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For decades, America’s National Parks have been celebrated as “America’s best idea.” But this celebration often overlooks that their creation…
Ohio’s historical society announced a deal Thursday that will allow it to take control of an ancient ceremonial and burial…
The federal government is giving more than a half-billion dollars to coastal communities to help them use nature-based preventative measures…
BNSF Railway must pay $400m to a Native American tribe for intentionally trespassing by running 100-car crude oil trains over its reservation
BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday…
Ohio’s historical society is one step away from gaining control of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks maintained by a country…
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is banned from nearly 20% of her own state as fight with Native American tribes heats up
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after two more tribes banished her this…
Pot is illegal in North Carolina—except on Cherokee land where medical cannabis sales just started
Medical marijuana can now be legally purchased in North Carolina with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opening its long-planned…
Snack-shop chain sued over alleged racial discrimination in hiring of Black, mixed-race and Native American employees
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against…
California tribe that lost 90% of its land during the Gold Rush get back 126 acres with the world’s tallest trees
California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will…
Bay Area parking lot company takes $27 million deal to give 5,700-year-old Native burial mound back to Ohlone tribe
A San Francisco Bay Area parking lot that sits on top of a sacred tribal shell mound dating back 5,700…