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The nation’s first Native American U.S. treasurer comes from a line of chiefs who instilled the importance of keeping her tribe healthy and “leaving fooprints” to follow for those who come behind

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court expanded Oklahoma’s authority to prosecute crimes against Native Americans in much of the state Wednesday, potentially reducing the need for Congress to spend millions of dollars more in the state for the Justice Department and federal courts.

The San Francisco school board has voted to rescind a previous decision to cover up a George Washington campus mural that critics say is racist and degrading in its depiction of Black and Native American people

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and tribal leaders are advocating for a congressional commission to examine the impacts of the federal Native American forced-assimilation policy.

Malerba, the lifetime chief of the Mohegan Indian Tribe, would be the first Native woman to have her signature on U.S. currency. She'd also lead the Treasury's new Office of Tribal and Native Affairs.

Around 186 Native American children are reported to have died at the school

The military says that remains exhumed from a U.S. Army base in Pennsylvania do not belong to the Native American teenager recorded to have been buried there more than a century ago

A Native American has been nominated to be U.S. treasurer, a historic first

"These were the graves of children whose last days were spent erasing who they were."