In Lodge Grass, an estimated 60% of the residents age 14 and older struggle with drug or alcohol addictions. But signs of ...

Meth is a problem most everywhere, but particularly in Indian Country. In one small town on the Crow Indian Reservation in ...

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation’s agriculture business grows hemp without irrigation, insecticides or plowing. Now its ...

A total of 17 families from Shanmugam Parai Paliyarkudi village in Periyammapatti panchayat at Palani taluk in Dindigul district have petitioned the Dindigul Collector, urging the district ...

Last week the House passed Congressman Doug LaMalfa’s legislation, H.R. 2400, the Pit River Land Transfer Act. The bill transfers approximately 580 acres of federally owned land known locally as the ...

After a 137-year struggle, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition from the U.S. government. Members of the Native American tribe shed tears as it reached the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The distinction for the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina, signed into law on Thursday, opens access to federal support and defies challenges from other tribes over their legitimacy. By Rick Rojas ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is on the verge of full federal recognition after the Senate on Dec. 17 approved a $900 billion defense policy bill, titled the National Defense Authorization Act.

North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe is the closest it has ever been to receiving full federal recognition now that a bill — which President Donald Trump has promised to sign — is on the verge of passing ...

“State actors once again are diverting land and economic opportunity away from the Ute Indian Tribe,” the tribe argues in the updated lawsuit. Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz allegedly steered many of ...