They were known as “civilized,” in part because they owned black slaves. But even in these tribes, the number of slaves was quite small: According to the 1860 census, four of these tribes (the largest ...

Danville’s longest-running festival is back for its 51st year, and organizers are promising a weekend filled with live performances, thrilling entertainment, and the kind of community charm that has ...

When Goodwin was elected to the state House in 2018, he made Locklear a promise: He would do everything in his power to get ...

As part of the Afrocentric and innovative Native Tongues collective—which included De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Black Sheep, and others—they created and refined a template for '90s ...

Arch Resources, involving a 2024 ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found the company liable for benefits to certain coal miners disabled by pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease.

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe recently received more than $3.7 million in federal funding to bolster affordable housing on tribal land. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Indian ...

For the families of the Muwekma, the fight for federal recognition has continued for four decades, according to Chairwoman of the Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area Charlene ...

Two tribal nations filed a lawsuit Thursday saying that the federal government used the trust fund money of tribes to pay for boarding schools where generations of Native children were ...

Other recipients were the Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk, Seneca, Shinnecock, Tonawanda, and Tuscarora tribes. The Cayuga Nation owns roughly 1,200 acres in Seneca and Cayuga counties. The Finger Lakes ...

DR. MARGARET MEAD'S study of present conditions in an Indian tribe living on a reservation, of which the anonymity is preserved under the title of “Antler”, deals more particularly with the ...

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes are seeking the return of nearly 10,000 acres of land in Oklahoma, currently a USDA research center. Tribal Governor Reggie Wassana met with Interior Secretary Doug ...

Kaushik’s mission ended in 1983 when his identity was exposed. According to a report in The Telegraph, Inyat Masiha—a RAW contact sent to re-establish communication with him—was caught and revealed ...