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The Indian Health Service was mostly spared in the federal government's widespread staffing cuts, but tribal governments and organizations have lost funding elsewhere.
Graduations are universally celebrated as huge milestones, but for Native Americans in Wichita it carries multiple meanings. Some believe the future of Indian culture is riding on future generations p ...
Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga wowed fans when he took the mound at Wrigley Field for Chicago’s home opener before going ...
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said on Friday in a visit to Massapequa that the state Board of Regents' ban on Native ...
As you walk through the halls of Navajo Preparatory School, you will see students from across Diné Bikeyyah— the Navajo Nation — often wearing a tsiiyééł, a traditional Diné hair bun, Nike sneakers, ...
Montana’s Indian Child Welfare Act is an extension of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, which aims to protect Native children by giving their tribe and family opportunities to participate in ...
Bone by bone, two archaeologists lifted the 130-year-old skeletal remains of a Native American girl from the ... numbers and anglicized names. Their long hair was cut. The smallest infraction ...
“The thing that really pushed me was that I wanted to be in uniform and also express my culture, and long hair is significant in all Native American tribes,” Brave Heart said in a release.
President Biden apologized Friday for Native American boarding schools that were ... dress in cultural clothing, or keep their hair long. “Generations of Native children stolen, taken away ...
It marked the first time an American president issued an official apology for the government’s treatment of Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian peoples. “It’s long ...
Flores, a Native American service member and anti-tank missile gunner, is the first Marine in the Corps to receive a religious waiver allowing him to grow his hair long in accordance with his ...