A pastor who called Native American rituals ‘idol worship' is defying tribal leaders’ demand to leave a Wyoming reservation.

Visiting a Native American reservation isn’t like going to a state park or national forest. These are sovereign nations with their own governments, police forces, and rules that every visitor has to ...

It's a complex history of displacement and forced assimilation as well as one of self-determination and, strangely enough, patriotism.

Some Native nations are skipping America 250 festivities. Others are showing up to explain their side of history.

California has the largest Native American population in the country, with more than 700,000 people and over a hundred federally-recognized tribes calling the Golden State home. And for decades, ...

Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to ...

They saw their territory continue to shrink until the northern and central bands were forced onto a reservation in Utah.

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is the only federally recognized tribe operating within Mississippi. Thirteen other federally recognized tribes have historical ties to Mississippi but are now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 12—This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center's StoryReach U.S. Fellowship. It's the third in a series about ...

Water is life, especially in the desert. The Indigenous people of the area today known as Southern Nevada know this. The Las Vegas Wash, for example, was once an important trading ground for the ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. As wildfires intensify and pose a growing risk in the American West ...