As the United States commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Snyder Act of 1924—legislation that granted citizenship and voting rights to Native Americans—tribal voices are poised to play a pivotal ...

Voter turnout among Native American communities is growing — and California organizers are working to build a network of engaged young people throughout the state. "I realized that it's not just ...

In Native communities across the country, economic development has never been just about profit — it’s about people. It’s about restoring generational wealth, repairing broken systems, and reclaiming ...

For the past century, since the passage of the Snyder Act, also known as the Indian Citizenship Act, Native Americans have faced both overt oppression and insidious abuse by the United States ...

Opinion. Last Wednesday, we observed the 60th anniversary of when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law on Aug. 6, 1965. This federal law made several ...

A century ago, just after White women won the right to vote, Yankton Sioux suffragist Zitkala-Sa wrote a letter to the National Woman’s Party, reminding them that women of color had been excluded from ...

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The Columbia and Okanogan Rivers to the east, south and west of the Colville Indian Reservation form natural borders on a map of north-central Washington. On the ground, the reservation’s forested ...