NPR's David Greene talks to Mark Trahant, editor of the news site Indian Country Today, about why Democratic presidential candidates are paying so much attention to Native American voters this year.

Democratic candidates court Native Americans. Experts say the Native American population is growing and becoming more politically active, which will make them a significant voting bloc in 2020.

Haley was the first Indian American presidential candidate to make it to Super Tuesday When Nikki Haley’s family moved to Bamberg, South Carolina, in 1969, they were the only Indian family in ...

Independent presidential candidate Mark Charles speaks at the Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum on August 20, 2019 in Sioux City, Iowa.

Several Indian-American candidates are running for the 2024 US presidential election. These candidates represent a diverse range of political views and backgrounds, and their candidacies reflect ...

Harris, who is the only major presidential candidate with Indian heritage, has raised more than $387,000 from the Indian American community for her 2020 bid, more than any other Democrat in the ...

As president, she'd increase funding by reauthorizing the expired Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act and expanding the Indian Housing Block Grant program, which awarded ...

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak during the Indian American Impact Project's Annual Summit in Washington, May 15, 2024. At the summit, she credited Indian Americans and Asian ...

On Tuesday, 2020 presidential hopefuls will address the first presidential candidates' forum focused entirely on Native American issues in more than a decade.. Sen. Elizabeth Warren apologized on ...

The rise of Indian American candidates to national prominence is a natural progression for a community that has more than doubled from 2000 to2017, experts say.

Two high-profile Indian American women — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Usha Vance, wife of Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance — are shining a spotlight on South ...

Kamala Harris’ nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate marks a historic moment, not just for her but also for the Indian American community she represents. As the daughter of an ...