When Indian American businessman Iggy Ignatius began to think about retirement, he first thought he would return to India where he was born. However, after spending most of his adult years ...

In a White House ceremony Thursday morning, President Bush marked the opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Why does the new museum’s name employ the term ...

Dartmouth College has removed the new director of its Native American Program after tribal officials and alumni accused her of misrepresenting herself as an American Indian. The Ivy League school ...

Here he stands, the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and he winds up basically detailing the dismal record of the U.S. government's treatment of American Indians. INSKEEP: NPR's Libby Lewis ...

WASHINGTON: A distinguished Indian-American scientist and IIT alumnus has been named to head the Brookhaven National Laboratory, one of the world's great research institutions. WASHINGTON ...

OKEMOS (AP) - A Lansing-area school district has decided to stop using an American Indian head logo for its high school. The Lansing State Journal reports a letter announcing the elimination of ...

But here is a quote from another member of the Smithsonian – Kevin Gover, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and director of the Institution's National Museum of the American Indian ...

Most people living in the United States are familiar with the terms “Native American,” “American Indian,” and, increasingly, “Indigenous American” or “Indigenous peoples.” ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department and the first to lead the federal ...

According to Deborah Gallagher, the Early Head Start and family center director for the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center, the money will serve up to 333 children at early childhood ...

Indian-American lawyer Neomi Rao has been confirmed by the US Senate to lead the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Senate confirmed Rao by a vote of 54-41 as the head ...

The Super Bowl champs had been discouraging fans dressing up for games in this manner for several years but will outlaw it next season after further consultation with American Indian organisations.