Cole was elected to Congress in 2002 and is serving his 10th term. He is the longest-serving Native American lawmaker in House history. In April, he became the first Native American to chair the ...

The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Native Americans can challenge a massive copper mining project in Arizona that would destroy a sacred site used for tribal ceremonies.

February Issue Davids joins New Mexico’s Deb Haaland, of Laguna Pueblo, to become the first Native American women to serve in Congress in its 230-year history. Former Vice President Joe Biden ...

The Indian Citizenship Act Of 1924 Passed by Congress in 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act legally recognised Native Americans as US citizens. However, the new status did not universally translate ...

She became one of the first two Native American women in Congress in 2018 before taking the reins of the Interior Department to oversee U.S. obligations to 574 federally recognized tribes.

Jim Justice assumed Jan. 14. Independent members of Congress are counted with the party they caucus with. Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian ...

More than $13 million in annual appropriations for the Institute for American Indian Arts in New Mexico would be reduced to ...

Lawmakers from both parties said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s budget would put care for millions of Native Americans at risk should the government shut down.

Does a 1924 law clarifying how Native Americans are treated undermine the argument for birthright citizenship?

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American ...

A federal appeals court has sided with Native American tribes in their fight against the federal government over a $10 ...