The Pembroke-based Lumbee tribe was federally recognized by Congress in December after a nearly 140-year fight. Here's what's ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal ...

PEMBROKE — President Donald Trump is expected to sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes the Lumbee Fairness Act to grant the Lumbee Tribe full federal recognition, at 6 p.m ...

Drum group Warpaint Singers performs a song following a treaty signing in front of the Statehouse steps Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette) COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s Native ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday awards to all 50 states under the Rural Health ...

For many Native American tribes, economic self-sufficiency has long been a priority. In the absence of traditional revenue streams, tribal governments have explored and embraced industries that ...

Sins are powerful – and for many – lucrative. Native American Tribes understand their economic strength For many Native American tribes, economic self-sufficiency has long been a priority. In the ...

Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians member Mike Hatch, center, of Sault Ste. Marie, dances with his son Arrow Hatch, while taking part in the opening procession during the annual "Pow Wow in the D" put on ...

The State of Sequoyah: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State, by Donald L. Fixico, University of Oklahoma Press, 206 pages, $34.95 In McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020), the Supreme Court ...

There are many misconceptions about tax payment rules for Native Americans. The relationship between Native American tribes, tribal sovereignty and taxation is quite complex. On one hand, the unique ...

Courtesy of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation A tribally backed bill that could simplify the jurisdictional patchwork in Oregon Indian Country was signed by Gov. Tina Kotek on May ...

When New York State claimed a ‘permanent easement’ across the Nation’s Westwoods land, it could not do so, under federal law, ...