Over the years, some tribes have undertaken the arduous process to change their official names to take back what they have always called themselves.

Sat, February 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC Agali — This name comes from the Cherokee word for "sunshine." Sitanka — This Sioux term means "big foot" and represents bravery and leadership. Peta — With ...

A woke curator at a University of California museum has said that staff speak with inanimate Native American artifacts to give them company at the request of tribes. Allison Fischer-Olson spoke during ...

Raleigh, NC -- Though the Dix Park Inter-Tribal Powwow didn't happen in 2024, its impact and importance continue to resonate, particularly during National Native American Heritage Month. The event ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for French said he didn't mean all Native Americans, but rather only the ones in the ...

Vice President Johnny Lehi Jr. of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs ...

Native American jingle dancers and ribbon dress dancers dance in front of the site where Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents, during a healing ceremony in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 1, 2026.

The Japanese conquered Java in eight days. They surged inward from the northern coasts, took the capital at Batavia, chopped up the long island into isolated bits, reduced the naval base at Surabaya ...

BROWNING — They call it Moccasin Flats, though the street sign marks it as Third Avenue Southwest. This neighborhood, just a few blocks away from Browning Elementary School, represents the worst of ...

ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY — The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrank its territory from what was once thousands of square miles in upstate New York to a ...