Emery Tahy of San Francisco knows firsthand the struggles of addiction and recovery — a journey that, for him, is intertwined with his experience as a Native American. In his twenties, Tahy landed on ...

From her base in Gallup, New Mexico, Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who crisscross the sprawling Navajo Nation searching for patients who have tested positive for or ...

There are many misconceptions about tax payment rules for Native Americans. The relationship between Native American tribes, tribal sovereignty and taxation is quite complex. On one hand, the unique ...

How did Native Americans end up on Reservations? How did Native Americans end up on Reservations? We explore the complicated relationship between the Indian Nations and the United States of America.

Every year, Tamara St. John, an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation of South Dakota and House-Chair of the State-Tribal Relations Committee in the South ...

Madalyn J. Mann does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Ever since the Washington State Patrol began keeping a database on all its traffic stops, one troubling point has stood out: Troopers search the cars of Native American drivers much more often than ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — American pioneers John Allen and Elisha Rumsey stumbled upon lands already inhabited when they founded Ann Arbor 200 years ago, buying hundreds of acres from the federal government at ...

Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, San José State University Perhaps that’s unsurprising. The legislation has little relevance to most American citizens, and many Native ...

WOLF POINT, Mont. – Louise Smith sits at her daughter’s dining room table on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, poring over photographs and newspaper clippings – the everyday scraps that weave a ...

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