The remarkable success of the movie “Sinners” has sparked a renewed interest in how the two communities wrestled with life ...

Kent Nerburn cradles in his palm a small turtle carved from clay quarried at Pipestone, a place in southwestern Minnesota sacred to American Indian people. This little guy plays an important role in ...

Both of Thorpe’s parents were mixed race, with Native heritage ... From the Omaha tribe, Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first Native American woman doctor. She lived during the mid-1800s ...

The Rhode Island accent, as we know it, may be headed for extinction. While it’s still a reliable feature of the local ...

Boxing champion Claressa Shields retires from MMA after three fights, choosing to focus on defending her undisputed heavyweight boxing title.

As these DNA test stories show, you truly never know what you’ll find in your family tree! It could be a surprising ...

The recent spectacle of Rome bidding goodbye to one pope and welcoming another was undoubtedly moving and historic for millions of Catholics throughout the world. It was also a lesson in efficiency, ...

NBC's comedy pilot set at a Native American community center in Oakland has found its first four cast members.

Native American women who plan to become nurses. “Natives are so underrepresented in nursing, and so having four in our class is such a huge deal,” said Shaneesa Scheckel, one of the four ...

In the 19th century it was home to Native Americans who had inhabited it for thousands of years. Spanish colonizers dubbed them the Nicoleño. Details of the Lone Woman’s life, historians and ...

ST. PAUL — A newly released report has found that hundreds of indigenous women have gone missing or murdered in the U.S. Northern Plains region, including Montana, since 1900. But in reality ...