Native Americans

A bald eagle may be to blame for the deaths of four people in a plane crash in Alaska last month, according to federal investigators. (Cheryl McRoberts/American Bald Eagle Foundation via AP)

Religious freedom for all Native Americans

Robert Soto · May 29, 2019 3:51 am

The Banks High School mascot is visible on track hurdles at the school in Banks, Ore., Thursday, March 23, 2017. In Oregon, school districts with Native American mascots must abandon them by July or risk punishment that could include the withholding of state funds.

Maine bans Native American mascots at public schools

Troy Worden · May 21, 2019 6:44 pm

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Gorsuch sides with liberal justices in 5-4 decision

Zach Halaschak · May 20, 2019 3:21 pm

In this May 29, 2014 photo, people stand in the lobby of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's Community Government Center in Mashpee, Mass., on Cape Cod.

House passes tribal casino bill pulled last week after Trump tweet

Susan Ferrechio · May 15, 2019 8:46 pm

Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., pauses to speak to media.

Embattled Tlaib will preside over House floor Wednesday, making history amid intense criticism

Susan Ferrechio · May 15, 2019 6:56 pm

Flag of Massachusetts.

Cambridge City Council wants the Massachusetts flag out of city hall

Zach Halaschak · May 15, 2019 8:57 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., talks with guests during a campaign stop in Derry, N.H.

Gillibrand’s father once lobbied on behalf of Trump

Caitlin Yilek · May 13, 2019 6:54 pm

In this Monday, June 25, 2018 photo a wooden sign advises motorists of the location of Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal lands in Massachusetts.

House Democrats reschedule votes on tribal bills pulled after Trump tweet

Naomi Lim · May 13, 2019 4:00 pm

In this Monday, June 25, 2018 photo a wooden sign advises motorists of the location of Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal lands in Massachusetts.

Democrats pull casino bill after Trump tweet urging opposition

Susan Ferrechio · May 8, 2019 7:47 pm

The forty-niner Prospector Pete statue at Cal State Long Beach, Wednesday, September 20, 2017.

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University kills Prospector Pete mascot because of supposed genocide during the Gold Rush

Troy Worden · May 1, 2019 6:57 pm

Christopher Columbus is believed to be from Genoa, and Italian-Americans were the ones who first lobbied for a Columbus Day celebration in the U.S. (Wikipedia)

Maine erases Christopher Columbus from calendar

John Gage · April 27, 2019 2:55 am

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, front right, highlights accomplishments by lawmakers at the close of a 60-day legislative session on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at her offices in Santa Fe, N.M.

New Mexico lawmakers vote to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day

Zach Halaschak · March 17, 2019 4:46 pm