An American Indian boy who wears his hair in a braid as part of a religious custom will be allowed to remain at his school after school officials reversed an earlier decision that the child would have to cut his hair or wear his braid in a bun.
Schools Superintendent Gayle Sloan has agreed to let Curtis Harjo keep his braid, even though...
By the end of September, more than 100 tribal leaders had endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president.
The endorsers included Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr., who represents the largest sovereign Indian nation in the country with approximately 300,000 members in southeastern Utah,...
A federal judge ruled Friday that a 5-year-old Needville Elementary School kindergartner will be allowed to return to school with his hair in plain sight, at least for now.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Native American student, Adriel Arocha. He was taught separately...
After 649 days perched atop a redwood, the last tree-sitters surrendered their protest of University of California – Berkeley’s plan to chop down a tree grove to build a sports training center.
The world watched. As did such activists as Morning Star Gali, a Pit River member and community activist, with sadness and...
Dancing under trees just starting to show their fall colors, representatives of various Illinois tribes brought Native American culture to Naperville on Sunday.
The Midwest SOARRING Foundation held its 14th Annual Harvest Pow Wow at Naper Settlement this weekend.
When oral tradition and spiritual practice come up against the dominant society’s ideas about property rights and land use, who gets to decide what is historical fact, what is legend and what is sacred?
In York, a pristine southern Maine town of ocean-view mansions and a bustling summer tourist trade, that...
On Wednesday, the Comanche Nation spoke out about its legal victory to stop Fort Sill's construction near the historic Medicine Bluffs on post. Although the fight isn't over, the tribe is celebrating a federal judge's preliminary injunction to halt the post's work on its new Training Services Center near the base of the bluffs. The Comanches say the area is sacred to the...
Black, red and white are allowed in the closets of Delaware Indians, as Greg Livengood learned Saturday.
During the Andersontown Powwow, the Greenfield resident listened as Dee Ketchum, a former Delaware chief, led a presentation on his tribe’s history and customs.
Native Americans are showing increased interest nationwide in building schools that instill in their children a deeper understanding of their tribal culture and connection to the environment.
Recognizing the importance of preserving traditions that might otherwise be lost on younger generations, Indian groups from New York state to Washington state...
It is a ritual honoring Native American culture that has become a ritual in its own right -- Sunday's Potawatomi Trails Traditional/Social marked the 15th consecutive year that the powwow has come to Shiloh Park.
Holding forth in the oak grove, a circle of trees that formed a...
When a Navajo woman delivers a baby at Banner Page Hospital in northern Arizona, she invites her entire family — often more than 10 people — into the birthing room. She may give birth squatting, as is custom among Native Americans. A medicine man will offer ancient prayers and herbs for the mother to ease childbirth....
An American Indian inmate in Wyoming has reached an agreement with prison officials to allow him and other inmates access to bald eagle feathers for use in sacred ceremonies.
Stephen Pevar, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who represented inmate Andrew John Yellowbear, called the decision a "great victory for religious...
The chief of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians welcomed an announcement by the Houlton Town Council to release its authority over tribal land in support of the band's autonomy.
''It was very surprising. I was very pleased that the town came to that decision. I do absolutely see it as a support of our tribal sovereignty and...
The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world -- 2.3 million Americans are currently behind bars. But that doesn't mean they don't get weekends. Their weekends are just a little different.
At San Quentin State Prison in California, there's a place of worship for everyone -- a Protestant...