Explore the profound influence of Native Americans on U.S. culture, from place names and crops to language and heritage. A look at how indigenous traditions shaped America.

Members of the Prairie Island Indian Community is welcoming the United States new national bird with a sense of pride, and hope for unity. (AP video: Mark Vancleave) ...

Why We Serve honors the generations of Native Americans who have served in the armed forces of the United States—often in extraordinary numbers—since the American Revolution. For some, the Indigenous ...

“We birthed a nation from nothing,” he told an audience at the Young America’s Foundation event. “I mean, yes we have Native Americans, but candidly there isn’t much Native American ...

According to the 2020 Census, Americans who identify as having Indigenous or Native American heritage increased from 5.2 million in 2010 to 9.6 million in 2020.

More than 5 million Native Americans live in the United States as members of 574 federally recognized and 63 state-recognized tribes.That number is projected to rise to 10 million people by 2060 ...

Native Americans across what is now the United States have been fighting for their land and culture ever since Juan Ponce de León became the first European to invade the country in Florida in 1513.

Grassroots efforts to get Native American voters to turn in their ballots for the 2024 election are in motion across swing states as Democrats and Republicans are both vying for power.

The issues affecting Indigenous peoples, who didn’t become U.S. citizens until 1924, are rooted in a legacy of colonization and displacement within the United States, says Randall Akee, a professor of ...

Today, though, experts warn that some states are once again restricting Native Americans’ access to voting – even as a few, including Nevada, work alongside tribal nations to expand their ...

Today, there are roughly 5.6 million people who identify as Native American living in the United States, according to Census data.