The University of California (UC) is committed to the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items in accordance with the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation ...

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 ...

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 losing federal funding ...

Earlier administrations investigated whether Native American school mascots were discriminatory. The Trump administration defends them, reflecting a broader shift. By Troy Closson A New York ...

Hungarian-American sculptor Peter Toth, at his Florida studio, has created 74 statues of native peoples in North and South America, part of his Trail of the Whispering Giants collection.

A New York state policy prohibiting the use of Native American school mascots violates civil rights laws, and the state must rescind it or face the possibility of losing federal education funds ...

in addition to its duty to carry out the mandates of federal law with respect to American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages,” Sharpe said. More than 18,000 children, some as young as ...

Instead, New York officials suggested in a letter to the U.S. Department of Education on Thursday that they could broaden the state ban to include names and mascots derived from other racial or ...

Four months ago, a school district in central New York held a pep rally to unveil a new mascot: a hawk wearing aviator goggles. The school had replaced its controversial “Redskins” moniker of ...

Montana’s five urban Indian clinics — in Missoula, Helena, Butte, Great Falls and Billings — serve more than 30,000 Montanans, and Medicaid plays a crucial role in supporting the services ...