One of the nation’s establishing documents calls Indigenous people “merciless Indian savages.” Today, many say the phrase has ...

Even as homelessness continues to climb across King County, local Native American leaders are warning that the region's ...

Education is the key, says director of Oklahoma's House of Hope. "It's a horrible thing, but often it seems nobody wants to ...

For more than a century, federal boarding schools worked to forcibly assimilate Native American children into white culture.

The slaughter of millions of American bison is one of the great tragedies in US history. In 1870, an estimated 10 million to 15 million bison (or buffalo) roamed the Great Plains, where they ...

The Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island earns millions when it hosts the U.S. Open. But the nearby Indian tribe has for years only received a fraction of that.

Who broke Britain? Someone—or something—must have. The past 18 years, enough time for a whole lost generation to be born and brought up, have yielded nothing but stagnation and mass disillusionment.

Cleveland quarterback Dillon Gabriel found himself in an awkward position during the Browns’ OTAs last week when defensive end Jared Verse showed up to practice with his No. 8 jersey. Verse, who ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson discusses his War on Poverty with Sargent Shriver, left, and Bernard Boutin, right, in 1965. (Anonymous/AP) Eighty-four years is a good, healthy life in America. How much ...

Since October, Australia has been experiencing its largest recorded outbreak of diphtheria, exacerbated by an inadequate public health response. Nearly 260 cases of the potentially deadly disease have ...

Amelia Giron at the UC Riverside Palm-Desert campus, where California Indian Nations College has its offices, on May 15, 2026. Photo by David Fouts for CalMatters Welcome to CalMatters, the only ...

America marks 250 years of independence on the 4th of July this year, and observances will be wide-ranging. That includes those who are the descendants of America’s original inhabitants. By the time ...