What was formerly Woody’s along U.S. Highway 160/491 has been retrofitted into a grocery store after extensive renovations, ...

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.

After decades of political maneuvering through Congress and government agencies, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina may finally achieve federal recognition through the National Defense Authorization ...

A Native American tribe displaced by 19th-century settlers near Yosemite National Park has reacquired hundreds of acres of its ancestral homeland. The Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, a group indigenous ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than 17,000 acres of ancestral lands were returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe, part of a state effort to ...

From the depths of Brazil's Amazon to Indonesia's rainforests, some of the world's most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public ...

“The reports are staggering,” said the lead attorney for the Tribe. “The homes are unlivable.” Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times subscriber to contribute. Log in ...

“North Sentinel [Island] is the Mount Everest of the missionary world,” the young American is told. “Start with something smaller.” John Allen Chau replies: “I’m not thinking small. I’m going big.” ...

Attorneys representing the tribe filed a lawsuit against Lennar Homes in Broward County earlier this year, but have since filed an amended complaint after mediation efforts failed. In the complaint, ...

Long before Alabama became a state, it was home to thriving Native American nations whose descendants still live here today. But how many tribes are officially recognized in Alabama now? In the U.S., ...