Native North Americans have long used the fragrant herb sweetgrass to ward off biting insects like mosquitoes, and new research shows how the traditional repellent works chemically.

When San Carlos Apache Tribal Council member Wendsler Nosie found out late last year that Arizona Sen. John McCain had tucked a rider into the National Defense Authorization Act that transfers 2,500 acres of Apache land to a foreign copper company, anger and resolve bubbled up inside in him, he said. By Barrington M. Salmon.

Earlier this month, a Lakota woman, was jailed on an alleged bond violation over a driving infraction. Her pleas for help allegedly fell on deaf ears and she died in jail.

Two separate genetic analyses have found evidence for a surprising genetic link between the native populations of the Americas and Oceania.

Traces of Australo-Melanesian ancestry in some Native Americans could shed light on the peopling of the Americas. By Michael Balter .

RICHMOND — More than 400 years after Pocahontas, arguably the most famous Pamunkey Indian, saved the life of Englishman John Smith, the tribe once again made history Thursday by becoming the first Indian tribe in Virginia to be recognized by the federal government.

Native American forces led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer

DNA tests show an ancient skeleton known as Kennewick Man is related to modern Native Americans - reigniting a debate over whether his bones should be returned to local tribes and reburied.

Commission releases 94 recommendations to confront 'cultural genocide' of schools

Amanda Blackhorse, Diné, speaks with prominent Native American voices about the discussion over the terms 'Native American' and 'American Indian.'

This group of lantern slides by photographer Walter McClintock depicts Blackfoot tipis in Montana, between 1896 and 1914.

Among the things they left behind are beautiful ruins, a gorgeously woven basket and a nearly impossible to get to granary on a cliff.

When Native actors working on an Adam Sandler western objected to the film's racially-offensive humor, they were told they could leave. So they did.

Recently, members of the Lakota community (Native Americans from the Great Plans of the United States) reached out to Half Acre about the use of “Heyoka.” Heyoka, translates roughly to “jester.” The Lakota community was disappointed in Half Acre’s use of the word.

The US government has agreed to pay $554m (£339m) to the Native American Navajo tribe to settle a legal dispute.

Aaron Carapella, a self-taught mapmaker in Warner, Oklahoma, has pinpointed the locations and original names of hundreds of American Indian nations before their first contact with Europeans.

Sitting Bull was shot on December 15, 1890 at the age of 59, but his legacy lives on in his descendants. To his people, he was known as a Sun Dancer.