Los Angeles Times

The open question of ‘who gets to be Native in America’

“The Indian Card” begins with a statistical puzzle: In the 2000 U.S. census, 4.1 million people indicated Native American heritage. But in 2020, that figure had swelled to 9.7 million. And yet there ...
The Guardian

‘Native children belong in Native communities’: tribes decry New Mexico drug-exposed newborn rule

Groups say new directive fails to respect Native sovereignty amid complicated history of Indigenous child removals One morning early last July, Micha Bitsinnie arrived at work to an onslaught of ...
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Lost “African tribe” of Kubala claims Scottish woodland as ancestral home

In the woods near Jedburgh, Scotland, a small group claiming to be a lost African tribe has settled, surprising local residents. This group, called the Kingdom of Kubala, consists of three members: ...
NPR

Tribal courts can't prosecute non-Native drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem

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

Native Tribes Sue U.S. Over Abuse and Deaths at Boarding Schools

A class-action lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania argues that Native tribes have never been compensated for the child abuse or for money taken from tribal trust funds to operate the schools. By Jack Healy ...
Case Western Reserve University

The Native American story: A history of accomplishments

The people who represent the hundreds of Native American tribes located within the United States have a rich and accomplished history that continues to evolve. Their impact permeates many aspects of ...