LaRenda Morgan's cousin went missing, and no one seemed to care. Now she's a leader in pushing for quicker response to ...

Supporters plan to welcome Native American activist Leonard Peltier back to his North Dakota community after his release from ...

At the National Congress of American Indians winter summit in Washington D.C., Sen. Lisa Murkowski acknowledged that it's a ...

American Indian and Alaska Native women have some of the highest rates of maternal death and morbidity in the United States, ...

Opposition mounts to the layoff of thousands of workers in health, education and other key tribal programs and agencies.

The state of Alaska has filed suit against the federal Department of the Interior in an attempt to overturn a legal opinion ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski , chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, addressed the U.S. Senate floor regarding a letter she ...

A coalition of tribal organizations issued a sharp response to the ongoing layoffs of thousands of federal employees across ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on ...

Fremont, California passed a strict ordinance to ban homeless encampments on all public properties, including parks, on a 6-1 ...

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"It's just like a little time capsule." Archaeologists in Alaska were recently exploring a trail that runs along Upper Cook ...