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 ...

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.

To be Native American is to understand that people erase our historical contributions, forget the atrocities perpetuated against us, and misappropriate our culture and likenesses.

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.

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.

A voting bloc that hasn't gotten as much national attention, Native voters are an influential constituency in several swing states, making them a group to watch in 2024.

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.