippi? See local Indigenous tribes

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is the only federally recognized tribe operating within Mississippi. Thirteen other federally recognized tribes have historical ties to Mississippi but are now ...
Columbus Dispatch

Native American tribes lived in Ohio for centuries. A look at the clues they left behind

Native American tribes and ancient Mound Builders in Ohio left no written record, but we can learn about them from what they left behind. Ancient Mound Builders known as Adena, Hopewell and Fort ...
Essence

Roots That Speak: 6 Books That Highlight Black And Native Stories

Having the audacity to pursue truth is a courageous act. And, when studying historical texts or reading for leisure, it is important to examine the written word comparatively. Because the question ...