Native American

For these Native American artists, business opportunities arrive by bus

By Jeffrey Brown, Mike Fritz

On South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, a substantial number of Native households earn income by creating and selling art. But many of these residents lack access to the transportation and financing that would enable them to market and grow their…

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Elizabeth Warren releases DNA analysis as evidence of Native American heritage

By Associated Press

An analysis conducted by a Stanford University professor concluded Warren's ancestry is mostly European but also strongly supports the existence of a Native American ancestor.

This new poetry anthology honors the scope of native writers

By Jennifer Hijazi

There is “grass and apologies, bones and joy, marching bands and genocide, skin and social work” and much more in the work of the 21 native writers featured in the collection.

Native American artists call for an end to counterfeits

By Omar Etman

Native American artists say that a flood of counterfeit Native art jeopardizes their livelihoods.

'We, as a people, still exist' -- artist illuminates Native American history with family photos

By Corinne Segal

The Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe is one of hundreds of Native American tribes that remain unrecognized by the federal government.

What's next for the Dakota Access Pipeline?

By Courtney Norris

In the standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline, neither side is calling it quits after a recent decision by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to halt a final leg of the project.

America, I sing you back

By Mary Jo Brooks

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke says her poem, "America, I Sing You Back", was born not out of anger but out of concern and a love for her country.

Native American candidates hope for pipeline protest boost

By James Nord, Associated Press

Since April, there's been a tribal protest at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri rivers in southern North Dakota, and it has grown considerably.

Meet the Native Americans fighting against the North Dakota pipeline

By News Desk

One man told the NewsHour he had never seen a greater assembly of Native Americans than at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

Standing Rock Sioux tribe claims small victory in pipeline battle

By Jenni Monet

As a modern-day battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline unravels on the plains of North Dakota, the Standing Sioux tribe has embraced an order to halt the pipeline.