MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk ...

Attendees of the 2025 Native American Summit, organized by the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, were draped in regalia and leading a drum ceremony for the first time in an Illinois ...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed legislation — House Bill 1237 — that would phase out the use of Native American-based mascots and logos in our state ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify language around the research. The U.S. Department of Education is investigating New York’s state education department for its enforcement of ...

SPRINGFIELD — Following a wave of schools and professional sports teams over the last 20 years scaling back usage of Native American-themed names, imagery, mascots and logos, the Democrat-led ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that reference Native American names and imagery. That would include logos, team names and mascots ...

The U.S. Postal Service will be hosting a first-day-of-issue ceremony for the "powwow" stamps, which are designed to celebrate Native American culture.The stamps are created in honor of powwows ...

As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, health centers that serve Native American communities, such as the Oneida Community Health Center near Green Bay ...

seeking payments for the continued use of his image in "American Chopper." Connelly doesn't appear to be customizing or manufacturing motorcycles in 2025. Instead, the Newburgh, New York native is ...

Centuries of anti-Native American policies and colonization have upheld inequities between Native residents in Massachusetts and non-Native Americans, according to a new report that researchers ...