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Winona 'Hawatay' Mitchell Caramony was the oldest living Omaha tribal citizen and one of her tribe’s last fluent speakers.
Curtis St. Cyr gained notoriety playing harmonica and singing the blues. But he also dedicated his life to his people and his family.
The Keystone XL Pipeline will lead to habitat destruction on the Great Plains, one scientist warns.
Peace and justice activist Frank LaMere is being laid to rest on the Winnebago Reservation as Native leaders and allies celebrate his legacy.
Bills addressing the sovereign rights of tribes, aging Indian schools and the history of Ponca people are moving forward on Capitol Hill.
Frank LaMere, an activist from the Winnebago Tribe who was known for his decades of work in Indian Country, passed away on June 16, 2019.
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is sending a strong but simple message to the developers of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
As a light rain turned the soil beneath their feet soft, water protectors and farmers stepped forward from a long line and dropped corn seeds on Ponca land in Nebraska.
Resistance to the Keystone XL Pipeline continues on ancestral tribal land in Nebraska.
A bill that recognizes the removal and resilience of the Ponca people is seeing movement in the 116th Congress.
By teaming up to defend the place they all call home, 'cowboys and Indians' are protecting their lands and waters for all.
Frank LaMere was arrested for protesting the sale of liquor in a community near the Pine Ridge Reservation. Now his work is being celebrated.
Clarence Leading Fighter, 32, was shot and killed inside a church in Nebraska. His family wants answers.
Liquor sales have ended in Whiteclay, a town near the Pine Ridge Reservation. But the healing is only beginning.
A bullet remains lodged in Micah Taylor's neck after he was shot by a police officer in Omaha, Nebraska.
Clarence Leading Fighter, 32, was shot and killed in Nebraska on April 14, 2019.
As the Rosebud Sioux Tribe celebrated the anniversary of a spirit camp to resist the Keystone XL Pipeline, President Donald Trump took action to impose the project on the people.
Two weeks into a disaster, tribal communities are still feeling the effects of heavy snowfall and historic flooding.
Tribal communities in Nebraska and South Dakota continue to deal with the effects of unprecedented flooding.
The Santee Sioux Tribe, hit hard by flooding, needs bottled water and baby supplies, Chairman Roger Trudell said as additional donations flowed to the reservation.
In the wake of unprecedented flooding, the Santee Sioux Tribe is seeking donations of bottled water and baby supplies, even as it continues to make repairs to damaged infrastructure.
Sherry Wounded Foot was taken to an Indian Health Service hospital with severe injuries but treatment was slow to arrive, according to a new lawsuit.
If all goes as planned, this time next year the Winnebago Reservation will look a lot different.
Zachary Bear Heels, 29, died after being repeatedly shocked and punched by police officers in Nebraska.
Zachary Bear Heels, 29, died after being repeatedly shocked and punched by police officers in Nebraska.
With employment and economic opportunities growing, the Winnebago Tribe is ready to welcome more people to the reservation.
Agatha White Buffalo left the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in November 1973 to seek medical care. Her family never saw her again.
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.