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A plan to search for unmarked graves at a former Native American boarding in Kansas is on hold

It’s 11 a.m. on a Saturday, and beer drinkers line up out the door of Oklahoma City’s Skydance Brewing. They’ve come to toast the downtown taproom’s one-year anniversary with pints of special-release juicy IPA and snifters of one-off pastry stouts. The tipplers are doing more than just celebrating an occasion—they’re…

The actor ushered in an era in which the film industry increasingly used awards speeches to call out injustice

When Sacheen Littlefeather died on Oct. 2, 2022, obituaries reflecting on the actress and activist’s life held her up as a Native American trailblazer.

Native American groups in Alabama and North Carolina are hoping that two outgoing U.S. senators can help them achieve something that's been elusive so far: federal recognition as tribes

The Biden administration's approval of oil leases in a corner of New Mexico that has become a battleground over increased development and the preservation of Native American sites has prompted another legal challenge

Sacheen Littlefeather, the late actress and activist who claimed to be of White Mountain Apache heritage and at the 1973 Academy Awards criticized Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans while refusing the best actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando after his win for “The Godfather,” in fact spent decades lying…

Having stood in for Marlon Brando to refuse his Oscar, the actor and activist championed Native American rights

Relatives say activist was actually of Mexican and European heritage

Prof. Elizabeth Weiss claims SJSU retaliated against her for her speech.

Many of the 39 Native American tribes based in Oklahoma have played a role in state politics for decades, often quietly and behind the scenes