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On the banks of the Missouri River, not far from where Lewis and Clark camped at the start of their long journey, one tribe is exploring new frontiers of its own.
Federal agents raided the reservation in what leaders of the Winnebago Tribe have called an attack on their sovereignty.
Efforts are building across the nation to address the crisis of missing and murdered Native women.
Native artists, elders and playwrights are among the beneficiaries of $5 million in Creative Capital Awards.
Lynell Morrison-Cash and her 14-year-old son, Waylon, were killed near the Pine Ridge Reservation in February 2018.
The partial closure of the federal government isn't preventing the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations from carrying out its mission.
'Our goal is to create self-sufficiency by getting jobs and opportunity to our local tribal members,' an executive from Ho-Chunk Inc. says.
Zachary Bear Heels, 29, died after being repeatedly shocked and punched by police officers in Nebraska.
Plans for a halfway house for tribal citizens in Sioux City, Iowa, are moving forward thanks to a $300,000 donation.
A police officer's bullet, so close to his spine that a sudden movement of his head could paralyze him, remains in Micah Taylor’s neck.
Zachary Bear Heels, 29, died after being repeatedly shocked and punched by police officers in Nebraska.
The Winnebago Tribe's economic development corporation is challenging the state of Nebraska.
The Winnebago Tribe's economic development corporation is battling the state of Nebraska in federal court.
A jury in Nebraska has cleared a fired police officer for beating a Native man who later died.
Native activists are celebrating after a judge blocked certain pre-construction activities on the Keystone XL Pipeline, including work on controversial man camps that are linked to crimes against Native women.
Zachary Bear Heels, 29, died after beating by police officers but one of them doesn't think he should be held responsible.
Zachary Bear Heels, a 29-year-old citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, died after being repeatedly shocked and punched by police officers in Omaha, Nebraska.
Zachary Bear Heels, 29, was tasered 12 times by a police officer before he died in Omaha, Nebraska.
Zachary Bear Heels, a 29-year-old citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, died in an encounter with police in Omaha, Nebraska.
A juror broke down in tears after watching video of Zachary Bear Heels getting beaten before his death.
Zachary Bear Heels, a 29-year-old citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, died in an encounter with police in Omaha, Nebraska.
Zachary Bear Heels, a 29-year-old citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, died in an encounter with police in Omaha, Nebraska.
Activists continue to march in honor of Native children who died after being taken from their families.
Eugene Pappan and his family feel like refuges in their own tribal homeland.
A Nebraska man is facing just a year in jail for a crash that took the lives of Lynell Morrison-Cash and her son, Waylon, 14.
Leaders and citizens of the Oglala Sioux Tribe are protesting uranium development on their homelands.
Construction is underway on a new wing at the Oglala Sioux Lakota Nursing Home.
The Omaha Tribe is defending its decision to remove dually-enrolled citizens from the rolls.
Two lawmakers in Nebraska are working to address the crisis of missing and murdered Native women.
Millions of cans of beer are no longer being sold in a small reservation border town.
The Winnebago Tribe is continuing its march toward self-sustainability in northeast Nebraska.
The Fort Belknap Tribes and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe are waging a familiar war over water, treaty rights and the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Three tribal citizens have been sentenced for the murder of a 32-year-old man on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska.
Nine people have admitted they misused health care funds that were provided to Omaha Tribe.
The world's largest uranium producer is seeking to expand operations near the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Three tribes stand to benefit from the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations, with two returning to the Cobell initiative for more offers.
The Winnebago Tribe is making sure its food traditions stay alive with new generations.
The Trump administration must conduct a more thorough review of the Keystone XL Pipeline in response to a lawsuit filed by Native activists.
Chief Standing Bear is once again watching over his people in Nebraska.
The Winnebago Tribe’s efforts improve the health of residents have gotten some significant boosts.
The Keystone XL Pipeline comes within 25 miles of the burial site of Standing Bear, a famed leader of the Ponca Tribe.
Keely Purscell is the first registered yoga teacher on the Winnebago Reservation.
Nearly 100 people participated in the 2nd annual Umónhon-Pónka Summer Institute in Nebraska.
The economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe stands to lose more than $1 million in property thanks to the federal government.
Construction-related activities show the Keystone XL Pipeline is closer to becoming a reality despite opposition in Indian Country.
A driver is facing just a year in jail for a crash that took the lives of Lynell Morrison-Cash and her son, Waylon, 14.
Henry Payer's earliest memory involves a sketchbook his father once gave him. He's been filling pages ever since.
Businesses owned by the Winnebago Tribe must turn over tobacco records to federal authorities, according to a new court ruling.
The Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy introduces science careers to Native students,
An Indian Health Service hospital is getting a new name as it comes under the control of the Winnebago Tribe.
As the first Native physician, Susan LaFlesche Picotte was a trailblazer. Efforts to preserve her legacy just got a big boost.
Two tribes have lost a legal challenge to the Keystone XL Pipeline as others try a new approach in hopes of blocking the controversial project.
For the fifth year, farmers, friends, family and Native people planted Ponca sacred corn in the path of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
More than a dozen federal, state and local leaders met to discuss substance abuse and homelessness among the Native community.
The Winnebago Tribe is working to change the food culture on the reservation, starting with some of its youngest citizens.
Native people are continuing to call for justice following a series of incidents they say demonstrate racism and aggression in Nebraska.
Generations of federal assimilation initiatives have left the Winnebago people with few fluent Ho-Chunk speakers.
Protestors gathered at the Hall of Justice in Lincoln, Nebraska, to question police treatment of the Native community.
As a key deadline looms, the Winnebago Tribe has named two executives who will manage the troubled hospital on the reservation.
A 28-year-old Oglala Lakota man’s leg was broken after being chased by police and being struck by a police cruiser in Lincoln, Nebraska.