An American Indian church is suing state and federal police and prosecutors over the right of its members to use peyote in religious ceremonies, even if they aren’t of Indian ancestry.
The Montreal First Peoples’ Festival – the city’s signature celebration of indigenous peoples art, history and cultures – took place in a brand new outdoor festival...
A Roman Catholic priest, a Taoist master and a Lakota holy man joined forces to help rebury 130-year-old remains uncovered in the western South Dakota town of Deadwood.
A Roman Catholic priest, a Taoist master and a Lakota holy man joined forces to help rebury 130-year-old remains uncovered in the western South Dakota town of Deadwood.
A team of native Americans hoping to compete at the world lacrosse championships in Manchester has been refused entry to Britain because they are travelling on tribal passports.
The Iroquois men's team, whose ancestors are credited with founding the game 1,000 years ago, have been forced to forfeit their first match on Thursday as they await...
A passport is more than a key to the world — it is an expression of national identity, say members of the Six Nations Confederacy who have been using their own special travel document for years.
A passport is more than a key to the world — it is an expression of national identity, say members of the Six Nations Confederacy who have been using their own special travel document for years.
A team of native Americans hoping to compete at the world lacrosse championships in Manchester has been refused entry to Britain because they are travelling on tribal passports.
The Iroquois men's team, whose ancestors are credited with founding the game 1,000 years ago, have been forced to forfeit their first match on Thursday as they await...
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Texas school district cannot punish an American Indian kindergartner for wearing his hair in traditional braids to express his family's religious beliefs.
He remembers the powwows of 50 years ago — intimate gatherings of friends and family members who would stay in each other's homes or pitch tents in backyards. He remembers the dancers who competed simply for enjoyment and dinners later at night...
Bonfires, drum circles, dancing, candlelit meditation and other ceremonial rituals help usher in the summer solstice at the annual Pagan Spirit Gathering, now in its 30th year in the United States.
Along with celebrating the longest day of the year on Monday (June 21), this...
Redding Mayor Patrick Jones wants to diversify City Council invocations.
Police chaplains currently deliver these prayers, which essentially are entreaties to some higher power for guidance at the beginning of a council meeting.
The council on Tuesday will consider Jones’ proposal to open...
As the spirits whispered through the towering pines on 40 mile per hour winds atop sacred Eagle Rock, American Indian warrior Levi Tadgerson said, “you can feel our relatives and the spirits with us.”
He stood on the cliff’s edge looking out upon northern Michigan’s Yellow Dog...
The federal and state government upped the ante this week in betting that Cape Wind is a winner.
When U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm Wednesday he more than doubled a multimillion dollar financial mitigation offer for local Indian tribes...