AMES, IA — Sarah Dees pulls several yellow-tinged booklets out of plastic bags. Flipping through one titled “Life Among the Indians,” she points out sections on ceremonies and customs. Toward the back ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– For more than a month, tensions have grown at Kickapoo High School regarding its mascot, which is a Native American chief. It’s a situation that current students, alumni and even the ...

Hundreds of cars and trucks leave and enter Lincoln on a daily basis, many of them on and off Interstate 55 on the city’s west side. I would venture a guess that none of these travelers realize what ...

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There will be no teepee tent on the football field when the Kickapoo High School Chiefs play their first 2021 home game Friday. No student spirit leader will wear a headdress or carry a large spear.

On the first Sunday of every month, a parking lot in the heart of Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood transforms into a vibrant marketplace featuring Indigenous artists, performers and chefs. Since its ...

The chairman of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas publicly endorsed an effort Thursday to remove the Chiefs mascot at Springfield's Kickapoo High School. Lester Randall, chairman of the Kickapoo Tribe in ...

A former Kickapoo Tribal Council chairman and ex-regent for Haskell Indian Nations University has been banished from the Kickapoo Tribe after he pleaded guilty to numerous crimes Friday, including ...

As state lawmakers consider expanding gaming options in Texas, Native American tribal leaders who operate the state’s largest casino are sounding the alarm, warning they would lose most of their ...