A campaign promise kept by Donald Trump is renewing centuries-old questions about who gets to be Native in America.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has pushed for federal recognition for decades. A new executive order instructs Interior Department to help.

In Asheville, Hot Springs and other towns that cater to hikers, many restaurants, hotels and Airbnb’s have reopened. Road ...

From 1814 to 1824, Jackson was instrumental in negotiating nine out of eleven treaties which divested the southern tribes ... and North Carolina. This was a period of voluntary Indian migration ...

He was serving life in prison for the deaths of the agents during a standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South ... a former Columbia, South Carolina, city council member who was ...

Here's how North Carolina members of Congress voted over the previous week. Along with this week's roll call votes, the House also passed a bill (H.R. 207), to direct the Secretary of Commerce to ...

The Case for Reparations Examining the role of slavery in building the economic predominance of the United States—north ... an Indian Claims Commission was established, which awarded $848 million to ...

This story was originally published by Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Center for Children and Families. Medicaid is the backbone of ...

The Catawba Nation bought a large piece of land in Rock Hill this month, a nearly 200-acre tract just beside the northern part of its reservation. York County land records show two Mintwood Lane ...

“White deer also have great significance in the traditions and folklore of the Native American Indian tribes throughout the state of North Carolina.” White-tailed deer can be found across the ...

The alliance is aimed at leveraging the Catawba's resources to promote self-governance, land control, taxation and funding for S.C.'s state-recognized tribes.

Rapid growth and development is causing concern for a Native American tribe as they lose access to sacred land. A treaty signed by 10 South Carolina tribes aims to address that issue.