Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has been granted full federal recognition after a nearly 140-year effort. This recognition corrects a 1956 act that acknowledged the tribe but denied them federal ...

North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe gained full federal recognition Thursday after President Donald Trump signed a wide-ranging defense spending bill containing a provision to recognize the tribe. The bill ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR’s Representative in Burundi, Brigitte Mukanga-Eno – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

With the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by the Senate on Wednesday, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is all but assured to become a federally recognized tribal nation. The ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is on the verge of full federal recognition after the Senate on Dec. 17 approved a $900 billion defense policy bill, titled the National Defense Authorization Act.

California’s first governor, Peter Hardeman Burnett, swore that the racist campaign he championed would not end “until the Indian race becomes extinct.” His two years in office brought malnutrition, ...

In the U.S., there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes and Alaska Native entities, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior. As for Louisiana, the state is home to more ...

Inside a Native American casino in Wisconsin, cards shuffle atop green felt tables and coins clink into metal trays. The Ho-Chunk Nation has offered gambling since 1982. But the real game is happening ...

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 ...

NISQUALLY INDIAN COMMUNITY, Wash. — The Nisqually Tribe said it will not house detainees for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after revealing that a staff member had been ...

The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council was formed 60 years ago to create a united front for tribal nations in Wisconsin. Its creation was prompted by concerns over the federal "termination" policy, ...