Attendees of the 2025 Native American Summit, organized by the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, were draped in regalia and leading a drum ceremony for the first time in an Illinois ...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed legislation — House Bill 1237 — that would phase out the use of Native American-based mascots and logos in our state ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York visited Seneca land on Tuesday to apologize for the state’s operation of a boarding school that “sanctioned ethnic cleansing” of Native American children.

Ultra-processed foods are a “genocide” on the Native American population, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified Wednesday, as he vowed to get “high-quality food ...

Native American leaders from all across the state met up in Albany on Monday for an historic meeting with lawmakers. It was part of Native American Day in New York state, which was Monday.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Kathleen DuVal, an author with a passion for Native American history, recently received an esteemed award for her book "Native Nations." DuVal said she was "thrilled and ...

The eponymous bright yellow root is thread-like and was actually used by Native Americans as a thread in beadwork. Goldthread flowers glowing in the dappled light of the forest floor. Those bright ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — The Illinois Senate is currently considering a bill that would ban the use of Native American names and logos as mascots. It’s already passed the Illinois House.

The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the New York Department of Education (NYDOE) Friday over a Long Island high school's mascot. The NYDOE banned Native American ...

The eponymous bright yellow root is thread-like and was actually used by Native Americans as a thread in beadwork. 'I miss you so': 1930s love letters found in bathroom wall during Ohio home ...

But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school’s mascot — a stereotypical Native American man wearing a headdress — as problematic.