The Declaration of Independence promised equality while denying power to Native Americans. Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids are ...

This Day in History One hundred and two years ago, the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, also known as the Snyder Act, granted ...

A few words in the Declaration of Independence, describing Indigenous people as "savages," did lasting damage, professor ...

The Declaration of Independence includes a searing attach on Native people, but the founders still drew on Indigenous principles.

As the USA celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a leading historian talks about why it endures.

Voters in 25 states will have the opportunity to elect or reelect an Indigenous candidate to public office this year. At least 170 Native American, Native Hawaiians, and Native Alaskans are on ballots ...

Chief Standing Bear, the courageous Ponca leader whose 19th century defense of Native American equality made him a civil rights hero, was honored Wednesday with a statue in the US Capitol. Some 140 ...

Native people inhabited the land that would become the United States long before the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But it wasn’t until 1924, when Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, ...

Native American students who also identify as another race, such as Black, white or Asian, are counted as “two or more races, ...

This year, many Americans might be feeling less patriotic than usual on the Fourth of July. During a time usually marked by fireworks, parades, and barbecues, people across the country are grappling ...

November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US. This should be an opportunity for schools to discuss their country’s colonial history. But the picture that students receive is often ...