Author and academician Mark Wagner details the surprising history of Native Americans who worked for greater economic success ...

Peyote, a cactus that contains mescaline, a hallucinogen, grows naturally in South Texas and northern Mexico. It is sacred to ...

The Native American Church is the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America.

MPR News and the Native News team covered Indigenous stories ranging from government policies to the arts. Let’s look at the ...

Even though it is a controlled substance under federal law, an exemption afforded by a 1994 amendment to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act made it legal for Native Americans to use ...

Three months after the massacre, the first Medal of Honor for Wounded Knee was awarded to an officer who, according to the ...

Two Native American tribes in ... The tribes joined the Cheyenne River Sioux, Oglala Sioux, Rosebud Sioux and Standing Rock Sioux tribes in making the state's chief executive an outlaw on their ...

Two major policies that could impact Indigenous nations are President-elect Donald Trump’s push to increase oil and gas ...

"In our state, the tribal lands have a 'double whammy' of facing both the historical piece and being rural," Kenyon observed.

Education saw significant seismic activity on both the state and local levels in 2024. Albuquerque Public Schools in February ...

A simmering debate over work visas exploded over the last days of the year, exposing a rift over immigration among President-elect Trump’s closest supporters. The H-1B visa — a temporary, nonimmigrant ...

Paleontologists may smile at the state’s motto, “Under God, the People Rule,” in this locale where dinosaurs dominated for ...