The federal government approved a 20-year ban on new mining-related activity in a portion of South Dakota’s Black Hills. The ...

A bill sponsored by South Dakota Republican Sen. Mike Rounds that’s meant to make it easier for Native American veterans ...

(AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Sandor Iron Rope, Oglala Lakota tribe member, president of the Native American Church of South Dakota and Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative board member, looks for ...

The Native American Church is the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America. It considers sacred the peyote cactus, which grows naturally only in some parts ...

While James Newell never had any active connection with Native American history or culture, a valuable collection of ...

The Post’s year-long investigation found that three times as many Native American students had died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 as the U.S. government had previously reported.

Standing Rock Tribal Chairwoman Janet Alkire unveiled legislative priorities during her Tribal-State Relationship Message delivered to a joint session of the North Dakota Legislature on Tuesday.

Funding for the Indian Health Service has increased over the past decade but the agency remains underfunded, which affects ...

The government also operated a boarding school for Native American children at Fort Totten near Devils Lake. Children from North Dakota tribes also were sent to boarding schools in other states ...

A bill sponsored by South Dakota Republican Sen. Mike Rounds that’s meant to make it easier for Native American veterans ... of Interior for the benefit of tribes. The loan program it means ...

Once thought to be from a bear, a 3,000-year-old bone fragment shares a genetic connection with modern Alaskan Natives.